911PERVY

There will be no copyright problems with a sticker, no logos or wordings

That dealer tends to be quite imaginative with a fair few parts they sell anyway!

Neil Perry

If that is the case $242.50 as long as it is a very good copy with what looks like original sticker paper, is very cheap to keep the car original.

Directioneng

Try buying a replacement dial for a 16 year old Rolex .

coreseller

Per the OP, the sticker in the manual was partially cut out prior to my purchase so that option is gone. To others who see $242.50 as reasonable, well we will just have to agree to disagree .

Please don't see the post as railing on Suncoast, I've dealt with them numerous times in the past and have had nothing but great service and quality products delivered in a timely fashion.

A request; If anyone could help me "fill in" the original numbers / codes any help would be much appreciated. Here is a scan of what was left of the original sticker in the service booklet:

Neil Perry

Why would someone deliberately cut this section of the sticker, other than it is not the original book for the car and they are trying to hide that fact.

Plus they have blacked out other information.

mike cap

I agree with George and Neil on this. You'll (at most) get some kind of half-*** reprint or copy of the underhood sticker, but not an OEM part. I tried years ago to get this part and went to my friend who was the owner of the Porsche dealership in Buffalo - not available. Being a non-sticker guy, when I first bought my car I saw the stupid, butt-ugly sticker under the hood and peeled it off.....oh, well.

Get a Certificate of Authenticity and be happy, IMO.

dbrians

"If anyone could help me "fill in" the original numbers / codes any help would be much appreciated". Go to Cars.com, eBay, or AutoTrader, search for a 1996 C2, and you'll see that many sellers are posting pictures of their option stickers. This should help you realize what the top of the sticker looks like for a car like yours.

vincer77

Just find a similar font and make one.

http://www.fontspace.com/category/dot%20matrix

rsr91128

Like others I doubt that is the original book, but the missing lines should be:

Top = VIN

Second= 993 330 (assuming its a nb coupe)

Third= M6423-64T G5020- 20 (assuming the codes on your sticker are right, if no 220 it will be a -10)

Forth line that is partially showing is colors= L92M PJ (Polar Silver with Grey Interior, black dash etc. Is that what your car has?)

The end #'s are the options, go to a local dealer and give them your vin and have them print out the actual codes for your car and compare.


Agreed, but it is hard to find the exact fonts and label material. Pretty close but they are only original once.

coreseller

Thanks for the help guys. It is the original service book, I'm sure of that. From what I can surmise there was information on the back side of the page the sticker was on that the first owner for whatever reason didn't want out. I purchased the car from the second owner who was very good friends with the original owner, both are fairly local to me. I have all of the service records dating back to delivery.

As much as I hate to admit it, I'm starting to think about just paying for the OEM sticker. You have to factor in your time and screwing around to come up with something that in the end indeed looks half***ed. The older I get the more I realize the above, but MAN does it go against my cheap side lol.

pp000830

Many cars lose the sticker if the hood gets painted or replaced.
Attached is an image of the one under my hood. It can be loaded into Photo Shop to doctor it up with the proper numbers and print it off on adhesive back paper.

M. Schneider

At-a-Boy !

sanyata

Owning a Porsche goes against your cheap side

coreseller

Yep, occasionally it does lol. $242.50 for a 2 x 3 piece of printed laminate does also. One of the benefits of posting every now and then regarding an issue is laying back and watching the variety of responses to what IMO is a straight forward post.

Typically there are those that ridicule, those that are sarcastic, those that can be flippant, and THANKFULLY those that are helpful.

To be honest all of the responses have their own entertainment value, after all answer after answer would become rather boring.

Thank goodness MOST fall into the latter category.

Falcondrivr

I think you should send Erik $240 and call it a win.