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YOUR RESEARCHDoes this look factory?
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Check option code sticker
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Check the option codes listed on a label under the hood.
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You can't really tell if it's factory just by a photo. There are a number of fibreglass kits out there which mimic the factory look for a lower price. It's possible, but this photo isn't going to be telling enough. However, the badging is wrong on the trunk lid.
the S is not factory since there were no 996 Carrera S ever produced only 996 Carrera 4 S (my car) which have the Turbo widebody and the distinctive rear reflector.
Check the option codes listed on a label under the hood. I do not know what the codes are for those options, but there is a code decoder some where on this site.
If it was a real "S", there would be red between the 2 taillights that goes across the decklid. At least on the 4s, thats the case. I followed one to work today.
Look factory? Absolutely. Is it? My guess is that it is aftermarket. I can't imagine somebody that badges a car is somebody that it is going to pay for the full price of a factory aerokit over the low price fiberglass stuff.
FYI....as others have stated, there is ABSOLUTELY no such thing as a "S" model narrow body car. The only "S" model you could get was the C4S and the TurboS in the 996 line (both were wide-bodies).
Look for factory code XAA, thats the aero kit code straight from PORSCHE. It looks real from the photo but WAY to hard to tell. Ditto on the badging, not sure why a factory-spec aero would have the S.
