Sports Chrono Color Change - Porsche 911 991

It's time for another mod video!! I love having the Sports Chrono sitting on my dashboard but I think my factory color is pretty dull against my black interior. In this video I walk you through my installation of a new RED gauge face, step by step. Anyone can make this change with a little care and patience. What do you think? Let me know!

Note: Since completing this mod and making this video I have learned that the second wiring harness closest to the windscreen is for the light sensor, not the speaker, as I originally suspected. It doesn’t change any of the steps in this video but it was an inaccuracy in my talk track.

As ever, thanks so much for watching my videos and supporting my channel. I do all of this because of my passion for cars and interacting with like minded car enthusiasts. Keep the comments and chat coming! More videos coming soon. Cheers!

#RedSportsChrono Gauge Face

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Note: Attempt any work on your own car at your own risk. Always consult a manual or a professional first. The steps, tools and approaches I use are my own choices and I’m certainly not an expert!

[AutoAmateur]

Note: Since completing this mod and making this video I have learned that the second wiring harness closest to the windscreen is for the light sensor, not the speaker, as I originally suspected. It doesn’t change any of the steps in this video but it was an inaccuracy in my talk track. Thanks!

[Velocompibike]

Great video; it gave me the courage needed to pull up hard enough on the tabs to release the center piece! One suggestion: before disconnecting the clock from its wiring harness, make sure the ignition has been turned off long enough for the clock to reset itself to 12:00:00 (all hands pointing straight up). That makes it easy to know where to point the hands when they are reattached.

[All]

Second h***, minute ha**, hour han*, HANDS James, hands! Love the detailed review of the steps.

[nan]

Good job James. Thank you for providing such a detailed view of the back side of the center console.

[alexc]

Thank you James! I just did mine yesterday and your video was great to follow the instructions. Now, even after having the clock hands all at 12:00 it was a b**ch to install them back, specially since they are so minuscule and fragile, but got it done! By the way, it REALLY helps if you use a watchmaker tool to remove the hands and the hollow tool to re-install them.

[fostermckeon]

Good winter job: polishing and detailing, installing colored seat belts. Just saying

[NeoAndersonReloaded]

Looks good. Why you place red over black dial vs removing the black one?

Future mods
Red seat belts
Fire extingisher
Red center stripe steering wheel w/flat bottom
50% tint
Metal floor mat driver side

[jeffcollop]

James, Thank you for the video. My CPO 991.2 Turbo's SC had a film behind the SC bezel lense and I used your video to remove it, and clean/polish the bezel lense! It looks perfect now and I apprecaite the video. Have a great week!

[richard-markdodds]

this video is extremely helpful, I did mine today. To remove the difficult wiring clip by the speaker its best to slide a very thin flat headed screwdriver inside the front

[Gheddy]

Hello James. Excellent video! I just installed a red clock face in my 2014 991 turbo s. It went well, but when I got to the step where I needed to remove the ring off of the original face (to install the new face) I needed to use a heat gun to heat up the parameter of the original clock face. Reason, Porsche glued the ring on the face. Once the glue was warmed I used and exacto knife to get underneath the ring and went around the clock face. It came off and once cleaned it was ready for your new red clockface. Again, good video, very helpful.

[declanminoli]

Always thought the needles were hands!!! Why did the new red dial have to go on top of the existing black one? Couldn't it have been a direct replacement?

[jonathanl]

James, if you keep this up, the dealership is going to hire you in their service department! Ha!
It’s funny how I normally agree with your mod choices and you’re not afraid to try these projects on your own. Considering that much of a car is brittle plastic that breaks easily, you do pretty well. I like the red face very much. Kudos to you.

[JD_-_]

It does put some life on your dashboard, good job. Always enjoy watching your videos, keep it up!

[carreralicious]

Nice job! It must’ve been nerve wracking taking all those little pieces apart and hoping not to break anything. Looks great!

[All]

The fingers or needles are actually called the “hands” of a clock. Otherwise, it looks awesome and I understand the difficulty with delicate work. My huge bear paws give me the same handicap.

[dyrkzapata]

Another great video! Gonna have to look into changing the color on my sport chrono. I have a blue 991 S cabrio with black interior. So, blue chrono or red (to match the tail lights). This is the time to work on mods, since everyone is at home self quarantining.

[royramdeen]

That OEM chrono face is really nice, almost jewel like. Being Porsche its probably 3 times as much. Great vlog.

[surewin]

Done a really good job and really stands out, is good to show step by steps, well done 👍👍👍

[MotoJB]

I just knocked this out, using your video and it worked great! My chrono housing came out easier than yours and I found the hardest part was putting the damn little white clock hands back on! I almost lost one. All worked out and thanks for your video!

[larkfield]

Laughing so much at the ‘clock fingers’ comments as you worked. Wasn’t sure about this but I think it’ll be a grower PROVIDED you don’t go the full Halfords on the rest of the dials or roll out an RGB led kit. ** shivers down spine. 😁

Like others have said though well done on the volume and quality of the content you’re making at the moment. I know it’s a lot of work just to do the video work and therefore greatly appreciate your effort.