[Bulti]

My car seems to have developed an aquired taste for the grill as more and more pieces are getting eaten by it. I will have to look for a replacement before one of the pieces take out a <acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym> wire.



What on earth makes the grill break like that anyway? It doesn't have to do anything does it?

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[flash]

you know how it is - when you find a good grille, you just can't get enough



the plastic breaks just as any plastic. over time it gets brittle. it takes very little pressure at that point to crack the grid, and once it's cracked, pieces break off.

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[parptarf]

I guess those pieces either get devoured by the engine or stay in the inlet manifoild?



Anyways, claning the <acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym> removed a little hesitation when accelerating. It wasn't that bad to begin with though. This car has always had fresh paper filters.

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[ds968]

I've had small and also no so small pieces of both sides of the grill break off and mysteriously disappear into the engine or manifold or wherever they end up, on both cars, and I am absolutely shocked to know that the front grill pieces did not destroy those super-fragile wires of the <acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym> while going trough there. That's either blind luck or there maybe some other explanation for it , but I thought of it being like Suge Knight getting shot at that pre-VMAS party a month ago : shot six times with five of the bullets entering his stomach and chest, and not a single one hits a vital organ . Maybe that's how the plastic bits went by the wires also.

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[ds968]

[quote name='sstman' timestamp='1410081251' post='161970']They are just a twist fit, they do come out, ( but probably in several pieces) I managed to obtain two replacements on my <acronym title='mass air flow'><acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym></acronym> from my local OPC was a while ago, but we're not that expensive.[/quote]



Wow, that's very interesting . Anyway when I checked with dealers and also used parts sources, I was told that the grill pieces were never available separately . I can understand used parts places not willing to sell them without the <acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym> , but if they're were twist / press in items I think it's really " sucky " of Porsche not to sell those items by themselves, particularly knowing they have a propensity to break with age . Not shocked though, why would they sell you something inexpensive instead of making you buy the whole unit for $ 400, or whatever the heck a new one costs.. Surprising you're able to buy brake light bulbs by themselves instead of having to buy the entire rear lights assembly with the cover...and the bumper also, as one single integral piece :-o ! :-))

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[Lear35A]

Taking these grids off really isn't a big deal. Just take it slowly.

The real source for these would be Bosch who I am sure supplied these MAFs to Porsche as complete assemblies. It would be a big breakthrough if someone could find a way to supply these separately.

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[Lear35A]

Oh. You want to know how to do it?

Use a thin metal rod that can pass through the grid to the backside of the opposite grid. Gently tap it out, going around the circumference multiple times, displacing it a little at a time.

Einfach!

However, I understand this method is somewhat moot since we can't get replacements grids.

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[ds968]

Great, thanks for posting that because while they may not be available separately, the ability to remove the ring arguably enables someone with the knowledge and wherewithal ( are you listening D1R ? , lol ) to produce a comparable grill that can be retrofitted to that ring. And it does not necessarily have to be plastic.

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[Bulti]

A nice FRP set with a golden finish would be just fine. Ooh yeah baby!

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