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MNBoxster · 05-11-2006, 09:37 AM

Hi,

You can have a Dealer use their PST2 Box to activate the Ambient Temp function and it will display. Some charge for this, but others will include it with other service.

The Stalk installation is very straightforward and you can accomplish it in about 30 min. The OBC Stalk is actually screwed onto the 3-Stalk Combo Switch. I purchased a 4-Stalk Combo from LA Porsche Dismantlers for $100 (after some haggling). I then removed the OBC Stalk by unscrewing it and sold the remaining parts on ebay for slightly more than $100, so I got the OBC Stalk for free. About $8 worth of VW Patch Cables for the Instrument Display and you're good to go. I also have a hack where some owners have just used the Toggle Switches (such as Covt' Top/Windows/PSM, etc.), rather than the traditional Stalk to switch the display and placed it in the Binnacle by removing one of the Blanking Plugs - cost about $30 for the Switch. Hope this helps...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

05-11-2006, 09:37 AM	#8
MNBoxster Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Posts: 3,308	Hi, You can have a Dealer use their PST2 Box to activate the Ambient Temp function and it will display. Some charge for this, but others will include it with other service. The Stalk installation is very straightforward and you can accomplish it in about 30 min. The OBC Stalk is actually screwed onto the 3-Stalk Combo Switch. I purchased a 4-Stalk Combo from LA Porsche Dismantlers for $100 (after some haggling). I then removed the OBC Stalk by unscrewing it and sold the remaining parts on ebay for slightly more than $100, so I got the OBC Stalk for free. About $8 worth of VW Patch Cables for the Instrument Display and you're good to go. I also have a hack where some owners have just used the Toggle Switches (such as Covt' Top/Windows/PSM, etc.), rather than the traditional Stalk to switch the display and placed it in the Binnacle by removing one of the Blanking Plugs - cost about $30 for the Switch. Hope this helps... Happy Motoring!... Jim'99 Last edited by MNBoxster; 05-11-2006 at 09:40 AM.