So after two and a half months of GT3 ownership I've already lost my first Cup splitter. Well, when I say lost, I know exactly where it is, it's in the central reservation of the A34 bypass outside Wilmslow after it came off and I ran over it at high speed.

Thanks to Mike at Sports and Classic I have a new one ready to go on tomorrow. They do look a bit pants without one one there.

But the question is, how many of these things to people normally go through?

I use the car quite a bit around town and country lanes and I can hear it catching all the time. Seems like I'm going to be replacing mine on quite a regular basis.

3 pieces a year on my 997.1RS but that's because i live in Central London and its numerous speed bumps (17 alone on my way to the tennis club in Chiswick!!!)
I'd get mine from JZM, the Cups, at GBP250 a pop

I am on around number 9!

I would keep that one as you will need it soon!

I'm on #1!

I had 1 splitter for the duration of my ownership, and that's with a scrape going into the garage every time. It's soft black plastic so doesn't really show too badly and can be easily smoothed over with a cutting solution if you're so inclined. The cup splitters are another deal though - so much lower that they're pretty unusable for road use IMO.

Accept that it'll get scuffed and get on with enjoying the awesome car.

Picking up my new 1M next week so no scrape worries there! Can wait to get hold of the little terrier!

I am on about number 8 in 4 years of ownership. I have recently lost 2 in as many months. They scrape around town and then fly off at speed once loosened by the scraping.

Has anyone come up with a better way of attaching them to the 996? I use a combination of double-sided sponge tape and the rivets that Porsche supply. They seem to fly off all too easily.

I changed the standard 6 GT3 one when I bought my car because it was not perfect. I went for the `Cup` one as it was cheaper and looks better IMHO as it is much wider as it wraps around to meet the front wheel arch.

I remember measuring both at the time, the splitter to road clearance is no different between standard and `Cup` versions. Since fitting mine it has been grounded twice without damage, after each time I have tightened the rivets and pressed the double-sided tape back just in case.

I work on the following theory... If you take a big scrape whilst travelling forwards the splitter deforms and does its job, but this pulls the tape and rivets away from the PU creating a tiny gap. Then when you travel at speed the air is forced into (and through) this tiny gap, until it eventually parts company with the PU enough to fold under the car and it gets ripped off.

Nick, your solution using self tappers has been debated many times and it clearly works for you. For me the solution is to be mindful of the purpose of the spitter and take reasonable steps to be selective about my route and driving style. I know that you use your fine machine in the spirit that this was intended and a splitter becomes just another consumable item.

In closing, to the OP... Just stock pile spare splitters, buy them as when you can in both Cup and standard form. I picked up another standard new and unused one in the classified on here for £75 delivered last week which is roughly half price.

Just enjoy your car, your `consumable` rear tyres will eclipse the cost of splitters all too quickly, so stock pile those too when you see good deals.

True, they are a consumable, but when you've lost / run over them on a monthly basis & bought 8 Cup splitters in the first 2 years of ownership, the gag starts wearing a bit thin

The one on my last car (996 GT3) was the one it came with in 2004 until I parted company with that car last year. It had seen the ground a _lot_ of times, but it never parted company. The one on my 997 already looks in worse shape than that one did, but a geo on Wednesday revealed that the previous owner had for some reason lowered it 8mm without corner weighting it or correcting several other pieces of setup, which explained much. At least a little perplexed that Reading would sell a car so far out of spec, but it still drove better than a stock 996 even set like that. Now that has been rectified - however - it is much, much better...



Nick - she now turns. Oh yes. I just nope that it is dry enough for my marginal cups on Saturday though