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Does anyone know of a good carbon fiber shift **** for the manual Cayenne GTS? Porsche makes them for their other models but not the Cayenne. Can the other model shift ***** be used in the Cayenne?

Thanks in advance

 

After searching far and wide for a suitable CF replacement for my stock manual shifter and finding none, I decided to modify a Boxster/Carrera one purchased from Suncoast.

Here are the results:



This new **** is amazing. It's much more substantial than the stock, heavier and larger. Shifting with it is a joy.

 

That turned out well, looks good!

 

Looks good. Wish i had a manual trany + PDCC like yours

 

i have an extra cf **** and have been wondering how to get it swapped. our dealer couldn't say how it would fit. i don't they had seen the **** off a manual tranny

machining required?

i love the red trim on your GTS - the cf drink cover slider is really nice

 

It looks great! Can you tell me where did you get the center console cup holder's CF slide door? tks

 

Wow, looks great! I have a 2009 with the manual and the PDCC as well. How tough was it to get that **** to work? Would love to make that upgrade to mine as well.

 

I originally planned to have the OEM leather shift **** converted to a carbon fiber one through a place I found online in Singapore. However, this would have left me with a **** for about a month. I therefore purchased one listed on Ebay to use in the interim. Once received, I thought that surely Porsche would not change their mounting too much between model lines. It was then that I purchased the new Boxster/Carrera **** from SunCoast to compare the two.

When the new one arrived I was pleasantly surprised to find out that little was different. The linkage "mounting post" appeared to be of the same size and shape. The Boxster/Carrera used an allen set screw to secure the **** to the post while the Cayenne used a plastic locking ring at the bottom and metal to plastic push fit at the top.

Then I removed the OEM shift **** and boot, which proved a little challenging.

Here are the steps I took:
1) Boot removal - The boot is held in place by tabs on each side. Disengage boot by carefully squeezing each side.

2) Release the lock ring - At the very bottom of the shift **** assembly there is a ribbed lock ring which can be rotated 45 degrees clockwise to unlock it from the mounting post

. (shown in locked position)

3) Access the upper attachment - Remove the plastic covers (see 5) on the top and sides of the **** with a small screw driver. This takes a minimal amount of force.

4) Release the upper attachment - The **** is now held in place by a metal (mounting post) to plastic (white plastic tabs as seen in the picture) push fit. To release the ****, pressure must be applied on the plastic tabs outward while pulling up on the ****/boot assembly. This took a quite a bit of force, but once released it will come off easily (managed to hit myself with the **** just above my right eye).



5) Separate the boot from the **** - A plastic ring just above the lower locking ring of the assembly holds the boot in place (see picture). Invert the boot and gently pull on the boot after rotating the plastic ring to release the boot.



From there, attaching the new shift **** was simple. The boot on the Boxster/Carrera **** was held in place by a zip tie which I cut. I attached the Cayenne alcantara boot the CF **** with a new zip tie being mindful of the correct orientation of boot to **** to center console. The new assembly fit perfectly onto the mounting post. Tightening the allen set screw, firmly secured the **** in place.

There you have it!!! Not too difficult and only required a couple hours for me to do. Should take you even less!

 

Purchased from DB-carbon Interior out of Germany. They have a plethora of CF parts I have not seen offered anywhere else. After ordering it, I received it in a couple of weeks.

link: http://www.db-carbon-interior.com/

 

wow, i just saw the complete packages for cayenne. im speechless.

 

that was a 996/986 shifter was it not?

amazing thread and many thanks.

 

you have a black shifter and boot but the pic's are of a beige one?

 

I planned on having the beige leather converted to CF and swapping the boot.

 

Here's the link to the shift **** @ SunCoast (on sale for $299.95!!):

http://e-partssales.com/Merchant2/me...6996CarbonKnob

Anyone interested in a beige ****/boot? I've got one for sale.

 

thanks - so it was a 996/986 model shifter - i have an extra one lying around so i am going to try this one on.

once again DocU great thread. -thanks-

btw - if you can figure out where/how to get a short shifter for these i am on board and i know there are few other owners who ould jump in