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YOUR RESEARCH996 build codes
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Replace drivers seat left bolster or the entire seat cover
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Suggestion · Original poster
The primary reason for knowing the correct interior color is that I need to replace or repair the dash as the leading ( front) edge of the leather on the dash has "crinkled" ( seen in the last photo) as it appears that heat caused the leather to delaminate from it's base; and to repair or replace the drivers seat left bolster or the entire seat cover.
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Suggestion · Original poster
Yes, I had thought of using a VIN search site but seems there are also a few of those.
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Replace drivers seat left bolster or the entire seat cover
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Suggestion · Original poster
The primary reason for knowing the correct interior color is that I need to replace or repair the dash as the leading ( front) edge of the leather on the dash has "crinkled" ( seen in the last photo) as it appears that heat caused the leather to delaminate from it's base; and to repair or replace the drivers seat left bolster or the entire seat cover.
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I recently purchased a 2001 996. My first Porsche since 1974. Attached is a photo of the build code attached to the underside of the front bonnet. I am having difficulty finding the interior color code. Can some one please tell me which number is the code for the interior color. It is a shade of brown but I would like to know what the color name is. Thanks
Jim
Follows are three photos of the interior of my 996. The last one is the top of the dash above the steering wheel. I did a lot of google searching to sort out all the codes on the build sticker. For some there were multiple options so it is hard to determine what the codes really indicate. For example one site says that the 996 code for natural brown leather is T11......which does not appear on my build sticker. Also photos that I have found online shows a "cinnamon brown" ( P11 code) that looks a lot like the color of my interior. It is very difficult to know what "truth" is with so many conflicting sources of information. The primary reason for knowing the correct interior color is that I need to replace or repair the dash as the leading ( front) edge of the leather on the dash has "crinkled" ( seen in the last photo) as it appears that heat caused the leather to delaminate from it's base; and to repair or replace the drivers seat left bolster or the entire seat cover.
Definitely not Savannah beige. Cinnamon that I have seen in the past had more red. It is a little difficult to be sure because of the lighting, but it appears to my eye that is the lovely brown natural leather.
Have you run your VIN through
https://vinanalytics.com/
to see if it will give you any free information on your car?
You can download the PDF for 996s (and older) from Porsche for free. The first 10 or so pages are your option codes and what they mean
https://www.porsche.com/australia/ac...artscatalogue/
Example page from that PDF
