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Originally Posted by bmwm750
I'm about to be doing this myself in the near future. I had thought you needed to purchase the whole 4-stalk part, but you're saying I can call any dismantler, purchase a 4 stalk unit out of a 996 and just steal the 4th switch?
Patrick
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Yes you can.
I did what one member here did, in fact that's where I got the idea. I read how he'd done it back when I was just a lowly
lurker.
I bought a 4-stalk unit from a 996 from L.A. Porsche for $100 (for some reason the 996 stalks seem more plentiful from the dismantlers). Then, I removed the 4th stalk and transferred it to my original 3-stalk (as I said, it just screws in place - the hole for the screw is already on your existing unit), transferred the left side 2-stalk rubber 'Dust Shield' which fits behind the steering surround (you're only gonna have a 1-stalk 'dust shield' in there now, and one of the hacks tells you to cut an opening in the dust shield for the 2nd stalk, but they're interchangeable so there's no need). Then, I sold the leftover 996 3-stalk on CL for $50, so I got the needed stalk for just $50.
You can't just swap the entire unit because the 996 has 'Auto Cruise Control'. In other words, the CC stalk only has Accel., Set, coast, Decell. modes - no ON/OFF, apparently the CC on the 996 is always ON. It may work with the Boxster too, but the connector is different, so I didn't even try.
Of course, I still needed the VW Motec wires and such, but it beat spending $285 for the 4-stalk unit from the dealer when I already had a perfectly functioning 3-stalk unit in the car. It also cost me another couple bucks to buy a new stalk cover plate because the 996's are matte finish and my car has the gloss finish - $2.85.