924 style badge panel

[DavidL]

Does anyone make a 924 turbo badge panel (so with 4 vents) for a 944?

I've seen others with 2 vents but I don't think I've seen one with four.
Or am I better off just getting a spare 944 panel and giving it to a decent metalworker woth instructions?
Are the vents themselves available =- I suppose OPC would be the best place to start they may surprise me - or is it a trawl of ebay?

 

[jwindwood]

It will be ebay only. I believe that the vents are no longer available and were horrendously expensive when they were.
If your car is a square dash, a 924 panel should fit.

 

[u63af]

David,
Would be best getting a metal worker to cut out the slots, I am going to do this with mine but with 2 slot

The badge panel shape on 924 and early 944 is flatter and as such the 924 tbo badge panel doesnt fit well.

 

[Frenchy]

The vents are NLA in this country but try Auto Atlanta in the states i ordered some from there.

 

[DavidL]

An ebay seller is suggesting that 924 turbo bonnets will fit 944 too. True?

 

[pauljmcnulty]

There was a set for £50 on e-bay recently, I almost bought them just as an investment but I knew the minute I did someone would be selling new ones for £10 a set!

I don't like the look of the 4-vent panel on the S2/turbo front end myself; it's meant for the 924 and looks fine on a '70s car but not on the (rather clunky IMO) later design. Echoing the vents below the badge panel looks better to me, this is one of my favourites and was custom-made from the existing panel. Wider holes would look even better to me.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

ORIGINAL: DavidL

An ebay seller is suggesting that 924 turbo bonnets will fit 944 too. True?

Any 924 bonnet would fit, wouldn't it? Why would you though?

 

[DavidL]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty

ORIGINAL: DavidL

An ebay seller is suggesting that 924 turbo bonnets will fit 944 too. True?

Any 924 bonnet would fit, wouldn't it? Why would you though?

Because mine needs a respray and I like the vent.

 

[Kongsodoken]

I've just fitted a 924 turbo bonnet ...for the same reason "I like the Vent"

there are early and late ones! If you get a early one the flange needs flatening to clear the wiper arms, also have to add the tabs for the gas struts.....early bonnet does not have the indentation to clear the intercooler pipes ....later version fits straight on except for the washer nozzels ...

I know of a cheap early one ...£50

 

[944 man]

ORIGINAL: DavidL

An ebay seller is suggesting that 924 turbo bonnets will fit 944 too. True?

Theyre the same as early 944s. Series two 944s (1986 model year >) have different inner bracing. An early bonnet will fit, even a pre-gas ram type, but theyre far from ideal.

Whenever Ive posted this before someone has always told me that Im wrong, and then usually quoted PET in support of their claim. The early bonnets are NLA and have been superceded in PET by the later type (as bolt on badge panels replaced weld ons). I post this addendum now to avoid the grief...

 

[Kongsodoken]

944 MAN I can tell you ...you are correct[]

I brought and fitted both, I was going to add the gas strut brackets to the early one but then found a later one which dropped straight on .....

there did seem to be an issue with the wiper arms with the early one, but that may have been my fitting

 

[944Scott]

You can buy a fibre glass one (comes with vents but they are not quite the same as the originals), If you try to use a metal one from a 924 this is what you will be faced with.

As you can see the front of the later cars is more rounded The vents can be cut out and stitched into a 944 badge panel but its a whole heap of work, I have had quotes to do it ranging from £250 - £600 but that not going to deter me im still going to do it as I do not want to use f.g. The plastic vents do pop up on e bay now and again and the set that went for £50 were mine (im lucky as I had collected 2 924 badge panels and had two sets of vents)

The black one you can see in the picture is a rarer bolt on panel that im hoping to sell< I have another thats a bit battered which I need to check with the body shop is not too bad to use.

This is the picture that sold it to me.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Because mine needs a respray and I like the vent.

Finding a perfect 924 turbo bonnet that doesn't need a respray to be a perfect match to the paint on your car might not be that simple, and then it would need a bit of fettling as noted above[&:]

Wouldn't it be easier/cheaper to get the existing one resprayed and a vent put in? I'm far from a qualified bodywork professional but it seems the logical way to do it. How hard is it for a bodyshop to add a suitable vent to the bonnet that already fits the car, and respray it?

Given that the 924 turbo bonnet isn't exactly common, and transporting it isn't cheap unless you buy one very local, I can't see how it'll be economical to go that route. If you're near Birmingham there's one here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Porsche-9...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item256e293dd3

Next question, I love the vent as well. Has anyone got a pic of it on a later car? I'm guessing it serves no purpose at all, but it's got me thinking. [&:]

 

[pauljmcnulty]

This is the picture that sold it to me.

That's exactly what I don't like, personally. The long, oval vents stacked vertically, the long, oval indicators, then four "square" vents that look very "70s period". Why not one long vent that matches the two below?

I appreciate that it's all very subjective, and I'm biased having seen a few really bodged 924 panels fitted with bits of plastic and tape to fill the gaps. [:'(]

 

[944 man]

Id be interested to know how much youre looking for Scott. Feel free to PM me.


Simon

 

[944Scott]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty

This is the picture that sold it to me.

That's exactly what I don't like, personally. The long, oval vents stacked vertically, the long, oval indicators, then four "square" vents that look very "70s period". Why not one long vent that matches the two below?

I appreciate that it's all very subjective, and I'm biased having seen a few really bodged 924 panels fitted with bits of plastic and tape to fill the gaps. [:'(]

I guess you mean like this

 

[944Scott]

ORIGINAL: 944 man

Id be interested to know how much youre looking for Scott. Feel free to PM me.


Simon

I need to check the other I have is useable first []

 

[DavidL]

ORIGINAL: 944Scott


This is the picture that sold it to me.

I'm with Scott, that's what I quite like and I like the bonnet vent too. I'm sure I've seen the bonnet vents sold separately but not the badge panel.
That ebay bonnet from Birmingham was what prompted the question and yes It would need respraying as even mine isn't that pink.
I'll keep and eye out but cutting four holes in a 944 badge panel and fitting vents and then ltting a vent into antoher 944 bonnet may well be the easiest option. Depends what comes up over the next few months I suppose.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

I guess you mean like this

Exactly. Love that. Is there a pic on an S2/turbo front end to compare with the odd-looking (to my eye) 924 vent setup?

 

[944Scott]

Hmm had a look on google image but couldn't really find anything.