street

Went to the dealer with a spreadsheet, two configurations, leathered up and spartan, and a coin to flip. Went spartan. Added XMJ since it ties the seat backs and dash strip together visually and saves a few ounces. The alacantara box lid provides symmetry. I got the fat wheel on my other 2 cars, so the stock wheel feels funny.

If the radio-delete cover was a nice carbon panel like in the Supperleggera, I would have done that. I took all the free options. Thanks for the suggestions and clarifications. I only wish the car could get here by next week in time for track season.

911 GT3 RS 997 850 Price
BASE 911 GT3 RS 1.00
B4 Carrara White 0.00
B4 Carrara White 0.00
28 Black Leather Seats 0.00
619 Bluetooth Phone Interface 0.00
810 Floor Mats in Interior Color 0.00
870 Universal Audio Interface 0.00
191 Lightweight Lithium-Ion Batter 1,700.00
XMJ Rear Center Console - Carbon 1,625.00
841 3spoke Sport Steering Whl Lthr 0.00
XLG Storage Lid Alc w/Porsche Logo 490.00
CLA Steering Wheel in Alcantara 1,295.00
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Total with Options $ 5,111.00
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DSTCHG Destination Charge 950.00
GASGUZ Gas Guzzler 1,300.00
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Total Charges $ 2,250.00
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Total Order $ 7,361.00

mooty

congrats on the order
now the wait would be most painful.

Carrera GT

The other free option is lightweight headlights, which has the invaluable advantage of no plastic bump in the front bumper cover. Personally, I'd keep the money for the thick steering wheel. As far as I know, the faux carbon center console is cladding over the plastic console, so it's heavier, but it does look outstanding.

carrering

nice. i have the twin except i put in porsche crests in the seats and added pccb. i just got my clear markers and radio delete tray from suncoast today. i may just throw out the radio upon immediate arrival home. :-)
pick it up in 2 weeks!

RAPID

Hi Street, I Did my order today, but was told that "619 Bluetooth Phone Interface" could only be had in combination with PCM?
Is that true?

carrering

nope, bluetooth is available without pcm

RAPID

Thanks, I'll add it tomorrow...

street

Re Carbon Cap console, wow, so it is fake CF? Sure looks real. It would be difficult to make a cap thin enough not to cause clearance issues. Is it a decal or sticker?

CWay27

The real term I believe is carbon reinforced plastic. It's no a stick on but it's not lightweight carbon. I think it actually weighs more than the normal lid.

Carrera GT

I don't know the construction materials, but it's certainly not a cheaply made item. In terms of laminates or whatever they use to form the outer layer, I don't think it's thin, but there's no real clearance issues in that area of the cabin and trim.

Nizer

Just an FYI and speaking from experience, nobody will be able to hear you at any normal speed.

street

The comments about fake CF got me thinking about the $1700 I just committed to a fake finish and why a performance image company would use second-rate materials. Here's what I've learned.

I looked up CRP and "carbon reinforced plastic/polymer" on Wikipedia. That source says CRP is the same as CFRP aka "carbon fiber."

From the 2011 preliminary invoice, seat backs are "carbon reinforced plastic." GT2 seats look like CF to me.

From another thread in this forum:
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This is what I meant by stickers. I've been around bikes for a while and we saw this stuff appear about 15 years ago. Recent stuff is really good.

I talked our local parts guy. He says it's not a sticker, but the underside looks like plastic-can't see a weave. I looked under my Ducati's fenders. No weave on the dull side.

My friend designs CF jet wings and I'll ask him what would look like CF and not be CF. I'm gonna call Suncoast and get their two cents.

Here's a pic of the OEM CF console. Pretty intricate shape to be "capped." Also, has some real depth to the carbon weave.

My buddy has got a CF console and I'm going to ask him to whack it with a hammer. If it doesn't shatter, that would be evidence of it being CF, but then again, it might be really thin CF and shatter and I will have to have a new one installed and we won't know anymore than we know right now. If any of you have a CF console, I'm not asking you to whack it. Just look inside the ashtray and see what you can see.

C.J. Ichiban

the last time I saw the underside to CF interior bits from porsche- they were uniform in texture throughout. so whatever it is, it's not a sticker. it's also really pretty.

the real ripoff is "painted black" interior pieces. they'll charge you like 2k for paint! for the radio! AMAZING.

street

My buddy won't return my voicemails, so the hammer test is on hold.

One of the veterans at Suncoast (they have sold a few "CF" parts) is pretty confident it's real CF.

To CJ's point, some of the upcharges on trim are high, so even though the console is priced like real CF, can't rule out being fake as other posters claim it is.

YA911Fan

The metallic looking door openers on Porsches are not really metallic so it wouldn't surprise me if it was fake CF.

It's disappointing that Porsche is willing to do this kind of stuff. At least on a Ferrari, everything which looks metallic is metallic. I don't know about their CF...