ngng

Been meaning to post these photos for anybody who is considering doing something similar.

bmwtye

Almost my green twin. Car looks good.

ngng

I love your car! Also...your front wheels that actually fit lol. I gotta swap my studs so I can run my spacers up front.

Tom@TPC Racing

Well done!!
Question: Do you find the front dive planes to be a good aero match to the RS wing?

ngng

What do you mean by good match? Cosmetically, or actual on track performance?

Tom@TPC Racing

On track- any high speed oversteer?

bmwtye

Did you not order the 9.5 fronts?

Runner

Cup fenders are the best exterior mod.

pissedpuppy

holy smokes, that's a looker!

ngng

Nah, I didn't have the Cup fenders at the time (nor did I plan on adding them!) Oops!

Jax_on

I love my cup fenders. Totally changed the look of the car.

Tom@TPC Racing

Here's mine, in .1 and .2 phase.


















For anyone considering Cup fender flares, be advised of the subsequent suspension setup work, and possibly front wheel & tire size change.
Doing the fender/flare work is one thing, after the work is done if no change is made to the front ride height then the car will look weird with a big gap above the OEM size tire since the Cup flares raises the "lip line" pretty significantly(over one inch).
So you'd lower the front ride height like 8-10mm just to reduce that gap and make the car look more pleasing, but the lowering the front that much the camber, toe, caster needs to be reset(not recommended with OEM shocks for advanced level track use), not to mention that the rear ride height now needs to be lower to be proportionate to the front otherwise the handling of the car will be loose. Another thing is lowering the rear to be relative to the front height may cause tire rub which then the rear fenders need to be rolled. There may be some ramification to the suspension geometry on road car at the lowered height, Cup cars have different wheel carriers and subframes for this.
Bottom line, unless the car is intended to only be a show car, the subsequent work needs to involve a suspension setup shop.
I still thinks its one of the best mods I did on my car. Absolutely no regret.
The RS road car fender flares is a milder approach compared to the Cup fender flares. Usually not ride height change is necessary for the car to look sharp with RS road car fender flares.
Here's more photos of my conversion in this thread(in post # 837 and # 842)-
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-gt2-...07-gt3-56.html

FUNGC

Anyone has any insights to whether or not the fender liners had to be changed as well? If so where did you get these parts and what are the part numbers?

Thanks!

bmwtye

Yes you should do the cup fender liners, dont cut corners doing this project:

wheel liners cup
L: 997.504.123.94, 997.504.203.94
R: 997.504.124.94, 997.504.204.94

Here are the rest of the part numbers:
Part numbers for flares:

- 997 5.05 366 91G2X Wheel Cover Front Right

- 997 5.05 365 91G2X Wheel Cover Front Left

- 997 503 401 91G2X - Fender flare left 997 GT3 Cup 10-
- 997 503 402 91G2X - Fender flare right 997 GT3 Cup 10-

All this comes out to $640

If you wanted to go with Cup Fenders as well, here are the part numbers and costs from FVD

997 503 931 96 Fender Left 997 GT3 Cup 10- $494.93
997 503 932 96 Fender Right 997 GT3 Cup 10- $531.53

buffalosojah

Do the cup fenders have the flare built in? Or do they have to be cut to add the flares also?