Check out these pedals on ebay - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

eslai · 02-14-2006, 05:51 PM

Those are probably the only aftermarket pedals I've liked on these cars so far--they look nice. Totally just a dress-up item and arguably detrimental to driving but what the hey, eh?

Perfectlap · 02-15-2006, 08:56 AM

yes purely bling but looks great in the car. as far as function I peeked into a GT3 and noticed the pedals had the same old rubber covers as our Boxster.

insite · 02-15-2006, 08:59 AM

i have those pedals and i love them. the wider bottom of the accelerator pedal makes for a nice heel / toe feel. the mounting hardware does suck, though. I wound up drilling through the factory pedals, shimming, and fastening with rivets.

Perfectlap · 02-21-2006, 12:14 PM

ok this guy takes the cake for speedy delivery.

I paid for the pedals on Saturday and they arrived today (from Canada!).

Quality looks good. I'm debating whether I should get my local speed shop to do this. I don't have a power drill and can't forsee the need for one in the future.
Hmmm... do I buy a power drill and do it myself or farm out this little mod.
I guess it depends on how much the shop will charge. $40 tops?

99-Boxster-MK · 02-21-2006, 12:26 PM

Mine are in transit

Can't wait...

Mike

denverpete · 02-21-2006, 01:08 PM

Me Likey!

Happy Birthday to ME! Happy Birthday to ME!

Perfectlap · 02-21-2006, 01:30 PM

here are some alum. pedals to whet your apetitie

by the way, these dudes paid like $300 for the RUF and Carnewal pedals.

p.s.

apparently you remove the rubber cover for the brake and clutch and you'll need extra shims/washers for the brake since the surface is rouned while the back of the aluminum pedal is flat. The ebay set comes with three wood screws for screwing the dead pedal over the existing dead pedal cover. There are 9 screws and bolts for the other three pedals. You should tighten the pedals by turning from behind and hold the philips screw in place from the front so you don't scratch the pedal with the screwdriver. Also you'll need a good drill bit cuz the brake is metal.

here's a great how-to link (spring loaded clamps!)
http://www.somniplex.com/gallery/1stmods

denverpete · 02-21-2006, 01:42 PM

Okay, I just took a look on EBAY and there are tons of "custom" pedals out there. After looking closely at these, and others, I can see why. These things would be a piece of cake to design and make. Plus, all of these require drilling - I don't see why they couldn't be designed as a direct replacement.

So....

Anyone have a set of "extra pedals"? They wouldn't have to be the nice aluminum ones but maybe the ones you took off when replacing with the new ones? I'd like to use them as a template for designing some pedals (I'd use mine but they're kinda of attached to my Porsche right now).

After designing, I'll get them quoted and post what it would cost on this board. I'm thinking these things are easily under $100.00 even for a completely custom design. I'll also see about posting the "solid model" of the design.

Please PM me if you'd be willing to donate some pedals to this experiment - I'll ship them back if requested.