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Hi guys-
STG asked me to post my experience with installing a new .2 Sport wheel in my 99.1. LOVED the new Sport wheel Porsche started using beginning with the 918. It's just a beautiful thing.
I found it on eBay airbag included. This company used OEM parts and remanufactures them with a little thicker rim and in this case a nice 12 o'clock ring in red to go with my C2S cab. It also sports pretty nice light grey stitching. The thing as a whole is at the quality you'd expect from Porsche.
Install in my PDK equipped C2S was straight forward. I've done this before with another (Alcantara) wheel. Disconnect the battery, fiddle with an internal spring mechanism and pop off the airbag. Then with a 12M 12 point Torx bit (also called triple square bit) unscrew the main wheel nut. The new wheel is a perfect fit.
The thing I didn't know is this new wheel has a MUCH shorter shift point. Probably half that of the .1 Sport wheel. It's AWESOME to flick through the gears with this! The other thing I wanted to mention is just how transforming using this wheel is. By the shape and thickness of the rim it give my car a whole new feel. Super premium feel. Hard to explain. It's just a great steering wheel.
It was super expensive when you factor in the price of the new airbag but I can recoup some of this expense selling my old parts on eBay.
Did I mention how awesome it is to look at? I think it really brings up the interior quite a bit. Here's some photos:
Thanks-
alec
Hi guys-
STG asked me to post my experience with installing a new .2 Sport wheel in my 99.1. LOVED the new Sport wheel Porsche started using beginning with the 918. It's just a beautiful thing.
I found it on eBay airbag included. This company used OEM parts and remanufactures them with a little thicker rim and in this case a nice 12 o'clock ring in red to go with my C2S cab. It also sports pretty nice light grey stitching. The thing as a whole is at the quality you'd expect from Porsche.
Install in my PDK equipped C2S was straight forward. I've done this before with another (Alcantara) wheel. Disconnect the battery, fiddle with an internal spring mechanism and pop off the airbag. Then with a 12M 12 point Torx bit (also called triple square bit) unscrew the main wheel nut. The new wheel is a perfect fit.
The thing I didn't know is this new wheel has a MUCH shorter shift point. Probably half that of the .1 Sport wheel. It's AWESOME to flick through the gears with this! The other thing I wanted to mention is just how transforming using this wheel is. By the shape and thickness of the rim it give my car a whole new feel. Super premium feel. Hard to explain. It's just a great steering wheel.
It was super expensive when you factor in the price of the new airbag but I can recoup some of this expense selling my old parts on eBay.
Did I mention how awesome it is to look at? I think it really brings up the interior quite a bit. Here's some photos:
Thanks-
alec
Thanks for posting. It's interesting because I have been having conversations with Heinz (911ava) for a couple of weeks now. I looked at buying the same wheel, but then I realized that the wheel you have may be the 380mm wheel and not the 360mm GT Sport wheel. I think your wheel looks nicer than the GT Sport because it has more of the satin metal trim (compare it to the one STG posted) but the GT Sport is smaller which feels nicer when driving. I wish the GT Sport wheel had the same metallic trim as yours. I'm deciding between the 2 - Heinz has a couple of GT Sport wheels on order and he can customize them with the red band and red stitching to match my interior.
Can you give me a sense of how much thicker this wheel is? When I look at your photos it looks only a little thicker (as in they wrapped it with another layer of leather rather than padded it and then wrapped it). If you can measure the circumference or the diameter of the grip that would be useful.
Got mine finally done yesterday. Ordered the non-MF wheel for the 991.2 from Suncoast (not sure what the PN was) and sold the 991.2 MF wheel I had ordered previously. Fitment of previous MF wheel was fine and it worked functionally other than programming the buttons on the wheel to control everything which without the new program module ($1440 quote from dealership) I was unable to get working. So went with Option B which was adding 991.1 Sport Design wheel stalk and then programming it to work with the car instead of my OEM wheel. After that it was a simple wheel swap...991.2 non-MF wheel instead of the Sports Design wheel and everything was good to go.
Thanks for the prior help STG and folks...wish the 991.2 GT MF wheel would have worked and the additional stalk does make it somewhat busy behind the wheel on the control column but I am okay with it.
Got mine finally done yesterday. Ordered the non-MF wheel for the 991.2 from Suncoast (not sure what the PN was) and sold the 991.2 MF wheel I had ordered previously. Fitment of previous MF wheel was fine and it worked functionally other than programming the buttons on the wheel to control everything which without the new program module ($1440 quote from dealership) I was unable to get working. So went with Option B which was adding 991.1 Sport Design wheel stalk and then programming it to work with the car instead of my OEM wheel. After that it was a simple wheel swap...991.2 non-MF wheel instead of the Sports Design wheel and everything was good to go.
Thanks for the prior help STG and folks...wish the 991.2 GT MF wheel would have worked and the additional stalk does make it somewhat busy behind the wheel on the control column but I am okay with it.
Would the MF wheel have worked with the new MF module?
Would the MF wheel have worked with the new MF module?
My service adviser thinks so but to do so would have required ordering the additional parts to try to retrofit them both to 991.2 setup. It seems it would require the MF module (and the additional cost) as well as a software update that they were not sure was available from PCNA so I passed.
Since they couldn't guarantee compatibility at this point with the 991.2 installation and any warranty/electrical issues that may happen their advice was to let them do some more research and testing on the setup. I agree for now the 991.2 non MF works fine.
My service adviser thinks so but to do so would have required ordering the additional parts to try to retrofit them both to 991.2 setup. It seems it would require the MF module (and the additional cost) as well as a software update that they were not sure was available from PCNA so I passed.
Since they couldn't guarantee compatibility at this point with the 991.2 installation and any warranty/electrical issues that may happen their advice was to let them do some more research and testing on the setup. I agree for now the 991.2 non MF works fine.
Thanks. I was asking because I have non MF on order and then tonight I saw this
The interior of my .1 C4S is Agate Grey/Pebble Grey and I've upgraded the dash trim, PDK gear lever and associated trim with the Porsche OEM Carbon Fiber (it's awesome btw). Very interested in the progress you guys have made in upgrading the steering wheel. I've seen on Suncoast that an Agate Grey version of the upgraded wheel with Carbon Fiber (which is what I want) is available for the Macan. Will this version work on our 991.1?
However, since I know you've not gotten the MF buttons to work on the steering, wheel, I'd rather not go with the exact Macan version, but an Agate Grey/Carbon Fiber version of this wheel below.
Any thoughts on if I can go direct to Porsche for this wheel but in the Agate Grey color like on the Macan?
The interior of my .1 C4S is Agate Grey/Pebble Grey and I've upgraded the dash trim, PDK gear lever and associated trim with the Porsche OEM Carbon Fiber (it's awesome btw). Very interested in the progress you guys have made in upgrading the steering wheel. I've seen on Suncoast that an Agate Grey version of the upgraded wheel with Carbon Fiber (which is what I want) is available for the Macan. Will this version work on our 991.1?
However, since I know you've not gotten the MF buttons to work on the steering, wheel, I'd rather not go with the exact Macan version, but an Agate Grey/Carbon Fiber version of this wheel below.
Any thoughts on if I can go direct to Porsche for this wheel but in the Agate Grey color like on the Macan?
Thanks in Advance.
David
Should work especially the non MF version. You can get it from Porsche or Suncoast also...give them a call. They may have better pricing. Having just done this you will need to add the MF control stalk (aka Sports Design wheel) to get/retain your MF functionality.
07-25-2016, 06:36 PM
