handful

Are the interior trim pieces on the 991S aluminum, plastic or plastic with an aluminum facing? I'm referring to the door handles, belt line pieces, trim surrounding the speakers and sport's design steering wheel. In other words all the shiny pieces.
A buddy was asserting they are plastic, are they? Thanks

Dyim

Feels like plastic to me unless you paid for aluminum.

docjohnM

painted plastic....

StudGarden

^ don't you mean lightweight racing polycarbonate?

blackbull

Just skip that option and go aftermarket!!

chuckbdc

The shiny trim is plastic unless an option was selected. I think the 991 door pulls are actually aluminum - they get cold.

handful

Thanks..plastic it is. I must say Porsche did a good job making plastic look like aluminum.

Noah Fect

Until you see the aluminum, that is.

jlee504

Do you guys know if the trim pieces are clip on or adhesive?

I'm looking at picking up a car that has Brushed Aluminum trim and center console and switching it to Mahagony. Not sure how hard that is.

Thanks

Jeff

Porsche Jeff

Definitely plastic. A bit disappointing on a $110K+ car.

rnl

Porsche would probably respond claiming weight was the consideration for the plastic selection saying it saved 3 tablespoons of gas over 1.6 million miles and improved 0-60 times by 1/15000 second.

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LexVan

Jeff, don't do it! . If you must, save the OEM pieces so you can switch back when you want to sell. That will help your future sales process.

Noah Fect

We laugh at the idea that something as trivial as interior trim might make a difference, but we should also count our blessings. Curb weight is the sum of a lot of smaller numbers. If there isn't some annoying product manager saying "Nein!" to almost everything the designers suggest, the result is a Jaguar or BMW "sports car" that weighs 400 pounds more than it should.

jlee504

It's the expresso / cognac interior, I think the brushed aluminum will clash?

Jeff

LexVan

I think it will be fine. Drive it for a while, and see if you like it or want to change it out. But save the parts if you do.