991.1 Steering Wheel Upgrade

[le_gazman]

Anyone swapped the 991.1 multifunction wheel for a Macan/718/991.2 wheel? Been meaning to do it for a while now and wanted to know if anyone else had done it or could recommend a specialist who could. I was thinking about doing it myself.

I see there’s a kit available to allow full multifunction capability, so know I need to buy that to get the 991.2 wheel working.

Any wheels I’ve seen for sale online seem to be sans airbag so presumably need to source that separately.

[le_gazman]

Pau1 said:

Yes, I used one of those GPS modules and a Macan wheel in my 991. I hated the Multifunction buttons for the PDK on the original wheel. The later wheel transformed the drive for me, it also looks so much better, well worth the effort imho.

Thanks for this. Would you be able to share some info about the job and pricing, even in PM form if you’d rather not say publicly? I’ve got 2 and a bit years worth of Porsche warranty still to run on my car.

[le_gazman]

So said:

I prefer the old.

I realise that I was the only Porsche customer ever to like the buttons. But I liked the buttons.

I have paddles on two of my cars now and I don't recall the last time that I used them.

I’m not doing it for the paddles, although I do hate the buttons. I just think the 991.2 wheel is light years ahead of the 991.1 wheel in the looks department.

[le_gazman]

Pau1 said:

It's a pretty straight forward job, not too technical at all. The install instructions are sent once you buy a module from gpsadapter.us. Cost wise I was around £1000 for the wheel, airbag and module. Fitting takes about an hour.
FYI, the module is only there to intercept the CAN signal for the multifunction buttons, the OEM airbag and paddle wiring is not touched.

That’s about what I was expecting, thanks - did you source the wheel and airbag from an OPC?