Have been wanting to do this for almost 3 years now ever since I first sat in a 911 and realized that the shifter in that car feels like sex in your hand. Add on to that there are no Porsche crests and the 6 speed pattern is the same as the GT-S6. Could never afford the $400 price tag that Porsche wanted for a factory new one.
Lately I found a guy who replaced his factory one with a carbon one (which I don't like) in his brand new 996 turbo and sold me this one for a steal. This took some good fab work though. Most cars have a steel round rod shifter with threads on it. The 996 is different however. Porsche actually employs flat, rectangular steel stock for their shifter rods. Excellent idea IMO, but just made things a little difficult doing the transfer. But in the end, it works great and is on there nice and tight.
The shifter comes with the knob and boot as one and I resurfaced the center console trim to match the knob trim. Now it looks like it belongs there.
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Lately I found a guy who replaced his factory one with a carbon one (which I don't like) in his brand new 996 turbo and sold me this one for a steal. This took some good fab work though. Most cars have a steel round rod shifter with threads on it. The 996 is different however. Porsche actually employs flat, rectangular steel stock for their shifter rods. Excellent idea IMO, but just made things a little difficult doing the transfer. But in the end, it works great and is on there nice and tight.
The shifter comes with the knob and boot as one and I resurfaced the center console trim to match the knob trim. Now it looks like it belongs there.
