JML Cumbria Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 Hi - I've just bought a 2014 Baxter 981 - delighted with the car, but it doesn't have a wind deflector fitted... I thought I could just slot one in... but there seems to be no fitting for it. Looking around it seems that there is a piece of metal that fits between the rollover bars into which the deflector clips: but my car just has a piece of trim there (see pics) My Porsche main dealer is not being very helpful, so I wonder if anyone on this forum knows from where I can get this, or the Porsche part number? And does it just push in if I take out the trim? I'd be really grateful for any help with this... getting a very chilly neck! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo_UK Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) Hi John Unusual to see a 981 without a deflector fitted. I didn't realise it was optional! Poor advice from the original salesman if you ask me. Looks like you need to buy both the deflector and an installation kit. Seems a pretty straight forward install. Here's the kit. You should be able,to buy it in the UK if you search about. I'd also expect you OPC parts team to be able to help! https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/pk981wsinsert.html?Category_Code= Edited March 28, 2023 by Simo_UK . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) Individual parts below....ask the Porsche Centre if they do a "kit" and ask for discount...other supplier options and Ebay may also be available... 981 561 621 04 Wind Deflector 981 561 730 02 Wind Deflector plastic insert (frame that sits around deflector which sits into the guide which is on the bodywork) 981 561 650 03 Wind Deflector guide 900 976 011 01 Socket Head Bolt x 2 Edited March 28, 2023 by iborguk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JML Cumbria Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) Thanks for your help Simo_UK and Iborguk. My problem seems to be finding the parts in the UK - the sites seem to be all US based - expensive to ship and import duties are going to make it an expensive job! Porsche centre/main dealer can’t /doesn’t want to help and there don’t seem to be UK or even European sources. it seems to me that the important part is the wind deflector guide 981 561 650 03 - does anyone know if that just pops into the space left if the bit of trim insert you can see in the pics is taken out - or do I need the whole lot and dismantle the full kit? I’ve located the equivalent of a kit from a vehicle dismantlers, but the roll bar cover colour would clash with my interior… but if the guide would just slot in then I could just discard the rest. If they’re an integral part on the other hand its a no no. Edited March 28, 2023 by JML Cumbria 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, JML Cumbria said: Thanks for your help Simo_UK and Iborguk. My problem seems to be finding the parts in the UK - the sites seem to be all US based - expensive to ship and import duties are going to make it an expensive job! Porsche centre/main dealer can’t /doesn’t want to help and there don’t seem to be UK or even European sources. it seems to me that the important part is the wind deflector guide 981 561 650 03 - does anyone know if that just pops into the space left if the bit of trim insert you can see in the pics is taken out - or do I need the whole lot and dismantle the full kit? I’ve located the equivalent of a kit from a vehicle dismantlers, but the roll bar cover colour would clash with my interior… but if the guide would just slot in then I could just discard the rest. If they’re an integral part on the other hand it’s a no no. Why can’t the Porsche Centre supply the parts ? Have you tried calling another Centre ? Edited March 28, 2023 by iborguk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JML Cumbria Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Yes, I shall try that… expected better from the dealer from whom I bought a Macan… and who have up to now been very good: thought I’d get quickest response being an existing customer… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 I just called Porsche Hatfield. 981 561 730 03 is now the number for the wind deflector plastic insert , £64.22 982 561 650 03 , wind deflector guide, £80.38 999 073 498 01 , bolts x2 33p each Everything is available as UK stock for delivery to them in 2/3 days. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JML Cumbria Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Brilliant - thank you so much iborguk - sounds like a much more helpful place… long way from me, but I’m on the phone to them as soon as I stop typing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey P Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, JML Cumbria said: Brilliant - thank you so much iborguk Yes, he's a helpful fella - The last time I took his advice it cost me £28,000 though, so be careful 😂 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Menoporsche Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Just to note that as a 981 from Porsche that will be a mesh wind deflector. Several people have chosen to fit a clear perspex one from aftermarket suppliers (like the Porsche one from the 987), as it has no holes in and as rear visibility is better. If you're interested, save your money and don't buy the mesh one. Though the perspex one is more expensive. I don't know where to get the perspex one or how long it will take., someone else can probably help there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JML Cumbria Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Thank you, yes, from experience with other roadsters I’d already sourced a Perspex deflector rather than a mesh - it was only when it arrived that I realised there was no way to fit it - D’urrr. Like Simo_UK above I hadn’t dreamed that a (relatively) modern roadster would be sold without a wind deflector fitting - I just assumed the deflector itself had been lost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 35 minutes ago, JML Cumbria said: Brilliant - thank you so much iborguk - sounds like a much more helpful place… long way from me, but I’m on the phone to them as soon as I stop typing! Yeah I’d suggest talk to another Centre near you. Some will also post smallish parts. The point is the parts exist in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JML Cumbria Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Not good news - I have now been told by 2 Porsche centres (Hatfield and Newcastle) that wind deflectors can’t be retro fitted. A bit gutted: tbh it wasn’t top of my checklist/deal breakers when buying, I just assumed they’d be available. Lesson learned. I’ll have to see how we get on without it… might restrict use when it’s not so warm: the roadster it replaces was a Merc SLK - with both wind deflector AND hot air scarves! I can’t see any independent aftermarket offerings that don’t rely on the factory fitted guides… unless any of you guys know differently? In any case, grateful to all of you who have gone out of your way to try to help me - thank you. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eob Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 12 minutes ago, JML Cumbria said: Not good news - I have now been told by 2 Porsche centres (Hatfield and Newcastle) that wind deflectors can’t be retro fitted. A bit gutted: tbh it wasn’t top of my checklist/deal breakers when buying, I just assumed they’d be available. Lesson learned. I’ll have to see how we get on without it… might restrict use when it’s not so warm: the roadster it replaces was a Merc SLK - with both wind deflector AND hot air scarves! I can’t see any independent aftermarket offerings that don’t rely on the factory fitted guides… unless any of you guys know differently? In any case, grateful to all of you who have gone out of your way to try to help me - thank you. John My previous toy was a SLK too and I have to say that it was very buffety with the deflector fitted and uncomfortable with the windows down. The Boxter in comparison is much better even with the windows down. In fact, I drove back from the MOT centre yesterday with the roof down and never even noticed that I had the drivers window down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JML Cumbria Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Funnily you should say that eob - we took the Boxter out yesterday and found buffeting considerably reduced when we put the windows down! The SLK was hopeless with windows down, even with deflector. Maybe we’ll learn to live with it… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 28 minutes ago, JML Cumbria said: I have now been told by 2 Porsche centres (Hatfield and Newcastle) that wind deflectors can’t be retro fitted. Sounds odd. Can't be fitted to Porsche standards maybe, but your car is nearly 10 years old so warranty etc is less of an issue. Can a 981 owner post a pic of where the mounting points are? Perhaps you can buy that bit of trim, with mounts, from a breaker? I know people take the roll bar hoop covers off for painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JML Cumbria Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 I have sourced a fitting from a breaker - but it’s £250, and includes coloured roll over covers - so nervous about going ahead with it if Porsche say it can’t be retrofitted… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 No such thing as can't although OK I've not done this retrofit.... Looking at the part here https://www.ebay.com/itm/204149073624 Looks like it's a case of using the two bolts in the right location to secure it to the body and then you're golden....easy for me to say. Of course it's going to need some holes made in the right places and right sizes to accommodate those fixings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JML Cumbria Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Yes, it’s the “holes made in the right places” that scares me. It LOOKS straightforward, I guess I kind of assumed that the holes would be there as standard, just not used if the wind deflector option box wasn’t ticked. But Porsche saying it can’t be retrofitted suggests to me that those holes were never made in the factory… and drilling and tapping blind above the engine is way beyond my skill level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Would like to think a decent Indy would have a crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Often an opc will say “ can’t retro fit “ when what they really mean is there is not a kit of parts and a how to guide with a “how many hours to charge “ leaflet. surely if there is a with and without part then there are part number differences What does the pet parts list say ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JML Cumbria Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Yes, I’m hoping that’s the case… I’ve spoken to D&G “Porsche Specialists” in Newcastle who have good reviews and aren’t too far away, explained my problem and what I’d found so far and they said they’d look into it… they didn’t say no… hoping to get a positive email soon… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo_UK Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 49 minutes ago, Paul P said: Often an opc will say “ can’t retro fit “ when what they really mean is there is not a kit of parts and a how to guide with a “how many hours to charge “ leaflet. surely if there is a with and without part then there are part number differences What does the pet parts list say ? This! The lazy gits. @JML CumbriaHave a look here…..should be enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo_UK Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 And here. But the pics are a bit cack. https://www.planet-9.com/threads/help-wind-deflector-boxster-981-diy.165194/#post-1510250 Oh and you have to translate the page (which comes out quite well), unless you’re a whizz at German! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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