Did you guys see this
You can change our air filters without needing to remove the bumper. Pretty darn smart of the Porsche engineers to enable you to change air filters and oil filter without removing the bumper

 

^^ seriously ??? Whoever said the bumper needs to be taken off for the air filter?

 

No need to remove rear bumper for replacing air-filter for 992.

 

Sweet!!!! That’s easy peazy.

 

I beg to differ, that’s not “smart”. Smart would be if Porsche engineers were creative enough to figure out the packaging of the drivetrain to ensure that things like oil filters and air filters which are consumables, are easily accessible and replaceable and do not require partial disassembly of the vehicle i.e. even removing a tire and wheel, fender liner, etc. Certainly it’s understandable that a car with the complexity of a 911 would have packaging challenges, but how many average enthusiasts have the tools or know how to perform this seemingly simple maintenance task? Yes, yes, Porsche owners are typically wealthy enough that they can afford to pay the dealer for such regular maintenance work, but as far as “smart”, I don’t think so.

 

^^^THIS!!!!

Every other car I have owned, changing air filters is as easy as changing the AC filters in my house. Open hood, remove airbox cover, switch filter, re-install airbox cover, close hood.

 

As someone who changed out a 991.2 filter, I'm impressed!

 

I have yet to see any evidence of these ‘high flow’ air filters making any perceptible difference in 992 performance. In fact, on other 911s, I’ve seen evidence to the opposite.

 

All my point is is that if you want the engine in the back (which is one of the reasons why I love the feel of the 911 like no other car I’ve experienced) something has to give. Getting from the wheel well is pretty clever given the physical constraints.

Related but separate, that plastic wheel well panel is really noisy when gravel kicks up in there. Have you guys thought about covering it by a dense felt like on some of the Japanese cars? Or maybe a rubber adhesive pad cut to shape.

 

Maybe spray some Flex Seal spray on the inside of plastic wheel well??

 

Yep. Complete waste of money to do this.

 

I'd like to take the old filters.
They were spotless.

 

That's where most mechanics go stand in the "I want to punch an engineer in the face" line. Rarely are the people designing them working on them. Or have a mechanic in mind when designing.

 

Autobacs - thank you for posting the video. Much easier than air filter change on 991.1 or 991.2.

 

Hillarious. Does anyone not expect to hear gravel stricking the inner fender wells? How many gravel roads do 911s regularly operate on? Maybe someday there will be a whisper quite 911 with inch thick glass and 400 lbs of sound insulation.