Pics of 996 Carerra cluster into Boxster

[porsche986spyder]

Sounds kind of risky with the milage thing. If you sell your car later on, how does the person buying it know the real milage? Did you have to have it reprogramed to the correct milage, or did you leave it with the new milage on the odometer. I would not want to show a false odometer reading and with one that shows more than is actually on the car. It's also illigal to change you odometer reading on a car that you are selling. Not that you selling yours. Just something to think about.

And how did you get white face gauges? I only see C2 black ones for sale. Did you get a later model one that came this way or did you switch them out?

[Cloudsurfer]

The white faced gauges are factory, but rather rare from my understanding. As to the mileage, I had mine re-coded to match my old cluster before I put it in.

Patrick

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by bmwm750

The white faced gauges are factory, but rather rare from my understanding. As to the mileage, I had mine re-coded to match my old cluster before I put it in.

Patrick

How much does re-coding cost? And did you also need to buy the outside trim piece for the extra 2 gauges? Looks like a different shape from the factory 986 one.

[Cloudsurfer]

The shop that is going to do mine charges $200, which also includes shipping back to you.

As for the trim, yes, the 996 cluster is two "rings" wider than the 986 cluster, so you can either cut the 986 piece (as I did, very carefully I might add) or purchase a 996 instrument surround (very expensive).

Patrick

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by bmwm750

The shop that is going to do mine charges $200, which also includes shipping back to you.

As for the trim, yes, the 996 cluster is two "rings" wider than the 986 cluster, so you can either cut the 986 piece (as I did, very carefully I might add) or purchase a 996 instrument surround (very expensive).

Patrick

Thanks for all you info. Very helpfull. Now I just need to find a white faced one for sale some place. I found some on e-bay but they were all black faced gauges.