11 captured repliesPartial discussion capture · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis
THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW
Discussion summary
YOUR RESEARCH996 Turbo owners - front skirt
Leading reported evidence
Install c4s
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.
Leading evidence: 'Install c4s' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Install c4s' (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
Prices must have changed, last time I changed my the 4S was about $330, there's some on Ebay as well for about half of that cost.
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
Prices must have changed, last time I changed my the 4S was about $330, there's some on Ebay as well for about half of that cost.
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 · Original poster
I will leave it for now as no doubt will have a few more scrapes sometime in the future and will change then.
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.
11 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
Porsche Forum Australia: 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: 20261026T091943Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources
Apologies in advance if this topic is already covered elsewhere. I have had a search and can't find it.
I am looking for some guidance please from 996 tt owners that have experienced scraping and minor damage to the front plastic skirt going over humps or in and out of driveways and have had cosmetic repairs or in worst case a full replacement done.
ie. where best to take it and any knowledge on cost of full replacement etc.
I live in Melbourne.
cheers.
Give Sean a call in the parts department at Porsche centre Doncaster. Tell him you got the number from Bryce vic the Porsche forum and he "should"look after you. They gives us a club discount or sorts. Always looked after me.
Yes as Fraz mentioned Sean at PCD will look after you. I personally put on the 4S front lip spoiler for added clearance. Its about half the cost of the turbo one.
Porsche Centre Brisbane quoted me $550.00 for the 996 Turbo splitter Part No. 996 505 355 0001C and $420 for the 4S splitter. Because they are so low they are a consumable item. I am going to replace mine in the next little while.
They are held on with a screw at each end in front of the front wheels and then just push into the bumper. I understand from the Porsche workshop manual that you need a phillips screw driver and a flat blade screw driver.
Russ PM sent.
Thanks for all of the responses. Very helpful. On closer inspection the scrape and minor indentation on the black plastic lower lip is really only noticeable when looking for it. Which I of course given we tend to pickup on any blemishes.
I will leave it for now as no doubt will have a few more scrapes sometime in the future and will change then.
I will keep Sean in mind at PCD given that's also pretty handy for me location wise and also the tip on the CS4 lip instead of a more expensive turbo one.
cheers !
Good idea to not worry too much about the splitter and buy 3 or 4 from Ebay cheap as you can because over 3 or 4 years it almost can't be avoided damaging them.
I've got a front splitter for my front bumper but i'm in two minds about installing it knowing its going to scrape everything.
Guess its better than scratching the front bar
This is a source reference. Confirm exact model applicability in the original material.
