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Originally Posted by Garrett
It's due to the prior (or current?!) owner and either their cleaning habits or whatever they wore as makeup/sunscreen/lotion, and their heavy hand and bad aim with their key! There are cars with many miles on them with no interior wear at all... how can one assume it's a manufacturing defect and Porsche's responsibility to fix worn out parts that are damaged when the owner beats up the car!? It would be hard to be a car manufacturer/dealer in this day and age!
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Well, I completely disagree. For a car that cost nearly $90,000 when new, I think the build quality is utter junk! 80% of the interior is this spray painted plastic junk.
No excuses! This painted trim crap is a bad idea. You expect is on a Volkswagen. Not on a $70-120K Porsche. I'll look into replacing the bezel ring around the ignition key next. And... most of the 997's I've seen look like this or worse, so I know it's not something that's a "me only" problem.
I did replace the two knobs on the radio.
Forget calling BEKER. They wanted a fortune for them!!! Rip off city.
I got these for a reasonable price right from my Porsche dealer parts counter. I think it was like $35 or $40 for both of them.
Here's the part numbers if you need them:
Just yank off the old ones. You may need to use your fingernail to get under it and pry loose, but comes off with ease.
This is how bad the volume knob was... Ewww.. Gooey mess! Yuk! Keep in mind, there is nothing ON the knob that is sticky... the "soft touch" coating on the knobs became that gooey mess with age/humidity, etc.
New knob...
And.... Good as new again!
If yours are starting to get stick, I suggest you buy new and replace. Easy and inexpensive and your fingers will thank you.