I contacted a Pcar specliast in London for some aluminium interior bits. I was talking to the guy about the bits, quality, durability, etc. In the conversation, he mentioned that the factory bits are just pained any way. I was amazed to here this so I popped out to my car and sure enough I can see from a slight nick near a vent that it is in fact just painted. Underneath my Graphite Grey paint is a white paint on top of what looks like black plastic. I searched the archives and I see user "996" has even had this done to his seat backs. COOL! <a href="http://forums.rennlist.com/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=004252#000010" target="_blank">http://forums.rennlist.com/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=004252#000010</a> So me thinks, maybe I just have these items painted locally and save a bunch. Or maybe I should have a go myself. So my question is, has anyone tried to do this themselves? Or is it it a good idea to have it done at a paint shop? Or is the whole idea a bad one. Just buy the alu bits: fork out 1000's of ready's on some painted ones?
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that white part your seeing is a plastic primer so the actual "Plastic Paint" sticks and drys better so it resists scatching and chips, I am in the midst of finishing up my interior as we speak, I have to let my center console dry for 7 more days and ill be finished, it was alot of work but in all it cost me less that 100 bux for everything
This is great news! Did you paint straight over the top of the existing paint finish or did you somehow take it back to the plastic or primer? Luckily, I have never used any cleaing agents on my dash and interior bits. My guess is it would leave some sort of residue on the surface. So having not done that I am wondering if I can just paint straight on the existing paint. I am also wondering what sort of paint to use. Matt or Shine? Any suggestions? Also, is this some sort of special auto paint? Nivek, any chance of some pics when your done?
I have to admit it I did mine myself. A friend was doing the silver bulb turn signals himself and I was watching and thought, hey the paint looks pretty good. Hobby paint for plastic with metallic silver etc. In any event I tested it on my ignition key surround. It looked good and I wiggled it around and no cracking etc. So I started taking more parts off. I did the overhead cover, door pocket trim, interior sensor, hazard, and side mirror covers - inside. They came out great. I should hit them with a copule of coats of clear, which I will do down the road. Mainly I wanted to see how long the finish would last with normal use. So far so good.
Hey Sean, You said Hobby paint. Is this spray on or brush on?
It was a spray on. I have told other friends and they said I was crazy, then they saw it and said they couldn't believe that I did it. And it's not up to my liking as I would like 2 coats of clear for sure over the paint to solve wear issues if any.
If you have to do it yourself try <a href="http://www.paintscratch.com" target="_blank">www.paintscratch.com</a> They carry all of the Porsche colors and clearcoat in spray, brush, and or "pencil" applicator
Interesting. I wish I would have known about this but I did it on a whim anyways.
Very interesting. This has me thinking: painting to match the exterior colour. Interesting though eh?
Scouser, Thanks for the command, I've my dealer take off all the pc. and bring them to a body shop to match the colour. I told my body shop it has be shine as body colour. I will leave them to body shop and have better finish!
Raymond, I have already been down to the dealer. He is going to get back to me to book it in. Jeepers, I won't sleep until this is done. Your car and Don's look fantastic. Incidentally, the dealer had never heard of doing this to the seats. He thinks it's a brill idea and he said he will do a deal with me on price if he can photo-shoot the result and use in adverts. I took along some pictures of your car and Don's. The whole staff room were ogling them. The concencus is way....way to go! It may b a few weeks off but when done I will post pics. Thanks heaps for the idea.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Scouser: <strong>Very interesting. This has me thinking: painting to match the exterior colour. Interesting though eh?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">You mean matching the exterior like this:
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