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Hi all,
I'm a new member of Rennlist and owner of a 996 C2 from 1998 plus a 3.2 liter from 1988.
My 996 is a grey vesuvio exterior painting with a spatial grey interior, full leather and sport seats. Most of items on the dashboard (key insertion, upper central console around AC/radio, side air fans...) are in a grey plastic. I would like to get them repainted like my exterior colour (which I'm fanatic !!) and maybe also the back of my sport seats.
Does anyone as already remove these items from the dashboard ? I do know want to start playing with a screwdriver without knowing how to dismount...
Welcome to Rennlist. It is a custom here in the forum for new members to post pics of their car. Vesuvio is a nice -- and rare -- color. You must post pics.
As for your question, painting body parts has been done before. Contact Eric @ BumperPlugs.com. He should be able to tell you which parts can be painted or not. As far as I know (I may be wrong), you can only remove and paint the seat backs if you have the factory sports seats -- you cannot do it for the stock seats. However, I have seen aftermarket "shells" for the stock seats that you can paint. Ask Eric about the dash.
As far as removing the dash pieces, check out Renntech.org. I am sure they'll have the info you need on their forum.
Cheers, and post pictures!
This is a basic picture of my 996. I will post other on different races and track days (as I'm member of the Club Porsche de France). I do prefer a Porsche 'in action' than 'static' !!!
It was in June last year, on a track called "Champier" near Lyon in France. During this beautiful day, we decided to go with my wife and bring both cars to this track day organized by our local Porsche center.
Finally, my wife took (almost) only the Carrera 3.2 during the day, having a lot of fun with it. Therefore, I had to challenge my 996 with other similar cars !!!
I would have prefer driving the "old" one as it is a real experience to drive a 3.2 liter to the limits. You will get out of the car with a strange feeling that you had a terrific fight with it. Of course, my 996 is more powerful, more easy to drive and impressive on break/accelaration phases.
Belles images! I lived in Paris for 6 months but I didn't keep a car while I was there because the Paris Metro was great and getting around by taxi was so convenient. I wish I had my cabriolet for weekend road trips though. I lived in Rome for 6 months the year before and kept a cabriolet there and I was able to drive all over France -- Cote d'Azure, Lyon, Brittany, etc. That was a great experience. Cruising down the boulevard in Cannes and Nice on a cabriolet is heaven (except for the traffic).
Here is a picture for the aftermarket sport seat shells that I mentioned in my last post:
They are pretty expensive for around USD $2,000 each. You might have better luck looking for used sports seats.
Cheers,
Cyril....Welcome to RENNLIST! You have a beautiful car! Programmatore: Those look like factory sport seats to me...just like the one's on my Cab. My car came w/o the painted seatbacks. I removed them and had an antobody restoration shop paint them. Aftermarket seats may look the same, but these are a factory option.
