Autospies has bunches of detailed shots

From the inside and out. http://www.autospies.com Edited by - amro on 11/22/2005 11:02:40 PM

amro, That is funny, they call it the GT3 Junior! And here again that headliner is mentioned, '-There is a completely different headliner material than you've seen on any other Porsche'. I sure wish someone ccould get a picture of the headliner. I guess it isn't the most interesting shot to take. Russ

Oh my!! I take that back, I didn't notice the next link with a ton of interior photos ( over 50), and yes the headliner!!! Russ Edited by - RussK on 11/22/2005 11:24:56 PM

Russ, What are your first impressions of the launch car? Headliner and all? Patch

Patch, I hate to judge by a photo but it does look a little hard. Not as plush as I would have expected. I will reserve final judgement till after the showing. Maybe it will look better in Sand Beige? I hope!! Aloha Russ

And now, the headliner:

That's exactly it. It's a very course, hardmaterial and I was expecting softer and plusher. But overall the car and the interior areso bad *** it's a ridiulous nit-pick. And now that I think about it, it really goes with the hard edge image, like the 'Black T-shirt' ad. It didn't look bad, just not what I expected. So Russ, I think just about everybody who wants to could go see one before you! Ironic after being voted most excited! Be patient, soon you'll get to crawl all over one and you won't care about pictures anymore

Chris, You're right, the headliner is the black t-shirt under the white lab coat! and here is the 996 sun visor: Homelink All interior shots available at: http://www.autospies.com/article/index.asp?articleId=5970&categoryId=21 The rear-end shots: http://www.autospies.com/article/index.asp?articleId=5969&categoryId=21 The front end: http://www.autospies.com/article/index.asp?articleId=5967&categoryId=21 The side: http://www.autospies.com/article/index.asp?articleId=5968&categoryId=21

Any tips on removing the air bag warning sticker? Our will it peel right off. I had a devil of a time removing it from my truck.

People claim 'Goof Off' works well, but I've never tried it.

The headliner didn't look bad at all to me.......no it's not the 997s Alcantara.....but its sharp, tight fitting, and well within the cars nature.......another non-issue when taking the whole package in. I know there is something that will take the airbag sticker off.......just have to find one that doesn't do any harm to the visor. I was thinking of retroing mine to leather anyway......I wonder if they also have the stickers?......I would imagine so.

Atlas, If you change your visors to leather would you have that done at your dealer? Know what the cost would be? Thanks Russ

The leather visors became available after my order was locked. I believe you can order them from the Exclusive or Tequipment department after the fact. The optioncode is XMP and lists for $560......if I decide to go that direction I'm sure I could get them for around that price. I would imagine they would be very simple to replace......there should only be two or three screws and a simple electrical connection for the lighted mirror......I'd have no problem doing them myself. One of the thingsI am waiting on is to see what color my visors come in. When I first started configuring my car way back my dealer said they would most likely be black no matter what color interior I got......unless I ordered them inleather.......then they would come in the interior color. However after digging through Porsches web site.....I found that the standard vinyl visors *should* be in the color of the interior.......in my case Sea Blue. If they come in black for some strange reason......I'll be changing them out to leather of the interior color.

There may have been "engineering" reasons for this headliner material related to sound absorption and resonance control. Then again, it may just be another "bean counter" skimp. How many of us would pay the difference for alcantara were it available?

Thanks Atlas, I will wait to see what mine look like. After hearing what you said about the color being black no matter what your interior, I have to wonder if the headliner will match the interior color or are they all gray/charcoal as in the pics? Sand/Beige interior would look terrible with gray headliner. Russ

I had the same thought; that the material used in the headliner and in other areas of the cockpit was designed to absorb the sound and heat of the engine in the back seat. After all, the production Cayman seems to have resolved the heat issues mentioned by the few journalists who were able to drive the pre-production models at Bari and in South Africa. Another thought I had was that the Cayman headliner evokes the headliner of the Boxster and the Carrera Cabriolet.

Russ - Take a look at this link......then pick 'standard interior colors'.......your headliner will be Sand. Then read Note 1 down at the bottom.......everything points to the visors being the same color as the interior leather.....lets hope it ends up that way. (BTW.....thanks to DaveC for pointing this link out to me some time ago!) http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/cayman/cayman-s/indetail/colours/

I saw the car last night. I'm no expert on Porsches or even luxury cars but I thought it looked good actually, fit with the car. Oval mirror visors don't fit in as well though. Nit picking really, the car looked excellent!!!!

Atlas, Perfect! Thanks for that link! Now that I see it I do remember that from when I was building my car. Yes rooflining and carpet all match. Russ