Cayman GTS

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Twinfan

10,125 posts

106 months

Monday 22nd February 2016
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I'd be up for this if it's after my CGTS arrives!

edo

16,699 posts

267 months

Monday 22nd February 2016
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I'll ask.

NBTBRV8

2,063 posts

210 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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Do you guys with a March build know your commission number, which should be G03.... and is on the top of your contract. I found out today 03 means March and am wondering if the rest of the numbers are order numbers. Mine is 098 and I am curious what number you've got and when they locked.

Twinfan

10,125 posts

106 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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Nope, no order number on the paperwork I have.

paralla

3,549 posts

137 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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AndyCGTS said:
I have been meaning to email them but Ive not had time yet, do they do the kit but for cars with the ACC option?

EDIT: Just emailed them to ask. smile

Edited by AndyCGTS on Monday 22 February 18:52
I bought these for a Cayman S PDK with parking sensors and eventually binned them.

Crap still gets through and collects at the bottom of the radiators. They need to be removed occasionally to clear out the rubbish to stop it rotting the rads and the fitment on an S is a bit flaky, I wasn't happy taking them on and off all the time. I wasn't confident they were secured well enough so I shored up the spring clips with some black cable ties. It was too much of palaver so they ended up in the skip.

NBTBRV8

2,063 posts

210 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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Twinfan said:
Nope, no order number on the paperwork I have.
So there isn't a "Comm number" listed? This is a USA invoice example.



robj4

396 posts

159 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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paralla said:
AndyCGTS said:
I have been meaning to email them but Ive not had time yet, do they do the kit but for cars with the ACC option?

EDIT: Just emailed them to ask. smile

Edited by AndyCGTS on Monday 22 February 18:52
I bought these for a Cayman S PDK with parking sensors and eventually binned them.

Crap still gets through and collects at the bottom of the radiators. They need to be removed occasionally to clear out the rubbish to stop it rotting the rads and the fitment on an S is a bit flaky, I wasn't happy taking them on and off all the time. I wasn't confident they were secured well enough so I shored up the spring clips with some black cable ties. It was too much of palaver so they ended up in the skip.
Just ordered a set before reading this, will post how I get on. My concern is more stone hitting the rads at daft speeds on a track day coming up, I don't drive it much in the winter so not so concerned with leaves. Fingers crossed the CGTS fitment is a little better.

Twinfan

10,125 posts

106 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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I've checked my earlier paperwork which is slightly different and that has an order number, but no comm number.

norscot

95 posts

176 months

Thursday 25th February 2016
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NBTBRV8 said:
I am going to try and retrofit GT4 mesh.
Would that be possible without completely reworking them? The fronts look pretty dissimilar.

Any thread with the Zunsports seems to generate a very diverse set of opinions on how good or bad they are!

robj4

396 posts

159 months

Friday 26th February 2016
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norscot said:
NBTBRV8 said:
I am going to try and retrofit GT4 mesh.
Would that be possible without completely reworking them? The fronts look pretty dissimilar.

Any thread with the Zunsports seems to generate a very diverse set of opinions on how good or bad they are!
Mine have arrived, the quality looks very good, it's quite difficult to weld mesh into a rod surround and not end up with distortion and sharp edges. they've certainly paid attention to finishing.

As for fitting I'll give it a go over the weekend maybe, depending on how cold it remains.

DuncGTS

101 posts

108 months

Friday 26th February 2016
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Fitted these to mine as the rads take a beating and in only 900 miles of road use only mine looked more like they had done a rally stage
Can be tricky to fit and you need to be carefull if you have the black plastic painted like mine was, but take your time and they do fit very well and look great.
I had to twist the larger side ones to get them in and look right as they sit at an angle and these are the ones you will find the hardest to fit, but take your time and tape the areas up well and you should be fine.
Having fitted them to mine I would now find it much easier to do them again but must say the first time I tried I almost gave up

robj4

396 posts

159 months

Friday 26th February 2016
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Thanks Dunc, I'll try and be patient when fitting. The black plastic on my car isn't painted so hopefully one less thing to worry about.

AndyCGTS

589 posts

205 months

Friday 26th February 2016
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Just wondering if anyone has fitted the new steering wheel to the GTS i.e GT3 RS / GT4 style? As I have been looking around to see if there are any examples and I can't find any.

NBTBRV8

2,063 posts

210 months

Sunday 28th February 2016
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norscot said:
Would that be possible without completely reworking them? The fronts look pretty dissimilar.

Any thread with the Zunsports seems to generate a very diverse set of opinions on how good or bad they are!
I have looked at photos of the bumpers removed from both the GT4 and the GTS and think it can be done. The mesh will sandwich in between the painted bar and the black frame that clips on to the back of the painted bar. I am thinking that I will most likely need to trim the cut outs in the mesh for the tabs on the back of the painted bar as they appear to be in a different position on the two models, but the radiator holes appear to be the same size.

The only thing is the GT4 has two vertical supports in behind the mesh in front of the centre radiator, so I will buy one of these to see if I need to fit it or if it will be tight enough without it.

Here is the back of a GTS bar:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Porsche-Boxster-Cayman-GTS-...

Here is the back of a GT4 bar:

http://www.rdforum.org/showthread.php?t=47117&...

Here is the GTS frame that I am thinking would need changing for the GT4 type with the two extra vertical supports:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Porsche-981-Boxster-Cayman-...

norscot

95 posts

176 months

Sunday 28th February 2016
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That looks like it could work, and I think the result will be worth the extra work. Not sure for myself I'd be confident with the disassembly required to do it though.

Can't help thinking Porsche have got both the look and the protection just right on the GT4 but our GTS's have the radiators too exposed from both points of view.

robj4

396 posts

159 months

Sunday 28th February 2016
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Managed to fit the Zunsport mesh to the fronts of my GTS today, and the lower outer one certainly is fairly tricky to locate. I think the instruction to fit the outer end first is wrong though. I tried that for 20 minutes without success then tweaked the hook on the inner end, hooked that in place and then by slightly squeezing the grill into place agains the clip fitted first (acts as a stop) it was fairly simple to position the outer lower tab in place and push the second clip over it.

The upper outer and central grill are fairly easy, apart from the hook end of the inner grill is tricky to make sure it is fully engaged on the trim as it's a tight fit.

The nature of the flexible plastic aperture against a fixed wire framed grill means it is never going to look completely snug, but credit to Zunsport I think they've done a great job, it must have taken a lot of trial and error.

Am I happy with them? Not really, a neighbour with a 981 Boxster popped over and he thought they looked perfect. It's when you've fitted them and know the detail intimately that you can't help but see the flaws. I suppose I will be happy if they stay in place when I'm scaring myself at Spa in April and I don't get a punctured rad.

My experience of removing factory bumpers is that they very rarely go back exactly as factory fitted, so this will have to do until my GT4 order comes in. (Yeah, right).

NBTBRV8

2,063 posts

210 months

Monday 29th February 2016
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I ordered the GT4 mesh and rear frame for the centre radiator today, ex Germany so it will be a few weeks away. I'll let you know how it goes in May when my car turns up.

robj4

396 posts

159 months

Monday 29th February 2016
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NBTBRV8 said:
I ordered the GT4 mesh and rear frame for the centre radiator today, ex Germany so it will be a few weeks away. I'll let you know how it goes in May when my car turns up.
Nice one, will you be doing the outer rad apertures at the same time you 'have it off'?

edo

16,699 posts

267 months

Monday 29th February 2016
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I am sitting at Zunsport today whilst they finish templating my 991 GTS. They have had to develop a new type of clip for them. Shout if any questions!

NBTBRV8

2,063 posts

210 months

Monday 29th February 2016
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robj4 said:
Nice one, will you be doing the outer rad apertures at the same time you 'have it off'?
Yes, I will do all three inlets and will take photos for a post.