prouse

I know this is such a minor thing, but I really like the little stripe on the GT4 steering wheel at the 12 o'clock position. My spyder should arrive in about 6 weeks - wish it had it. Nothing i can do now about it. Anyone know why there is a difference?

evilfij

Because it’s porsche. Lol. The “stripe” is a “GT” car thing and “GT” cars don’t have heated multifunction, but the spyder does .... You can buy the wheel and swap it in. The wheels are modular and you can move various parts around to get what you want (I built a non-heated/MF wood wheel with black no nut inserts and a black triangle), just don’t look at how much the GT wheel costs .... or if you really want to be shocked look at how much it costs CXX to get that stripe in another color.

I should add I know way too much about modern Porsche steering wheels due to this project. I asked to CXX a wood wheel and was told “nein” because it was heated and MF and GT cars did not have that. So I just built my own.

https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-...ed-delete.html

prouse

maybe I will just get a colored sharpie and do a little DYI 🤪

Archimedes

Use either tape or leather paint. There’s a whole thread about this over on the GT3 forum.

Larry Cable

+1 - Suncoast has them although they are crazy expensive!

https://www.suncoastparts.com/produc...018GT3ALC.html

kart125

tape is a cheap way of getting the colored stripe. Just replace when old/damaged. Plus you can change color as often as you like.

colnagoG60

I've contemplated using (2) layers of tape...first layer "non-stick" side down, then the 2nd layer sticky side down on top of first, so no adhesive is touching the Alcantara.

Westcoast

The best answer above is from @evilfij because that is how Porsche does things!

As for can't doing anything about it, it is only money and time, with deep packets you can have just about whatever you want!

Larry Cable

I wonder if you made a CXX request to put the GT4 wheel on a Spyder if that would work - and would be cheaper than buying one from Suncoast?

evilfij

They would probably approve it, but a CXX wheel is $4k.

Westcoast

I will pass on the $4000 stripe option, thanks!

Archimedes

If you have a leather wheel and you are will to commit to permanence, an acrylic leather paint, done right, will look perfect and OEM. It's not very hard to do. I changed the color of some panels on my moto race leathers years ago and it looked perfect and held up great.

Larry Cable

cheaper to get it from Suncoast!

VVG

I actually think 1 cent worth of colored electrical tape would look better

evilfij

So, just to be clear, the spyder wheel does not have the stitching which is in the shape of the center stripe. I agree that, if you actually want a stripe at the top of the wheel, whether you have the stitched stripe or not, a piece of tape is the most cost effective way to go about getting it. I find the smaller and thicker wheel on the GT cars (and spyder) to be less comfortable than the bigger and thinner base wheel (or the wood or carbon fiber wheel).