The fit, and color, are absolutely perfect. Be warned though, that installing the double din cage will take a bit more work than the EuroMotorspeed deal. I wrote about it, in detail here:
http://www.planetporsche.net/997-electr ... 997-a.html
Have fun!
-B-
FWIW, I'm getting the EuroMotorspeed for installing this in my 996. Apparently they used to do the bezels in "piano black" 
but now they've seen the light and are matching the plastic finish to the OE Porsche finish. I'll certainly post pics when I get it.
Well, I don't know what color the 996 is, fascia-wise. If it is black, then it will probably be fine.
All I can say, is that the OE Porsche finish (Volcano Grey) in the 997 is most definitely NOT a PERFECT match to the EuroMotorSpeed unit. It looks great in the pictures, but I can assure you, having purchased one, it is NOT close to the pictures. It is in fact, several shades off. It was just not good enough for me, and certainly not good enough to put in my car...but I'm very picky.
Having purchased it, I was about to scrap the whole project until I found the other unit, and bought it with the hopes it would match. I was pleasantly surprised to see it was a dead-on match. Otherwise, I probably just wouldn't have changed, because to me having the fascia surround be as near perfect as possible, to leave a professional factory look, was paramount.
Now, of course, Porsche has released an OEM part in all black for the 2009 and beyond 997.2(s). Which is pretty damn sweet, but unfortunately, it is only available in black. The sizing is identical to the 997.1 cars, and it sux that they didn't release the part in Volcano Grey.
I had briefly considered buying that, and changing out everything in the center-stack to all black...but that was going to be very expensive, and the UK fascia ended up being a perfect match.
FWIW, I'm getting the EuroMotorspeed for installing this in my 996. Apparently they used to do the bezels in "piano black"
Yes, I did have the BOSE (blows) system. And everything I used will work in your Cayman. Check out the link to the article I posted earlier.
There is also an article on there that deals with the Cayman wiring, exactly and how to access everything you need. In respect to the reverse & illumination wires, it is easier to access those in the 987 than the 997. The subwoofer is in a different place too, but pretty much everything else is the same.
And, ignore what anyone on the Porsche boards may say, because you CAN use the BOSE speakers, and strip out the BOSE amp & Porsche HU (PCM or Becker) and put in an aftermarket unit with an aftermarket amplifier. I went as far as pulling out my BOSE subwoofer as well, and replacing that, but the other BOSE speakers sounded great, and I doubt I'll ever change those out unless they were to quit working.
As long as you've got the time, and patience, I'd highly recommend changing it out. It is a PITA while your pulling some of the wires, but not any worse / better than any other car really. In some ways it is easier, since your not dealing with a front engine, and the whole car is pretty small so it's easy to get to everything.
Good luck!
That looks great, and I would love to do this in my 987. Did you have the Bose sound system by any chance? That is the big fly in the ointment for me,as the Bose system uses a MOST system bus thingy.
The fit, and color, are absolutely perfect. Be warned though, that installing the double din cage will take a bit more work than the EuroMotorspeed deal. I wrote about it, in detail here:
http://www.planetporsche.net/997-electr ... 997-a.html
Have fun!
-B-
That installation does sound a bit icky.
If you look at the kit on the manufacturers homepage it does looks like there's some hardware included for mounting the cage. Didn't you get those parts or were they just not good enough?
The fit, and color, are absolutely perfect. Be warned though, that installing the double din cage will take a bit more work than the EuroMotorspeed deal. I wrote about it, in detail here:
http://www.planetporsche.net/997-electr ... 997-a.html
Have fun!
-B-
That installation does sound a bit icky.
If you look at the kit on the manufacturers homepage it does looks like there's some hardware included for mounting the cage. Didn't you get those parts or were they just not good enough?
No, you get everything pictured for sure. The two copper colored bits, and the other two pieces above them with the 8 holes, are what mount onto the sides of the AVIC. This slides into the 2din cage, and locks in place perfectly. The two skinny pieces between the pieces are used to "unlock" the HU from the cage to pull the unit back out. They basically depress the tabs on the copper colored pieces. The two black pieces are foam, and I didn't use those.
The problem with the installation, is that the double-din cage doesn't have any way to positively lock to anything inside the opening of the Porsche center console. I ended up taking the steps in the write-up that you read, and that all worked perfectly. If you aren't willing to do the same, then it may not work for you...but then again, you may come up with a better way, and if so, be sure to let me know what you figure out.
If you do go with this setup, the outcome will be superior to fit & finish than any other solution for the Volcano Grey interior. I've had several folks look at it, and couldn't believe it wasn't a factory part.
-B-
Not sure if you're aware, but www.planetporsche.net requires membership even to view posts (bizarre). Why would you post links from there?
Umm, because we're talking about a Porsche installation, and I don't want to retype / repost / reupload all that here dude. Don't have the time or the inclination. Join their board, and read the information I, and others have posted regarding Porsche installs of AVIC systems, or don't. Either way, makes no difference to me.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I expected you'd say. What is planetporsche anyway--looks like Cayman focused? I belong to rennlist, pelican, 6speed, renntech... of them, only renntech is members-only because of the unique provided content.
Haha...no big, bro! It does have a Cayman focus for sure, but it has a lot of good resources I found, for the PCM / BOSE wiring, etc., which is common between the Cayman and our 911s.
I put a lot of the same info on RennTech too:
http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.ph ... ntry149916
and
http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.ph ... ntry151030
I need to post on 6Speed and RennTech fully, but I just haven't gotten around to it. After figuring out the bypass for the Z110BT and posting that on here, I finished my installation and got a little lazy.
BTW, PP has a good article in the Cayman section that details all of the wiring, which is identical except for the illumination / reverse signal for the 911, that was a valuable resource also. I made a psuedo-custom connector/harness to connect to the BOSE connector in the trunk, and it works great.
-B-
