Mr. Adair

Fellas-

I remember seeing a post or thread about using a template to insure proper placement. Any idea where a guy can find this? Is there a PDF etc.? Thanks for any leads..

cajerseyboy

Great timing on this request. I'm getting back my freshly painted GR dive planes next week. Since I'm OCD with things like this looking perfect a placement template would be ideal.

Mr. Adair

Found it! Take a look at this link to the thread. See if we can figure this out from the photos and the template (which was off a bit). My guess is matching both sides is key even if they are slight off top to bottom? Maybe you have the skills to get us clear measurements!

https://rennlist.com/forums/997-gt2-...e-install.html

cajerseyboy

Fantastic. Spoke to sharkwerks and they said there isn't an official template. He had (4) 4.0s lined up at once time and eyebrows were all in slightly different locations. I should be getting mine back next week and will slap em on.

flsupraguy

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

Tom@TPC Racing

I installed a pair recently. I called three master techs and all three said there's no factory template. I then tried to mimic the position of the dive planes from the magazine photos of the press release cars but that leaves an air gap between the dive plane and the bumper(see pic below).


There's only a few possible positions that doesn't leave an air gap between the two parts. So I mocked up and installed one side, then made reference points(edge of corner lamp, seam line to front spoiler, and seam line to flare) it measure in millimeters, then duplicated the other side down to the millimeter.
I keep mocking it up, measuring, used masking tape and fine point pen to indicate reference marks. The whole process look me 2 hours. The three master techs said that's the same method they use.

ilko

Tom, the bottom of the dive plane seems to be in the right spot but the top is a bit forward and angled more vertically.

This is the proper placement. I've installed OEM dive planes at least half a dozen times on 2 different cars and this is the perfect spot with no gaps.

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Tom@TPC Racing

Thanks for the pic. It definitely had a gap on the car that I working on. Applying pressure to close the gap did not feel right.

Tom@TPC Racing

I'll you'all know if the car has too much front downforce after running it this week at Sebring.

FLT6SPD

I have the dimensions outlined at home, I can upload tonight.

Mr. Adair

Perfect, thank you!

405

Anyone know if the OE 4.0 units fit without gaps on a 997.1 bumper?

Mr. Adair

Gent's,

Is Suncoast the only place to find these? I think it is for OE 4.0 dive planes. Per usual is their pricing the best? Dealer says they can't touch it..

Mj

405

​​​​​​​Check out Carnewal, they have them for much less than Suncoast. I have bought from them before and they are great to deal with: http://www.carnewal.com/products/997....0-Dive-Planes

paver

Hey Michael, Suncoast is very likely not the best price. Try porschemarinparts.com
they are almost always much better than Suncoast.
if you have the part number you can enter it on their site and get the price easy.