Radiator Grilles

Including the Spyder, GT4, and GT4RS
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I’ve installed zunsport grilles to protect the very exposed radiators particularly the central one on the GTS. Have most other done the same or are you running without?
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Yes - I put mine on immediately.

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Put the front ZS grills on as soon as I bought the car.
2022 Cayman GTS 4.0
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Dichael wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 12:14 pm Yes - I put mine on immediately.
I also installed the grills as soon as I got my car home. They paid for themselves on the way to Barber Motorsports Park a couple weeks ago. I arrived and noticed that my center grill was knocked loose. Upon further inspection, a AA battery had knocked the grill out. The radiator was fine thankfully!!

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Just to reinforce what others have said, I installed Zunsport grills as soon as I returned from PEC Atlanta, best mod I've made from a protection standpoint. Probably also best bang for the buck.
'21 718 GTS 4.0, AGM/Espresso/ Cognac
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Have owned my 2019 CGTS for 3 years now- and still no grill cover.
Mid-engine aficionado from Austin, Texas

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chester wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 3:51 am Have owned my 2019 CGTS for 3 years now- and still no grill cover.
That's great, I hope your good fortune holds. Many people don't buy life insurance and live into their 90's, it's all about your risk tolerance.

My previous 981 GTS went several months before I could get the grills, and the amount of debris in the cavity was alarming. Just keeping leaves, twigs, bugs, etc out is worth it to me, but the ability to stop a rock or errant bolt from penetrating a radiator is paramount to me.
'21 718 GTS 4.0, AGM/Espresso/ Cognac
'17 Cayenne base, White/Luxor/Black
'16 Cayman GTS, great car, sold for the 4.0
'13 Cayenne base, DBM/Luxor beige
'06 Cayman S, first mid-engine car
'86 944 Turbo, fast! Stone grey
'84 944, my first Porsche DBM

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There's a crazy geezer in one of the Cayman Facebook groups who loves to lecture people about how his grill-less GTS is the reason why he beats a grilled GT4 around a track. He has a massive amount of hate for radiator grill screens as if a set stole his wife from him or something.

Install the screens just to piss that guy off if nothing else. LOL!

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rasetsu wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:33 am There's a crazy geezer in one of the Cayman Facebook groups who ... has a massive amount of hate for ...
One of the many reasons we started Carpokes. :)

Although 'geezer' hits a little close to home. 8-)

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Tom wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 12:11 pm
rasetsu wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:33 am There's a crazy geezer in one of the Cayman Facebook groups who ... has a massive amount of hate for ...
One of the many reasons we started Carpokes. :)

Although 'geezer' hits a little close to home. 8-)
Geezer is a state of mind. :)

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