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coloured crested wheel centre caps 4 997 turbo oem wheels.

my dealer says they are of a different size to the others freely available.
Are these available anywhere? plastic or steel?
Suggestions welcome as i dont seem to be getting anywhere. perhaps i am not looking in the right places.
Thanks.

Alex (UK)

My dealer also warned of not changing them otherwise the caps may come off and cause damage.

rmira

I was interested also, have not been able to find them anywhere.

atomic80

Huh? I have those on mine and they fit just fine. I got them from Gert at carnewal.com. No issues with them popping out in 10,000+ miles.



However mine are painted types. I do know that you can get the colored chrome versions from Boothe Design (www.boothedesign.com)

Alex (UK)

Hey Jason - I was told by my OPC that the GT3 wheel centres are a different fit to the Turbo wheel centres. They could have been making it up though, you know what these salesmen are like!!

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Rmira, that makes two of us.

jason, i have used those coloured ones on my 2004 996 4CS, but it seems the Turbo OEM wheels are of a different centre size to the usual wheels including the GT3 ones. Alex has heard the same obviously.
I think our question remains.

atomic80

I still have my OEM center caps so I'll go take a picture of those two side by side to compare sizes. I'm pretty sure that they're the same. I also recall seeing that it was possible to choose the colored crest caps for the Turbo on the "build your car" page on porsche.com/usa.

atomic80

Here are pictures comparing the two different versions.

OEM wheel cap in my hand. As you can see, they're the same size.


View of both versions

turbojohn

Much easier to use porsche crest stickers (black/red/gold) image just like on the hood and steering wheel. They are $5 each and available thru Porsche 1800-porsche Also, can order on www.porsche.com/shop These stickers look tremendous, a lot better than the plain-jane silver black labels that came on the tt. They are just a hair overall larger, so they cover the silver-black label in its entirety. Performance products (www.Automotive.com )has the caps themselves at +$200 for the set. But this way you are out +$200 and you have to pull the wheels they say.
With the stickers you can always go back to silver which I did, and in a couple days, the blac/rred/gold stickers went back on fast, the look is so much better.....

turbojohn

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Forgot the part # WAP 013002 $3 each (not $5) Size sticker 2 x2.6 inches and weather proof.

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Thank you Jason and Turbo ,
i think i will get the stickers first, and see how that goes. i think it will work as i used stickers on my number plates and they have been colour fast over the 3 years.
with it being a little bigger and covering up the existing black badge, it should position well.

at an appropriate time, i will also get the coloured replacement cap, as jason has been sucessful in fitting it.

thank you, everyone

turbojohn

You'll like them and they're a lot less trouble. One thing more about the porsche stickers. These correct size ones come with a small outline of a silver shield (about 1/8 inch) around the right side of the shield. Just carefully trim this off with a pair of sharp scissors. The tiny edge-of-shield doesn't hurt or look bad, but why not have it perfect the first time...saves trouble taking it back off.

cannga

I have no experience but recall reading somewhere that the best price for center wheel cap with colored crest is from this Rennlist sponsor:

https://rennlist.com/spnsrs/carnewal.html
The site is http://www.carnewal.com/ , once there click on "Wheels." There appear to be different versions: With large size crest, with regular size crest, and with silver finish. Price is 120 euro, about US $163 plus shipping.

Does anyone know of a similar price from a US vendor?

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good tip, turbojohn.

cannja, i'll ask them some questions.
thanks.

Maison

turbojohn, this part didn't show up at the Porsche shop website.