That’s me now deleted the DVD navigation unit since it’s redundant.

There is/was no carpet on the exposed corner. While this won’t be visible, I didn’t want this to rub and so I used some old frunk lining to carpet there before making a cover.

I started with a cardboard template to work out how much overlap to get the carpet to sit flat.

I used the DVD unit’s mount to position tangs which I made from 1mm galvanised steal. I shaped with a hammer and trial fitted with double sided tape before riveting.

I also attached my fire extinguisher mount to it with rivets. My upholstery skills aren’t amazing. I didn’t leave quite enough carpet at the top left corner. I may put a bit of silicon on there to tidy the edge. On the rear I used 5mm adhesive foam. This pads out before and keeps it in place nicely against the tangs. I filed and smoothed the tangs before covering with cable shrink wrap (so it doesn’t scratch paint).

Great to have the space back. My cabin bag now fits perfectly. Not too big a job if anyone fancies doing it. Pics below.

Note: I also bought a new full size frunk floor mat; if you’re wondering why there isn’t a notch in the corner. The board still has the notch and I put a small corner rectangle of a floor mat underneath so it sits flat.


This is the extra frunk carpet I added. This bit was bare before.

Trail fitting with double sided tape.

Slotted in OK, but clear tangs needed a few more mil to allow for carpet

Tangs riveted on

Tangs covered in cable shrink wrap

Covered in new carpet (generic mats material) with spray on adhesive

Pic from rear with carpet attached

Adhesive foam added for snug fit and not rattles

Slotted into place. No carpet bumps and very snug

 

I contacted Porsche The Netherlands about the colour. It is Grey only they said.
So I decided to disassemble the PCCM and take of the trim to spray it. Well removing the trim did not work because I did not have the guts to continue disassembling. There is a lot of electronics mounted on the trim.

So I painted it

Ready for painting

I am satisfied with the result


Regards
Hans

 

Great

 

You don’t look like you were that far from freeing the trim, results look great! Good effort.

 

I am looking forward to the result.

 

Thats right.
It is the display Flat Cable connection that stopped me.

 

Thank you much - will check it out.

 

Hans - I did the exact same thing last night! Nice work. Was a real pain but glad it’s done.

 

Interesting. That may explain why when I booted up my PCCM+ for the first time in my Bose equipped car, it initially displayed a 6-band EQ in the Sound menu. The next time and every subsequent time after that it displayed a 2-band EQ (bass and treble). I'm assuming that once my PCCM+ recognized that it was paired to a Bose equipped car it set the EQ option accordingly. It's unfortunate, because the quality of Bose sound systems is good, but there is a lot of bass and not enough midrange for the music (rock, etc.) that I like to listen to. With all that said, the sound quality is much better than my original PCM with the TransitBlu HF transceiver, which tapped into the FM input and basically sounded like an OK FM station. I have the bass at 0, and the treble at +3 on my PCCM+, and that seems to be serviceable considering there are no midrange settings.

Regarding the white noise, I've noticed that as well and this may be "normal", unfortunately. I hear it as the PCCM+ starts up even before you can access the main menu. I can't remember exactly if that was there with my old PCM, but I'm pretty sure there was a little white noise with the PCM on but no music playing.

Again, I haven't taken my car for a drive yet (we're expecting more snow here tonight) so I'm hopeful that the white noise isn't noticeable when the engine is running. I suspect it won't be an issue. I usually listen to music when I'm driving, but there are times I have the music off and it would be nice to still see the maps function without having to completely power down the PCCM+ to eliminate the white noise.

 

Great, thank you! I appreciate all of the experimentation you have tackled with this project. Your frunk nav delete looks great, too!

 

Hope this isn't too far off topic, but I understand this is SiriusXM-ready, meaning you have to purchase a receiver, like a SXV300.

Does anyone know if that needs an adapter cable? I see something the 996 unit called "Sirius Interface Cable for PCCM", or SKU: SKUCLASICSIR, or does that come in the PCCM+ box?

Chris.

 

Yes, it is my understanding that you can use the included adapter cable (pictured and circled below) to integrate a separate SiriusXM receiver with the PCCM+.

 

This is disappointing to read. My car had an aftermarket head unit in it when I bought it. No CarPlay functionality and it has white noise. Sometimes I just want to listen to the car. I was hoping the PCCM+ would resolve that. Mine is to the point where I’ve considered looking up the fuse location and pulling it unless I really wanted to listen to music. I do hope it’s at least not as bad as my current set up.

 

Gaudin let me know they're sold out of map SD cards for the 997 PCCM plus. They expect to get more by the end of March.

 

I have to wonder if it is just an inherent flaw with the Bose setup and amplifiers, and has nothing to do with the head unit itself.