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Old 08-07-2015, 12:00 AM
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Mine is late 2001 will add pic when I get chance= not cut and dry indeed lol.
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Old 08-07-2015, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by "02996ttx50
thinking ( and typing ) in english.. is all. ain't a word in there worth more than a nickel.
About six months ago when this same subject came up I posted that I thought my MY2001 Turbo had received the extra 996.2 generation strengthening because when I had a seat belt replaced a 996.1 spec unit didn't fit. The shop had to keep the car an extra day until a 996.2 unit could be delivered and installed.

You alluded at the time that you didn't quite believe my story. Well I think the photos that I just posted prove my words are worth something.
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Old 08-07-2015, 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Carlo_Carrera
About six months ago when this same subject came up I posted that I thought my MY2001 Turbo had received the extra 996.2 generation strengthening because when I had a seat belt replaced a 996.1 spec unit didn't fit. The shop had to keep the car an extra day until a 996.2 unit could be delivered and installed.

You alluded at the time that you didn't quite believe my story. Well I think the photos that I just posted prove my words are worth something.
What is your build date mine is 06/00
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Originally Posted by Carlo_Carrera
It is not that cut and dry. See the photos above of my 2001 Turbo.


I'll have look at mine MY 04.
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Old 08-07-2015, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by rmc1148
Mine is late 2001 will add pic when I get chance= not cut and dry indeed lol.
If your Turbo is a late 2001 build most likely you have the 996.2 strengthening.

My family and I have owned Porsches for many decades and it is our experience that model year changes never happened exactly on the model year. Things are always phased in earlier. I've heard there are some people with MY2001s that have glove compartments.
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Old 08-07-2015, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Fishey
What is your build date mine is 06/00
07/01
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Old 08-07-2015, 12:46 AM
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where do you find build date, I see a delivery date of Mar 2001
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Old 08-07-2015, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by James88


I'll have look at mine MY 04.
LOL, I am 100% sure your '04 has the stiffening.
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Old 08-07-2015, 12:53 AM
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[QUOTE=jumper5836;12490945]where do you find build date, I see a delivery date of Mar 2001[/QUOTED]

Drivers door edge. Will have Build date/ GVRW and some other stuff on it.
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Originally Posted by Carlo_Carrera
LOL, I am 100% sure your '04 has the stiffening.
At least we now know there are differences between the early and late 996T models.
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Old 08-07-2015, 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Carlo_Carrera
Here are pictures of my 2001 Turbo. My car has the extra plating on the top of the front edge of the rear seat and the extra strengthing tube too.
So just like an '02 996 Turbo.

I'm not surprised.
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But as we have seen there are those which aren't....
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Originally Posted by James88
At least we now know there are differences between the early and late 996T models.
As Jumper has been correctly pointing out all along even the early Turbos are built on a significantly strengthened Carrera 4 chassis.

So I hate to say it but there probably isn't a definitive point of improvement. I'm sure the chassis engineers were constantly adding little bits of strengthening all the way through the production of the 996. There really are no 996.1 or 996.2 chassis. Instead they did constant development from the very beginning of production in 1998 until its end in 2005.
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Old 08-07-2015, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by jumper5836
where do you find build date, I see a delivery date of Mar 2001
With your delivery date being that late I'm sure your car was built after mine so it would have the seat pan strengthening.
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Old 08-07-2015, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Carlo_Carrera
With your delivery date being that late I'm sure your car was built after mine so it would have the seat pan strengthening.
ya I checked, 12/00 build date
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