Joec500

has anyone closely examined the standard shifter to the short shifter? From what I have been reading, the actual parts look super similar except for a shorter shifter piece. I wonder what would happened if you just cut it to the length of the short shifter kit?

SuncoastParts

991/981 Short Shift Kits are in stock and ready to ship today! If you are on the fence about this, take the advice from everyone in this thread. It's a great upgrade and has such a solid feel.

Let us know if you have any questions!

991/981 Short Shift Kit

Grunty

suncoast,
Can you chime in on wether you have the porsche classic enamel advertisement reprints available to purchase? While they are on your site to order, are they actually shipping?

Joec500

Sweet, just submitted my order.

Chris C.

What are people paying to install their GT4 shifters? Curious. Had an estimate for 3 hours from my dealer

Penn4S

3 hours from the dealer will cost over $500. A German car indie specializing in Porsche near me estimates 2 hours and approx $200 - $250.

neurotic

anyone have a DIY for the SSK?

Joec500

http://www.planet-9.com/981-cayman-a...r-981-a-2.html

It's for the 981, but should be the same for our cars.

Chris C.

Yup, $570 = rip off.

Great price that guy, have to find one in the Bay Area. Rennlisters - any experienced Indie mechanics in SF? (Off the use the google...)

Joec500

I also live in San Francisco, but I think I am going to take a stab at this. It looks pretty straight forward.

You could try, The Stable near Pac Heights. They have done great work on my 991 in the past.

Joec500

Just completed my install today. It was super straight forward. If you have done any sort of trim removal or car audio install in the past, it shouldn't take more than 90-120 minutes.

It took me about 90 minutes taking my time.

The overall change is noticeable. The throws are definitely shorter and direct. Effort has increased noticeably, probably about 20-30%.

Overall it's feels more direct, it didn't bring it back to the quality of my previous 981 Cayman, but a definite improvement.

If you have the confidence to do the install yourself, it's worth the price of admission, but I don't think I would be super satisfied if I had to pay for labor as well. I.E. there is a $400 in improvement, but not ~750-$800 if paying for labor as well.

997s07

I have installed the kit with my buddy. Took about an hour with his help. Got the shifter from Sunset Porsche for $260 shipped. It's the GT4 shifter. No secrets about it. Part #: 981 424 010 20.

Joec500

UGH....I wish I saw this earlier. Could have saved $100.00

Definitely worth it at $269.00

http://www.sunsetporscheparts.com/oe...he/98142401020

997s07

Yup. Don't take it too harsh. I suspected something when Suncoast didn't publish the part number. Called around a few dealer mechanics I know and it was clear as day. I know what dealer I'll never buy parts from.

brianja

I did this on my car over the weekend.

Installation took exactly 2 hours, with me being very careful not to break any clips and taking my time. Now that I know how everything in the center console is assembled, I would think that I could do it again in about an hour.

I was nervous about the shift **** removal as everyone seems to agree it's the toughest part of this. Mine wasn't bad at all. Instead of doing it in the car where there is little room to work I removed the shifter assembly (It's coming out anyway) and did the **** / boot removal in the vise on my work bench.

The result is exactly as others have described, a noticeable, but not overly aggressive change in throw and force required. I haven't gotten to do a ton of driving with it yet, but so far I am very happy.

I like that this is really a plug and play type mod. If you mark the cable locations as shown in the DIY and use the shifter alignment tool there is zero worry about having to play around with adjustments after the fact. It works like a factory part (because it is!).