Has anyone installed any carbon parts on their GT4?

Hi all,

Curious to know whether anyone has installed any carbon fibre parts to their GT4's to get a more RS look.

I'm quite tempted with the following for mine which I collect Friday but don't want to go too overboard.

Side air intake scoops:
https://shop.db-carbon-interieur.de/Side-air-intak...

Side mirror housing:
https://shop.db-carbon-interieur.de/epages/6154153...

It's not cheap but I can't find many websites that offer these parts.

I did actually see this the other day and contacted JCR but the cost for the side air scoops and mirror housings were far more than what I'm willing to pay. I imagine it's because they're OEM GT4 RS parts.

That front splitter makes my teeth itch….gt4rs….no it isn’t, fill it in or get a carbon one.

Porsche PET parts system retail prices

If you're referring to my original post mate, I assumed they're real carbon fibre... Especially at those prices.

This is what it says on their website:

"Checked OEM parts only, improved with real carbon fiber in our handwork manufactory under highest quality standards."

I think what they're doing is the same as what Topaz can do for OEM parts:
https://topazdetailing.com/pages/topazcarbon

Have spoken to a few Porsche specialists about replacing that side air scoop and they've all said it's a b*tch to take off. It's not only clipped in but stuck on with 3M tape so quite difficult to remove.

In two minds whether to go down this route now.

Apart from cosmetic there is no point skinning original poly parts with carbon.

The rocker panel has to come off as the side scoop is screwed to it, tbh it’s an easy panel to take off and just a matter of the screws after that, I had mine off in about 10 mins.

Not expecting full carbon fibre mate. It's just for the aesthetics. My car is black and I think the carbon fibre weave looks good on certain panels such as the side air scoops and wing mirrors.

As tdt said, clipped and screwed to the rocker, think the gasket/seal is the 3m sponge tape they supply.

Good to know. Thanks for the input lads.

It's all Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP), whether it's wet layup, pre-preg, and whatever curing method is used. (Autoclave, vacuum oven, or blind hope in order of preference). I'd be surprised but not shocked if those RS parts are all wet layup, as it's much easier to get consistent results with sheets that are pre-cut from pre-preg. Dry carbon can be horrible to work with in wet layup. Too slippery! For what they are charging, really ought to be pre-preg carbon epoxy.

The variables are really just the weave (which can be a lovely "twill" weave for looks, but seldom used for structural purposes), the resin matrix it is set into (tends to be epoxy for most proper applications, never got involved in decorative carbon composites, but I'm guessing polyester resins would be easier, cheaper and might work), and the manufacturing method.

I spent a motor sport engineering lifetime hating decorative carbon as wasteful. Somehow I now have 2 Caymans with carbon dash inserts, and another order waiting for an allocation that will get the same. I feel totally hypocritical, but it does look great! Easy enough to distinguish between polyester and epoxy resins with a flame or heat-softening test. Which I am not about to do, because I really don't care, looks fine.

Liam