Dashboard trim, composite

The design

Vehicle

Porsche 993, 1994–1998

Variants

M564 without airbag, Carrera RS M002, Carrera RS Clubsport M003

Porsche part numbers

993 552 055 00, 993 552 056 00, 993 552 055 70, 993 552 056 70

Category

Interior trim

Geometry basis

Estimated

Preferred process

Not chosen yet

Other candidate processes

casting

Material

fiber and resin to be determined; the visible finish requires a fabric and a surface finish, which no hidden panel does

Material standard

none

Known limits

• SCOPE, AND THIS IS AN EXCLUSION, NOT A PRECAUTION. This part applies only to an M564 vehicle, or a Carrera RS whose catalogue illustration reads "for cars without Airbag, Passenger's side". On an M561 or M562 vehicle the trim carries the passenger airbag deployment flap, whose tear line is an occupant restraint part: fitting this part there would be a replacement of a safety component, and that is prohibited here. The option code is read from the vehicle label, before any measurement.
• Ruling out the airbag does not make the part harmless. An original dashboard is a soft surface in the occupant impact zone; a carbon laminate is rigid there and breaks into sharp shards where a foam crushes. That is why the selected class is functional and not non_critical. The interior fittings regulations, ECE R21 in Europe and FMVSS 201 in the United States, deal precisely with projections and energy absorption in this zone: their applicability to a modified classic vehicle has not been studied and must be before any fitting.
• The knee protection strip is a SEPARATE PART — 964 552 053 00 /LL and 993 552 054 00 /RL in series production, 964 552 077 70 and 964 552 078 70 on RS M003 — and it stays original. The composite trim must keep its attachment points identical. A reproduction that removed or moved these points would remove a protection.
• This is not a mass project. The stated gain is 1.15 kg, versus 9.9 kg for a front lid. The reason to make this part is that it does not exist in tuners' catalogues.
• No geometry. A dashboard is a freeform surface with multiple interfaces: air vents, instrument hood, steering column, glovebox, console junction, pillars and windshield base. It cannot be measured with calipers; it needs a scan or scaled photogrammetry.
• The aging of the original distorts the mold, and so does its removal. A thirty-year-old dashboard is cracked and warped by heat; it is also constrained by its fasteners, so it can relax when it comes out of the vehicle. The shape must be captured fitted AND removed, and the difference between the two states recorded.
• Temperature and UV resistance not evaluated: this is the interior surface most exposed to the sun.
• Reflection. A clear-coated carbon surface under the windshield sends light back into the driver's field of view, which a grained leatherette does not. To be treated as a requirement, not as a finish.

Post-processing it would need

• Trimming of the air vent and instrument openings
• Fitting of inserts and attachment points
• Visible surface finish, clear coat and UV resistance
• Clearance check with instrument hood, center console and pillars

Sources

• Porsche PET - 911 1994-1998 Type 993, parts catalogue revision Kat 017 · read 9 September 2026

  Illustration 809-00, "Dashboard, for cars with Airbag, Passenger's side": trim 993 552 055 00 /LL and 993 552 056 00 /RL in leatherette, available per color code. The Carrera RS illustration instead reads "Dashboard, Knee protection strip, for cars without Airbag, Passenger's side" and adds the M003 variant 993 552 055 70. The option codes of the same catalogue separate M561 driver airbag, M562 driver and passenger, M564 without airbag. Group 502 designates a distinct part with the same name, 993 502 027 02 "Dashboard", which is the body shell panel and not a trim.