adding the 930 steering wheel
 

I have decided to add the 930 steering wheel, and shopping price. Does PP have the best price?

Mind your manners! :D

Believe me, I spend plenty through PP already. I was curious about a possible killer deal. You never know.
No offense intended.

Get the real Porsche wheel. It's much higher quality than the reproduction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7961850235

The Pelican 930s wheel is as real as the Ebay wheel and it's over $30 cheaper.

Pelican:
"This wheel is the from the OEM manufacturer of the 930S Factory wheel. This wheel comes without the crest as installed on the 930S factory supplied wheels. Adding an oem crest to the steering wheels horn pad will complete the 930S steering wheel."

http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/911M/POR_911M_911REC_pg3.htm#item

The wheel sold by Pelican & others is definitely not an OEM wheel (although I'm sure it is made by an OEM manufacturer, as stated) Pelican can probably order the OEM version (pictured in the ebay link above) though.

I'll second that opinion. The reproductin wheel I got does not have the same touch, and one of the 3 screws had to be removed because it would turn on the horn all the time. Cheaper quality in my opinion.

Patience, and plenty of Ebay and PParts 911 parts for sale, searching may result in finding one for $250. My brother did.

Either it's OEM or not. Being OEM doesn't mean it's what's sold at the dealership. According to the Pelican write-up if it doesn't come with a crest installed then it's not a "dealership/factory" part.

oops- I wasn't very clear. I guess the distinction is between a part made by an "OEM manufacturer" as this is and an OEM part that is identical to what was specified by Porsche on some models.

Since OEM really stands for "original equipment manufacturer" it is correct to say that the Pelican wheel is an OEM part, although its not an OE part, and the phrase "OEM manufacturer" doesn't really make sense.

The "OEM manufacturer" wheel is still not a dealership / factory part with the surface mounted crest however.

Below is some reference material. I wonder what my AJUSA wheel is. (Purchased many years ago :) )

"OE, OEM and OES (Factory) Auto Parts

OEM (original equipment manufactured) and OES (original equipment supplied) many times are one and the same. OE, of course, is a more generic term that refers to the brand that came as original equipment on the car. Most auto manufacturers assemble cars from purchased components and manufacture only the sheet metal components.

Therefore, the "factory part" you can buy from your dealer was most likely made by another company, sold to the car maker and then resold to the dealer for ultimate sale to you.

An important point many people are unaware of is the fact that multiple OES brands are not only normal but are actually mandated by international standards as part of the qualifications for ISO certification. Car manufacturers must have secondary sourcing (i.e., multiple suppliers) for certain types of parts in order that any problems with one supplier will not disable the car manufacturer's production and allow for substitution of the other brand for new production and any warranty replacement or repairs.

As an example, the original VDO pump may be interchanged with the Bosch unit with equal performance, the ZKW foglight may be interchanged with the Hella unit or the Norbbitt brake rotors replaced with Zimmermann....

Often OEM and OES companies cannot release OE parts for "new" cars into the aftermarket (because of licensing agreements) until a few years have passed. This restriction allows the car maker to recoup tooling costs, build in repair revenues for the dealers and justify larger OEM production runs to keep costs down.

....

The true "aftermarket" part is one that's been copied from the OE part. In many cases, this is done to offer a lower cost alternative. But in most cases the benefit of the lower price is far outweighed by its major disadvantage - it's usually an inferior product and ends up costing you much more in the end in avoidable repairs.

There are, of course, exceptions to this rule as car makers try to reduce assembly costs by going to lower cost alternatives on parts that wear out and routine maintenance parts."

I've seen these wheels. One of them uses a one piece leather covering on the outer rim - very nice. The other uses 4 separate pieces. Besides having all of those extra seams caused by using 4 pieces, it doesn't seem as well made and feel as nice, IMO.

My wife bought me my after market 930 style wheel for xmas years ago and before Pelican Parts. It is nice but not near as nice as the original. Price difference is maybe $50 to $150 and I would say worth it. You can see the difference on the way the spoke leather is glued onto the wheel rather than stiched on as one piece and split at the bottom spoke like in the other wheel.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1111086037.jpg

Here you go:

4 piece:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/...930S_wheel.jpg

1 piece:

http://i21.ebayimg.com/03/i/02/53/c9/a5_1.JPG

Hey Tom, where'd you get those floor mats? I need to get a set like that - Pelican doesn't seem to have them.

OK, I see the bottom one also has the badge embossed onto the horn pad.

Brian,
The local Porsche dealer had them on sale a few years ago. I think the front and rears were going for $90 at his annual Octoberfest sale.Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Thanks for the link - but those aren't the ones that I'm looking for (I need the Lloyds mats (??) just like the ones in Tom's picture, above, not the later ones like in your link).

Maybe I better start keeping the roof on my car when its parked. The way Brian's talking he might take mine. HeHe.