I think my car is missing something.
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Andrew,
Google "987.2 exhaust fitted" and select images.
You will see some pictures of the underside rear of your model, which might go some way to solving your puzzle.
Ralph
Google "987.2 exhaust fitted" and select images.
You will see some pictures of the underside rear of your model, which might go some way to solving your puzzle.
Ralph
AndrewT
Member
Edited to add that I’m now satisfied that there are no undertrays missing from my car.
You may have read my other thread about the pothole damage recently suffered by my car. While my car was on a lift having the wheel alignment checked the technician pointed out that the engine undertray is missing. I'm sure that he was correct, please see the attached photograph.
Assuming that it should have an engine undertray then I have a good idea on what's happened. Before my UK tour in May of this year my car had been to both an OPC and an independent for service work, neither of them mentioned a missing panel so I assume that it was there - there's a possibility that it was removed during the work and not refitted securely although I think I'd have noticed it, especially as I took my car on track ay the PEC before starting my tour.
On the third day of my tour whilst travelling on a dual carriageway a little hatchback some way ahead lost control and veered off into a hedge at the side of the road, colliding with a lamp-post, parts of which fell onto the carriageway. Although I was someway behind and already slowing in order to stop and help extricate the driver I ran over some debris in the road. There was a bit of a thump under my car which I assumed was just my wheel running over something. I was more concerned about getting to the crashed car and calling the emergency services and didn't think to look at my car. The next day I noticed one of the 'mud flaps' in front of the offside rear wheel had been partially dislodged, I assumed it had been knocked by whatever debris I'd ran over. It seems most likely to me now that the debris I ran over probably tore off the whole undertray, hence my question - should I have an undertray?
Thanks Andrew.
You may have read my other thread about the pothole damage recently suffered by my car. While my car was on a lift having the wheel alignment checked the technician pointed out that the engine undertray is missing. I'm sure that he was correct, please see the attached photograph.
Assuming that it should have an engine undertray then I have a good idea on what's happened. Before my UK tour in May of this year my car had been to both an OPC and an independent for service work, neither of them mentioned a missing panel so I assume that it was there - there's a possibility that it was removed during the work and not refitted securely although I think I'd have noticed it, especially as I took my car on track ay the PEC before starting my tour.
On the third day of my tour whilst travelling on a dual carriageway a little hatchback some way ahead lost control and veered off into a hedge at the side of the road, colliding with a lamp-post, parts of which fell onto the carriageway. Although I was someway behind and already slowing in order to stop and help extricate the driver I ran over some debris in the road. There was a bit of a thump under my car which I assumed was just my wheel running over something. I was more concerned about getting to the crashed car and calling the emergency services and didn't think to look at my car. The next day I noticed one of the 'mud flaps' in front of the offside rear wheel had been partially dislodged, I assumed it had been knocked by whatever debris I'd ran over. It seems most likely to me now that the debris I ran over probably tore off the whole undertray, hence my question - should I have an undertray?
Thanks Andrew.
Andrew,
I don't think that there's anything aft of the engine bulkhead other than the assorted bits of hard plastic wheel arch liner in the rear arches.
Why Porsche doesn't fit proper full wheel arch liners in the rear arches is beyond me ... dubious weight-saving perhaps? That's why it always sounds as though you're being machine-gunned every time you drive over a newly resurfaced road - dreadful noise.! If they used the flock-type of material in common use elsewhere, both tyre noise and hiss when driving in rain would also be suppressed significantly.
Jeff
I don't think that there's anything aft of the engine bulkhead other than the assorted bits of hard plastic wheel arch liner in the rear arches.
Why Porsche doesn't fit proper full wheel arch liners in the rear arches is beyond me ... dubious weight-saving perhaps? That's why it always sounds as though you're being machine-gunned every time you drive over a newly resurfaced road - dreadful noise.! If they used the flock-type of material in common use elsewhere, both tyre noise and hiss when driving in rain would also be suppressed significantly.
Jeff
AndrewT
Member
Thanks Snowy, but I’m happy now that there is nothing missing from my car that was fitted when it was built.
Jeff, I agree with you that a flock type wheel arch liner could reduce some unwanted noise.
Back in the ‘70s you could get a diy kit to apply a flock coating to interior walls, it’d be a brave person who tried to apply a flock coating to their Cayman wheel arches! Do report back if you decide to give it a go
Jeff, I agree with you that a flock type wheel arch liner could reduce some unwanted noise.
Back in the ‘70s you could get a diy kit to apply a flock coating to interior walls, it’d be a brave person who tried to apply a flock coating to their Cayman wheel arches! Do report back if you decide to give it a go
AndrewT said:Jeff, I agree with you that a flock type wheel arch liner could reduce some unwanted noise.
Back in the ‘70s you could get a diy kit to apply a flock coating to interior walls, it’d be a brave person who tried to apply a flock coating to their Cayman wheel arches! Do report back if you decide to give it a go
Andrew,
I'm not sure about the flock coating approach, but as an experiment I'm tempted to try a bit of carpet off-cut in the rear wheel arches..!
Jeff
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