ghhally

Looking for a picture of a 996 Cup 2003- front without bumper.
Interested how the standard cup radiator ducts look and how they fit into the bumper.

spiller

This is mine with the central duct in place (my little helper is blocking the view of the side radiator but they were removed in this pic anyway). The 2nd pic shows you one of the side ducts. Basically they are just a pressed fit against the backside of the bumper.

ghhally

Thx Simon,

In the bumper itself, there's no grill surround like you have on the street cars? The Cup has different air ducts compared to the street version, so I assume they sit directly against the bumper.
I can't tell on mine, as they used a street GT3 bumper with the grill surround.

spiller

Geert, are you talking about the front grilles or the upper bumper slots? Mine doesn’t have that part in either spot, as you correctly said, the duct sits directly up against the inside of the bumper creating somewhat of a seal. At least I think I remember this being the case when I had the bumper off 12 months ago. I will check my car and confirm.

spiller

I have enhanced the lighting in the pic above and zoomed in to the backside of the bumper, looks like there is some sort of surround there actually. Sorry for the mis information and bad pic. Is this what is on your car? If it helps I will have my bumper off again in the next week or so and happy to send better pics.

ghhally

The 996 Cup has no surrounding frame in the bumper as the street car, but instead has grills mounted/attached to the bumper. The air ducts just sit against the bumper and don't interlock with the surrounding frame.
The below picture confirms the above.

38D

Are factory cup bumpers still available? If so, where?

ghhally

No longer available from Porsche Motorsport.
Best alternatives are street 996 GT3 / GT3 RS or aftermarket carbon kevlar.