I have heard that the brake pedal in the 993 is adjustable... I think I would like to lower the brake pedal by about 0.5 inches to facilitate heel-toe. Indeed, if you take out the carpet and wooden floor it is very easy to adjust the height of the brake pedal.

The problem is that if you do this, the button-switch that controls when the brake lights shine is out of it's sensitive range, and so the brake lights will always be on.

Do people recommend somehow adjusting the brakelight switch as well? or is the recommended route to instead leave the brake pedal at the stock height and put a spacer on top of the gas pedal to raise its height?

 

The switch is easily adjustable.

 

Is the brake pedal on a 996 adjustable? I'd like to adjust for the same reason.

 

Is there a good DIY for this somewhere?

 

I have done this on my car. The switch can screw in and out easily as Pete said, but there is only a limited amount of travel and can thread in or out before you can't get the lock nut on. Mine had just enough adjustment room so that when I go to moderate brake pressure, the right half of my foot can reach the gas pedal comfortably.

I have heard some say that you could instead adjust the height of the gas pedal up as it has an adjustment linkage too. I haven't done that one though.

 

It's all "easy," but will require a bit of trial and error to get it just right. It took me a couple of tries adjusting the height of the gas/brake pedals so that I could easily heel/toe. The thing you've got to keep in mind is that to truly get the brake/gas height relationship right, you've got to brake HARD to simulate how you would be doing it on the track, and then adjust accordingly. Again, it's not hard to do, it just might take a few tweeks up here and down there (which involves driving it out of the garage, getting to speed, braking hard etc.) to get it where it is just right; a bit time consuming, but well worth the effort, IMO. Remember to check the brakelight switch and when the light actuates, though, or during your test drives you may have no light or a brake light that's stuck on.

Edward

 

Is there a good DIY for this somewhere?[QUOTE]

Pull up the carpeting and floorboard and look at the brake pedal/linkage arrangement. Loosen the nut on the pushrod. Turn the pushrod to move the pedal in or out. Tighten the pushrod. Then adjust the stop light switch by screwing it in or out until it doesn't come on unless you push on the pedal slightly.

If you can't figure it out yourself when you pull up the carpeting/floorboard, you shouldn't be playing with something as important as brakes.

 

Our new set of pedals offer a solution to this. Each set comes with an extended plunger so that the brake pedal can be adjusted to any desired length.

 

Or get this......

 

You are correct, we are not the only aftermarket Porsche pedals out there. But we do want to offer a choice for the customers, since they didn't really have one until now. Plus, they didn't really solve the problem mentioned in this thread.

 

17yr old thread.