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I know, but I checked with Durametric and nothing shows up... My warranty extension ends this September so I guess that before that I'll do a claim on the 2nd/3rd issue so that it gets recorded.

My car is a MY02 TT with Tip. I bought it on 03/2008 and drive it daily and in Manual mode Ever since I bought it, I noticed it does a jerk (sometimes quite a bit strong) about 3 out of 4 times I shift down to 1st from the default 2nd gear the car selects when stopped. Never took much notice of it until recently it started doing something else: after restarting the car from a short stop (like an hour or so) with the temp like 70ºC indicated in the water temp gauge, 2nd gear may get stuck momentarily, either in M or D modes, tried both. It simply won't shift to 3rd until it is revved up a bit and then, after a violent jerk, it will upshift and it won't happen again. The first time this happened must have been around December or January this year. Since then, it may have happened 5 or 6 times. Has anybody experienced any of these symptoms? Could these be spelling trouble?

Right, a few months ago I finished the new version. I replaced the Clarion MAX983HD and Alpine PXE-H650 with an Alpine iXA-W407, PXA-H100 and NVE-M300P General view of the Alpine iXA-W407 disguised into a fabricated trim piece. I made it using plastic, leather and a Porsche Design keyfob for the letters. The iPhone support/charger is made from the original Nokia headset trim support part and a DLO charger, all covered in leather. A closer view of the screen. The Porsche Design letters. The whitish stuff around the letters is just reflections from the flash. The door woofers were covered in leather by Techart (part of an extensive "leathering" program I did, part Techart, part DIY, still undergoing) and I glued the Focal logo. Just visible is the Focal 13WS sub, one of 4 in the car. Original Porsche leather dash speaker grills in which I reinstalled the Focal 100KP, one of 4 in the car. Alpine KTX-i500D drawer disguised with a fake front made from the standard CD drawers. I'm very happy with the sound quality upgrade, when compared to the Clarion. This was the point of the change. I also gained a much more flexible nav system, very frequently and cheaply updated from alpine.naviextras.com, when compared to the Clarion (very closed system, maps were never updated during my 2 year ownership). I lost a much superior iPod control GUI: to find an artist/album/whatever starting with the letter Z, I now need to tap the screen almost 30 times. With the Clarion I could do that with about... 3 taps! The nav system was also faster and more flexible in planning itineraries with multiple waypoints. All in all, it was very worth it (the install is visually also much better, IMHO) just because of the sound alone. The PXA-H100 is excellent and as bonus to its magic, it also has 4V outputs which allow me to run the two PDX4.150 amps at the minimum gain level, resulting in no audible distortion at all! That was not at all the case with the previous install with 2V preouts from the PXE-H650 into the amps, as I raised volume, source/amps distortion came in very audibly before the speakers own came. Now I have no distortion at all when raising volume untill the moment one of the tiny 100KP starts to do strange noises, signalling time to reduce volume, which by then is higher than comfortable already.

Er... No. Under the round plug there's a screw that holds the phone console to a bracket which is attached to the center console. The phone console has actually two standard metal clamps in the back and two plastic clips tight into the slots of said console. Not that simple then. You need to do the unscrewing otherwise you'll break the bracket.

Just a quick note: on my MY2002 996TT, the cruise control works perfectly with full LED replacement.

There are bugs in it. Whenever I try to read the instrument cluster memory, it fails and wipes out the fuel! I then have to top the tank to get it to display more than 0 in it.

Done! Here's a few pics.

Thx Loren!

Anyone knows whether my roof lining (black) is alcantara or suede? I can't tell. From the PET, it seems that alcantara was available only for MY2005, with leather also available for all MY as the XMA option.

38, MY02 996TT, back in 2008. Considering a '59 356 cab or a '69 911. Or maybe a 1983 911 cab, white and Turbolook... So many options, so little money...

Thanks for your comments, Mark. Actually, my 996TT has a bit of silver in the interior, so I think it will be a nice match, but we'll see, since I just ordered one of those keychains. Next week I should have the job done and will post pictures!

I have fabricated a 2-DIN leather covered dash panel for my 7" Alpine headunit. I'm now finding it somewhat dull looking since it has a large almost 1" high strip at the top. The thing that would look beautiful on it would be some "P O R S C H E" raised, silver, lettering. I found this key fob in the web: http://www.eagleday.com/poblleke.html. Does anyone know the size of the letters? If they are about 3/8" or a bit less, they would be perfect for my purpose.

Thanks for the research and info! The good people at Rennlist have already sent me a picture of a sample, painted Speed Yellow, illustrating that the outer ring is left in silver as well as the whole interior of the wheel. The hub cap is painted and the bolts are not painted.

Has anyone got or seen a 996 Turbo with this option? My 996 Turbo has the standard 18" Turbo wheels, with M446 Coloured Porsche shield wheel cap and I'm considering reproducing the XD9 option (body colour is Basaltschwarz metallic), but I don't know the details: 1 - Is the wheel fully painted in the body colour, or is the outer ring left in silver? 2 - Are the bolts also painted or coated in black? 3 - Is the M446 hub cap also painted in black, minus the Porsche shield? Thanks in advance for any info!

Hi all, Anybody tried this? 1 - Do they fit mechanically in a 996TT? 2 - Do I need to buy the 997 rails? 3 - Is the easier way to remove the safety belts from the stock seat and install them in the GT2 seats (for seat belt warning light connection)? 4 - Can I remove the airbags from the GT2 seats (the 996TT airbags are in the doors)?

Hi all, I've been offered at a very reasonable price a pair of 997 sport seats. Mechanically I know they fit. What about airbag? Is the airbag control unit in the 996 compatible? My car has the full electrical comfort seats with heating system and memory. I would lose the amenities but gain lateral support. BTW, the 997 seats come from a RHD car and mine is a LHD. Would this also be a problem?

Hi all, I have a lot of expensive audio hardware very visible in my trunk, which makes me uncomfortable opening the lid in public, so I thought of building a cover to hide all the stuff. It's going to be a mix of aluminium and pressed carton but I want to upholster it with matching carpeting. Does anybody know of a supplier, preferrably in Europe?

That's just ridiculous.... Why on earth, if a car could, for example, checked by a Porsche authorised dealer, repaired as necessary and signed off by the dealer or even by a Porsche USA or Porsche Germany technician, not be able to be returned to service? Because some ***hole bureaucrat said so? It's a Porsche, not a Yugo! Must be treated with respect!

It's just the round plug that you may damage. I would go for it and do the job.

Hi, You need to first, take the headset off. My car is a German spec MY02 and had a Nokia headset. This has four screws attaching the phone holder to the the console. With the headset out, you'll notice a round plug. If it is the leather version then it's next to impossible to pry it out without damage, but take care and do your best. Under the plug you find a torx screw. Take it out. Then push the face panel of the console up until it slides off the two upper slots. Take it out. Then take the two now exposed torx screws out. The console is now loose in the front. Reach down the console and push it out to the right of the car from the back of the console panel until it unclips off. That's it!

I have. They came back. Took it to the dealer, they replaced "some valves" and the codes came back. Will take the car there again in March...

Hi, thx for the replies to all. I just thought it strange because all my other previous cars worked that way (left hand light only; regulations in my country also prescribe it that way) but they didn't have a lamp installed. But this car does have the lamp! A bit of a waste...

Just curious how you know this has occurred ... is it that dramatic of a power loss where the car basically shuts down? Mmmmmm.... Interested on this too.

Do I have a tail fog light problem? My car is a 996TT MY2002, LHD, Germany country option. Despite having two tail fog light lamps, both in fine working order, only the left hand side lights up. I've seen plenty of cars that work that way, but they don't even come with a right side fog lamp. Is this a feature or a problem?

No joy?