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Old 01-29-2012, 03:01 PM
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Default Air duct replacements in place of fog lamps

One of my fog lamps broke, so I've been looking at various ducts and there seem to be several different types.
Some have wider opening in front, like so:



Some have a narrower opening in front, like so:


In addition, some of these cars have screws on the front (which I don't like) and some don't! (how are they attached?).

I'm attaching a few more photos of the cars I had saved on my hard drive - the blue and the silver 964s seem to have wider opening and the blue one doesn't seem to have any bolts on the front to hold the ducts place.

Can anyone help me clarify the differences between these air ducts and perhaps point me in the direction of where I can buy them? (only place I found so far was BetterBodiesMotorsports).
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Old 01-29-2012, 03:13 PM
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They all have 1 screw in them, sum have 2 or a plastic stud attached to the vent.

The real oe type are mega money, most are fibreglass copys, around £60 on ebay.
Old 01-29-2012, 03:15 PM
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I'll be flushing the screws in mine and bonding them in place
Old 01-29-2012, 03:17 PM
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If you're clever, you can install them w/o a visible screw, but installation would require removing the bumper.

The dude w/ the real clean GPW C2 (UN starts w/ a "B") made a real nice DIY thread.
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This link has photos of a factory 964 Carrera RS:

https://rennlist.com/forums/964-foru...of-stance.html

It look similar to your first photo.
Old 01-29-2012, 03:28 PM
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It's the same car/photo set, taken by 911Jetta

I just picked these up from Rennspeed.
http://rennspd.com/P_Detail.asp?PID=636&Task=STD
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Getty sell them too.

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Ducts on the green car are FVD I believe

http://www.fvd.de/de/en/Porsche-0/96...965_89-94.html
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Originally Posted by Vandit
It's the same car/photo set, taken by 911Jetta

I just picked these up from Rennspeed.
http://rennspd.com/P_Detail.asp?PID=636&Task=STD
Those look great Vandit. How does the tubing attach to the back? Do they come with tubing?

I see the Carrera RS rear bumper on that site. Did you order that as well?
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The tubing is not included and you'd have to figure out how to attach and route it to the brakes. Depending on your intentions, all that may not be necessary. I probably won't use mine as brake ducts. I'll just have them route more airflow to the oil cooler and a/c condenser.

Check out Babalouie's DIY thread.
https://rennlist.com/forums/964-foru...t-install.html

Yup, I got the RS rear bumper too. I haven't done much w/ either other than unboxing.
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The FVD ducts have the large opening & no exposed screw. Also, with careful measuring, trimming & drilling, they can be installed without removing the bumper & look great. I have them on my car, I'll try and take a pic tomorrow evening.
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Dont forget the type with fog lamps in them..
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I went with the Getty carbon fiber ones because they were pretty close to the 'real' Euro RS, you can compare with the Euro RS Maritime above

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Originally Posted by Vandit
It's the same car/photo set, taken by 911Jetta

I just picked these up from Rennspeed.
http://rennspd.com/P_Detail.asp?PID=636&Task=STD
Wow, just $100. You've got me thinking...were they finished well enough to leave raw?
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Originally Posted by Silvertarga
Dont forget the type with fog lamps in them..

shamus your car looks great color is just perfect.............love your plate also. Its pretty cool.


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