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Old 08-16-2020, 11:47 AM
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So I'm thinking about some red gauge faces from Suncoast. I figure on pulling the cluster myself and sending it out along with the face set. Is there anyone recommended for this.
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https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/FVDGAUGEFACE.html
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Before you plunk down the cash at Suncoast, have a look here: https://www.heiler-tachodesign.de/ I replaced the gauge faces on my 2011 987.2 Cayman S with the Heiler faces and it looked awesome. Very good quality. I did it myself. Took about two hours of careful, slow going. I'm in Canada, but my car was originally a USA car, so I wanted the metric gauges.



Original gauges.

Heiler gauge faces.

Installed.

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Palo Alto Speedometer did an awesome job with swapping my gauge faces.
but it’s expensive: $700
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Originally Posted by Khloesdad
So I'm thinking about some red gauge faces from Suncoast. I figure on pulling the cluster myself and sending it out along with the face set. Is there anyone recommended for this.
Thank you.
https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/FVDGAUGEFACE.html

FVD did mine. They'll even add your 997 model script to the tach if you want it and do the whole install as well (picture of mine attached). Not an easy DIY I've been told. My service advisor at Suncoast told me they don't even do the install but send the cluster to FVD which make the gauges Suncoast is selling anyway.

https://www.fvd.net/us-en/shop?term=...%5D=237&page=2




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Originally Posted by Wolpertinger
Before you plunk down the cash at Suncoast, have a look here: https://www.heiler-tachodesign.de/ I replaced the gauge faces on my 2011 987.2 Cayman S with the Heiler faces and it looked awesome. Very good quality. I did it myself. Took about two hours of careful, slow going. I'm in Canada, but my car was originally a USA car, so I wanted the metric gauges.
The digits on the gauge faces look different than those on the OEM gauges sold by Suncoast and FVD (same thing). Other than that, a job well done on your own. As I said in an earlier post it's considered pretty tricky to get everything just right. Tricky enough where my dealership won't do it. I'm sure they could if they wanted to. Kind of got the impression that they consider it a time consuming "desk job" that they don't want to waste time on. Bigger fish to fry.

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