YOUR RESEARCHIs this a strange interior plastic color?
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Bought a 996.1 recently and had a thorough inspection by a Porsche mechanic. At one point he took out the ashtray to study the plastic in better light and he said he had never seen that kind of interior color before. Is it not the same as in other 996s? It is sort of dark greyish.
Your car must be a �99. This plastic is very durable and desirable. After that, Porsche went with an �improved� painted plastic that in fact wears badly and looks crappy on most cars without a repaint.
Yes, it is a '98. That is good to hear, a part of me was a bit worried I had a even less fancy plastic than what was normal on 911s back then
I'd be more concerned that your mechanic has never seen an early 996 before :v
Early build trim Look at the build sticker for the interior/trim colors codes. My 996 is an early build (2/98) with C/D: Graphite Grey with Dark Natural Grey trim It definitely wears better than the painted trim
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