Wellardmac

Porsche parts installed by a dealer, not an issue.

williamr91

Don't have many recent pics...need to save them to the pc then I'll upload. XAA car.

islaTurbine

How would one verify that without receipts or records?

Wellardmac

Well, good record keeping is important for anything like this, but the OEM parts generally look different to the aftermarket copies. I'm yet to see a copy that looks anything like the real thing. I have records for every thing that has been done to my car, along with photographs of major work.

Related, but not. The other fly in the ointment is that the options lists on the cars are notoriously unreliable - I learned this when I asked my Porsche dealer (shortly after I bought the car) why the options list sticker on the trunk didn't match the options on the car. Once Porsche screws up there's no way to get it corrected.

Wellardmac

The usual giveaways on the spoiler as to whether it's OEM or a copy are as follows:
1) Porsche markings and stickers
2) The air vent design
3) Fit, finish and quality (particularly on the inside where you can see if the fiberglass is smooth and well finished)

islaTurbine

Well it's definitely a Porsche aero kit, but not an XAA car. His price was already steep and definitely not worth it for me since the kit was added after production.

Wellardmac

As I said, added during or after production makes no difference. If you don't like the price, that's a different matter, but excluding a car based on when the aero was added will just exclude a lot of good cars and make your search more frustrating and tortuous.

islaTurbine

You're absolutely right. Unfortunately I can't turn off my type-A meticulousness.

Wellardmac

Well, your call.

I'm biased, but I feel that the 996 Aero is the best looking of the 996s. Every year I ask myself the question as to whether it's time to trade in for something newer and each time I come to the conclusion that I would just spend a lot of money for little gain and something less unique... there are not too many aero cars out there, so it's nice to have one that stands out from the crowd.

islaTurbine

Agreed. I'll find the right Aero for me soon. Will just take persistence.

Wellardmac

Yup. Eventually you'll find the right car for you.

My car was the second one that I looked at.

From the owner perspective I'm happy to see that my car now seems to be fully depreciated, as the $23-25K range is where I've seen Aeros selling for the last 3 or so years, so every mile I now put onto my car is free.

jrdavid68

So what is a reasonable price range, give or take a couple grand, for a 2003 factory aero? Say, between 40k and 50k miles with no other remarkable or expensive options? No records, clean car fax and which appears to be well cared for.

I have made an offer on a particular 2003 including a deposit contingent on an acceptable PPI. I was not countered, just a response that we were too far apart. The PPI was already discussed and is not an issue.

Thanks,
JrDavid68

996AE

Any;

will taco oem wing fit on 2004 996?

mkI to mkII

Diablo360

It most certainly will. It's a direct fit and will take less than 10 minutes to install. With that being said, I wouldn't even think about adding one to an MK2 car. From an aesthetic perspective the taco wing has unique curves and will look completely ridiculous unless you have the MK1 aero kit front bumper and side skirts to balance things out. Also the MK1 aero kit was designed to be used as a "complete" kit (complete meaning all of the MK1 aero kit pieces). If you install just the wing without the proper front aerodynamics the car will drive like s**t at speed (front end unstable, wobbling, etc.).

jdjones2010

Good Post Diablo! Really Good Points! also, unless i'm mistaken did somebody in one of the earlier posts put a 3k $$$ wing on a MK1? WHAT?