20 captured repliesPartial discussion capture · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis
THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW
Discussion summary
YOUR RESEARCHIs it just me or do these mean making your own not worth the hassle? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Leading reported evidence
Use bodywork adhesive
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
I used a bodywork adhesive on the edges to fix it.
Is it just me or do these mean making your own not worth the hassle? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Frequently discussed work
Recommend zunnsport based upon both personal and professional observations
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
So, when customers ask me for a suggestion to protect the inlets from leaf and other debris that don't look tacky or quickly begin to rust, and that they can easily DIY install themselves, we recommend Zunnsport based upon both personal and professional observations.
Is it just me or do these mean making your own not worth the hassle? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Read full discussion summary
Leading evidence: 'Use bodywork adhesive' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Recommend zunnsport based upon both personal and professional observations' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
Source reports, not a diagnosis or a success probability. Counts refer to discussions and can overlap.
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
This picture shows my 997 (meanwhile mounted ~4 years ) but I used the same mesh and fixing on the 986 because there was actually enough left of the grille.
Is it just me or do these mean making your own not worth the hassle? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Use zunsport units
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
We have used Zunsport units for years; about 1 min after opening the box, they are on the car, powder coated stainless steel, they hold up very well even after years of use.
Is it just me or do these mean making your own not worth the hassle? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Recommend zunnsport based upon both personal and professional observations
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
So, when customers ask me for a suggestion to protect the inlets from leaf and other debris that don't look tacky or quickly begin to rust, and that they can easily DIY install themselves, we recommend Zunnsport based upon both personal and professional observations.
Is it just me or do these mean making your own not worth the hassle? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Frequently discussed actions (4)
These are separate views of the same evidence. Frequency alone does not establish a fix, and these counts must not be added together.
Recommend zunnsport based upon both personal and professional observations
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
So, when customers ask me for a suggestion to protect the inlets from leaf and other debris that don't look tacky or quickly begin to rust, and that they can easily DIY install themselves, we recommend Zunnsport based upon both personal and professional observations.
Is it just me or do these mean making your own not worth the hassle? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Use same mesh and fixing
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
This picture shows my 997 (meanwhile mounted ~4 years ) but I used the same mesh and fixing on the 986 because there was actually enough left of the grille.
Is it just me or do these mean making your own not worth the hassle? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Use zunsport units
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
We have used Zunsport units for years; about 1 min after opening the box, they are on the car, powder coated stainless steel, they hold up very well even after years of use.
Is it just me or do these mean making your own not worth the hassle? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners
Coverage and how to read this overview
Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.
20 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
986Forum: 1 discussions
0 evidence records excluded for query context · 0 excluded by outcome qualification · 0 adjusted by outcome qualification.
0 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.
Generation: 20261026T161109Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources
We have used Zunsport units for years; about 1 min after opening the box, they are on the car, powder coated stainless steel, they hold up very well even after years of use.
What part of my post is not for you do you not understand? There are others that might be interested. I'm not the seller, I've see many posts about people buying mesh and making their own. Great you're cool, you have Zunsports, and 2 cars, so impressive.
Okay, so i removed the bumper as part of the radiator cleaning a few weeks ago and cut and glued my own grilles in the process. That's a lot more work, of course, but it's actually the cheapest (!) and not the worst solution. Removable grilles make little sense, imho, because you have to remove the bumper again for a proper radiator cleaning in any case, but only a fraction of debris gets into the radiators after installing the grilles, so no need to do it yearly.
I feel very uncomfortable with the Zunsport price.
Edit: The ones I have are aluminium, powder coated. That makes a difference in price of course. But much more easy to work with.
We get cars here in the shop with all sorts of "fixes" for the radiator inlets; some look half decent; others look like the car ran into a chicken enclosure and some of the fencing got stuck, which really isn't a good look on these cars. Others, with more expensive commercially available inserts, show signs of rust after only a year or so in the car. So, when customers ask me for a suggestion to protect the inlets from leaf and other debris that don't look tacky or quickly begin to rust, and that they can easily DIY install themselves, we recommend Zunnsport based upon both personal and professional observations. "Cool" never enters into the conversation.................
I spent about $20 and a couple hours with some gutter guard from Home Depot for my front intakes and honestly they look fine. Though the actual shaping of the gutter guard was super challenging.
Aren't you special. Why don't you make a separate post about how much you know about vents? I was giving information about something I thought members might be interested in. You're a pompous know it all and I couldn't give a **************** what you think. A Porsche snob at his finest.
What bothers me the most, Jan is that massive link you posted to the item.
Do you know that you can crop it off right after the item number?
No need for the rest of the web-clutter.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235758452891
Even if it's an eBay Affiliate link, where you get paid for clicks, there's no need to make it so long and cluttered. Follow the instructions for a short link.
https://partnerhelp.ebay.com/helpcenter/s/article/Link-Generator-Quick-Start-Guide?language=en_US
I really think this is a bit strict and frankly unnecessary. It is important that contributions are written objectively and purposefully. That's why I feel very comfortable here.
I posted something that I thought might be of interest to some members. Its not my product, I don't care if anyone buys it. Im not here seeking his approval. He could if just ignored it, or posted his comment and moved on. He obviously needs to feel superior here to overcome other shortcomings in his personal life.
Sorry if I intruded on your safe space. 🙄
I think one of the necessary questions we should be asking ourselves are can we bedazzle these vents with fake diamonds and or should we put words across these vents like 'Swag'
side note: were all here to share and ask questions. I doubt anyone genuinely has ill intent with giving their two cents. Dont forget we arent Ferrari, we wont have our cars repo'd for adding a cup holder to our interior.
I think the vents are honesty cool, i hardly ever care about performance when i just want to enjoy a beautiful 986 boxster. I might actually look into ordering the ones originally posted
The radiator vents and engine vents are functioning as intended by Porsche. There is no need to cover them or alter them. Do not stuff meshes in them. Just stop it.
This picture shows my 997 (meanwhile mounted ~4 years ) but I used the same mesh and fixing on the 986 because there was actually enough left of the grille. It is powder coated aluminium and therefore easy to work with and bendable. It was easier on the 997 than on the Boxster, because I had to bent it more. I used a bodywork adhesive on the edges to fix it. When the 986 is back, I'll be happy to take some pictures of it too, but it's really not rocket science.
I'm not going to get into the discussion about whether it makes sense to retrofit the grille that porsche forgot there because it's too stupid for me. There is not a single disadvantage retrofitting them.
This is a source reference. Confirm exact model applicability in the original material.
