Warning! B&M install on a 2007 987S

[tmc]

Just did a B&M Short Shifter install on a 2007 987S.

Just a few heads up:

There have been some changes, apparently, to the 2007 987S. I had installed a B&M in my 2005 987S (now sold) without issue.

The changes:

The leather boot is now held down by screws, you cannot just pop it off. Instead, you must take the two sides off the console (which themselves are held in by two screws in the back), separate the two parts of the leather boot surround (the lower alumilook piece is what is screwed in, the upper interior-colored piece is not), remove the screws, and then go forward.

Also, the shift tower bushings are a little narrower. I had to widen them to fit in the B&M blue aluminum bushings. Also, I recommend that the bushing with the set screw go in towards the back of the car, otherwise reassembling the console is prohibitively difficult.

Apparently B&M has now released an updated shifter for 2007 and beyond models with narrower bushings.

That's about it, but it was quite a shock after having done three B&M retrofits (two on 996's and one on my 2005 987S) to hit these snags!

tmc

[mpikounis]

Hi! I have installed a B&M clone on my 996 and on a friend's 997S. It works great and we are both very happy with it. Now another friend with a 987S (MY05) wants one. Can someone confirm that the same item that works on the 996/997 will also work on the 987S?

Thanks,

Michael

[Tool Pants]

What tmc says is what I have been reading. People have said the bushing diameter on a 2007 is a bit smaller than the prior years. So you have to enlarge the plastic holes a bit in order to get the B&M bushing shells in. A local shop that installs a lot of B&Ms also told me this a few months ago. The owner of the shop said he told B&M about the fitting issue.

I did not see this complaint on the 2005 987s.

[berty987]

I have fitted the short shift (B & M design) to my 987S , its August 2004 build. Beleive the part number for the selector assembly is the same as the 996.

[Westcoaster]

I need to take apart the console around the shifter as well, when you say:

The changes:

The leather boot is now held down by screws, you cannot just pop it off. Instead, you must take the two sides off the console (which themselves are held in by two screws in the back), separate the two parts of the leather boot surround (the lower alumilook piece is what is screwed in, the upper interior-colored piece is not), remove the screws, and then go forward.

Do you have pictures of the partial dissasembly? I don't see how to remove the side of the console, I saw the screws but even with them out it didn't want to budge...

Any help appreciated!