The ever spiralling costs of parts....

[Windymiller]

So I’ve wanted the fancy-pants (shiny metal 3-spoke) sports design steering wheel

for my manual 987 since buying the car in 2017, but always thought it was a nice to have rather than ‘need to have’, and therefore set about some good old fashioned saving for it via a rather nice personalised ‘piggy bank’ pot my kids got me one Xmas, into which £2 & £1 coins go.  I reckon it might hold £800-£1000 once full. 

 

When I started saving the sports design wheel from design911 was £650 + 20% VAT. 

 

2018 it was on at ~£750 +VAT. 

 

Earlier this year it was up around £900 +VAT. 

 

Now my pots almost full I go online to buy it and it’s at £1065 +VAT!!!!! 😮

 

Holy fushizzle 😱

 

i really want the wheel, but nearly £1300 for a steering wheel (not including the airbag module) is ridiculous. Especially when I believe it was just a £150 option box ‘back in the day’ (why oh why didn’t everyone just tick it....?). 

 

As id also like a suspension upgrade next year I’m suddenly thinking - would it be ‘cheaper’ to buy a 987 R that already has the sports design wheel and the sportier suspension especially as autotrader had a stunning grey manual one with 36k miles on this week for ‘only’ £38k (queue blokenomics man-maths moment to justify such an upgrade to myself and SWMBO) 🤔

 

Discuss.... 😉😁

Edited November 6, 2019 by Windymiller

[sevenfourate]

It's an investment.

My old one sold for more than the new one cost.

Speculate to accumulate.

My dealer actually gave me cash-back on this deal.

 

etc 

 

......Are terms i have never used when explaining something new and shiny. Honest 😏

 

 

 

**If you can afford it - Do it !!! Oh; and show us this pics fitted afterwards 😂

[Windymiller]

Santa’s come early for me - just found and bought a sports design wheel on eBay for £375! 🎅🏻😁

 

The seller took it off his 2013 991 yesterday to fit an Alcantara wheel. I can’t believe I’ve found one at <1/3 of a brand new one 😮👍🏻

 

Am so chuffed I’ve finally got a sports design wheel, but oddly also kinda sad at the prospect of now smashing my Porsche Fund penny-pot 🤔😱😢

 

🤪

[sevenfourate]

Well done you ! Great price that. And I can tell your genuine excitement 👍

Screw worrying over smashing into the penny jar. Think of all that added interior gorgeousness instead.....

 

Looking forward to pics of it fitted. 

[Dougle_turbo]

13 hours ago, Windymiller said:

Santa’s come early for me - just found and bought a sports design wheel on eBay for £375! 🎅🏻😁

 

The seller took it off his 2013 991 yesterday to fit an Alcantara wheel. I can’t believe I’ve found one at <1/3 of a brand new one 😮👍🏻

 

Am so chuffed I’ve finally got a sports design wheel, but oddly also kinda sad at the prospect of now smashing my Porsche Fund penny-pot 🤔😱😢

 

🤪

Thats a good find and a great price. Happy to give you a hand fitting it/clearing airbag faults if required. 

[Windymiller]

Thanks 748 and Dougle - it should arrive this wknd. Will let you know how I get on with fitting, having watched a couple of videos it seems simple enough and I’ll disconnect the battery negative terminal before disconnecting the airbag module to hopefully avoid any error codes. 👍🏻

[Windymiller]

All fitted - happy as Larry am I 😃

[Daz]

Nice😁

[Ben]

Looks great!  Any issues when fitting it?

[sevenfourate]

Sexual ! Green with envy.....

 

All go on ok without any man-moments ?

[Windymiller]

2 hours ago, Ben said:

Looks great!  Any issues when fitting it?

Thanks Ben. 
 

it was very easy to remove the original wheel and fit this. If you watch the wheel swap video on the cayman TV area on here it Shows you how very well. 
 

just disconnect the -ve terminal on the battery first. 
 

one point I’d highlight is, after you’ve removed the airbag and disconnected it from the wheel, there is a further electrical connector in the wheel that plugs into the ‘slip-ring’ on the steering column. Be sure to unplug this before attempting to pull the wheel off the steering column. 
 

I torqued the bolt up to 34ft lbs as per several sources referencing (you need a Torx T55 socket - £7.99 in Halfrauds).