alpinewhite

I need a few grommets (#23) and sleeves (#24) to replace missing ones in my 2006 Cayenne Turbo S. I've seen them online for about $5 each !!!! I've ordered the M5 x 16mm screws (#9) from ebay but I'm not sure where I can find generic grommets and sleeves for this.

Has anyone sourced them from someplace cheaper? Thanks. Pic attached.

phatz

Five dollars ?

At 40+ views you have already amassed a debt from the collective conscience of many times that

nodoors

1. Check Sonnen, Suncoast, and Gaudin Porsche
2. Get used to it. Porsche overcharges like crazy on everything. Yes, it sucks.

PTEC

Yep! Can't wait till he breaks a breather hose and checks the price on those!

alpinewhite

I found the spacer (#24 on OP's diagram) at Home Depot. Item number 596548 (https://www.homedepot.com/p/10-x-5-1...5148/204225910) although it's aluminum but same size though. 87 cents each. I was able to find a grommet that worked from a Harbor Freight grommet kit.

BTW, here are a few of my aftermarket mods/repairs to OEM parts that would've cost a lot more had I gone with OEM parts. The brass and billet tees won't crack like the plastic OEM ones.


The new vacuum tee fitting




Installed the new vacuum tee fitting




Old coolant tees





New billet coolant tees

alpinewhite

I forgot to mention that I needed 2 grommets, 4 screws, and 5 spacers so the cost of OEM parts would've been about $70 already. Had I needed just one part, I would've bought from Pelican or Rennlist.

nodoors

That works too. Using off the shelf auto parts paid for your oetiker clamps and crimper.

oldskewel

Nice on the tees. I had wondered whether that would be an equally good and significantly cheaper solution to the custom Aluminum Tees. Brass from Home Depot should be even stronger than the Aluminum, and the only tough part I would have thought of is having a sufficient cross sectional area, and having a good fit with the hoses.

Also, those top cover little things you needed are just to hold the purely cosmetic plastic engine cover in place, right? So they're probably not going to blow your engine if not dealer certified.

alpinewhite

I showed pics of my work to my trusted indy near me. They said that, although my changes were more ideal, customer will not want them because:

a) it would take another day or two longer unless the shop keeps the billet tees in their inventory
b) customers won't pay an extra hour of labor for them to grind off the factory clamps prior to installing the billet ones
c) customers don't care what happens to the vehicle beyond 50k miles from today
d) unless customers wrench on their own cars, they don't see the benefit of longevity.