Which baby seat fits a 996?
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If you are looking for baby seats do you mean for tiny tiny baby or face forward seats for slightly older? The Porsche stuff for either all has the airbag deactivation plug which is a plus.
There's a rear facing seat on eBay here, nothing front facing at the minute.
Design 911 have a thing on their site here which points you towards the Prince or Zoom but others have said the Britax Freeway works in 911 ( I think they mean old). I know the Zoom also works in Carrera but I stand to be corrected on 996. There are always as-new Prince seats on eBay for sale, this one for example (Germany). You also see them in Porsche Post from time to time. I can bring one of my Prince seats to the Ace one night if you want to try one out and see - let me know.
There's a rear facing seat on eBay here, nothing front facing at the minute.
Design 911 have a thing on their site here which points you towards the Prince or Zoom but others have said the Britax Freeway works in 911 ( I think they mean old). I know the Zoom also works in Carrera but I stand to be corrected on 996. There are always as-new Prince seats on eBay for sale, this one for example (Germany). You also see them in Porsche Post from time to time. I can bring one of my Prince seats to the Ace one night if you want to try one out and see - let me know.
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I've gone through all options for my 996tt. The Porsche Prince works well but is now out of production. Evidently it was made for Porsche by Britax and sold new for around £125. They now sell on eBay for as much as £180!
The new range of seats that an OPC will sell to you are circa £300. I did not bother, as I only needed one for occasional use with my year old son.
The Britax Freeway works OK in the back seats, though the front passenger will need to have their seat as slid forward as possible.
There is also a cool Recaro seat (the "start") that costs about £180 and I saw in a 996 which seems to fit OK:
http://www.recaro-seats.co.uk/childsafety.asp
These comments apply to a seat for 9 months+. When my lad was small he went in a Porsche seat with airbag immobiliser (you need to see if the base unit is fitted in your car - a spare buckle protruding from the base of the passenger seat).
Hope this helps.
Matthew
I've gone through all options for my 996tt. The Porsche Prince works well but is now out of production. Evidently it was made for Porsche by Britax and sold new for around £125. They now sell on eBay for as much as £180!
The new range of seats that an OPC will sell to you are circa £300. I did not bother, as I only needed one for occasional use with my year old son.
The Britax Freeway works OK in the back seats, though the front passenger will need to have their seat as slid forward as possible.
There is also a cool Recaro seat (the "start") that costs about £180 and I saw in a 996 which seems to fit OK:
http://www.recaro-seats.co.uk/childsafety.asp
These comments apply to a seat for 9 months+. When my lad was small he went in a Porsche seat with airbag immobiliser (you need to see if the base unit is fitted in your car - a spare buckle protruding from the base of the passenger seat).
Hope this helps.
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http://www.porscheshop.co.uk/
Try the link above, I have a 3 yr old and I bought the zoom i Think it was £150 it is an original porsche item and about £200 than Porsche direct.
Good luck
Try the link above, I have a 3 yr old and I bought the zoom i Think it was £150 it is an original porsche item and about £200 than Porsche direct.
Good luck
Hi All.
Ive read few threads on child seats for a 996, most seem to recommend - Maxi Cosi Priory XP or - Mamas & Papas Pro-tec. I tried the Maxi cosi, but found that we had to have the passenger seat very far foward.
Has anyone found any other seats that fit a 996?
Cheers
Paul
Ive read few threads on child seats for a 996, most seem to recommend - Maxi Cosi Priory XP or - Mamas & Papas Pro-tec. I tried the Maxi cosi, but found that we had to have the passenger seat very far foward.
Has anyone found any other seats that fit a 996?
Cheers
Paul
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I went for the Mamas and Papas Pro-tec in the end and have been very pleased with the fit. You can also create an extra couple of inches of room by taking out the rear seat-backs as follows...
You need to remove the small plastic cap between the seats; lever it out with a flat screwdriver. Next, unscrew the bolt with an allen key. Then each seat side has another black plastic cap that also lever off with a screwdriver. Unscrew these two bolts with a larger allen key and then out come the seat backs.
You need to remove the small plastic cap between the seats; lever it out with a flat screwdriver. Next, unscrew the bolt with an allen key. Then each seat side has another black plastic cap that also lever off with a screwdriver. Unscrew these two bolts with a larger allen key and then out come the seat backs.
Recaro Start (from about 9 months)... and it has speakers in the headrest!!!
This subject comes up quite often, so I have reproduced this thread in the FAQ section. Unfortunately, I don't have the Moderator powers to move it from here to there. If you want to add anything, I would appreciate it if you could add it to the FAQ - the thread there is open for replies.
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