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It needs to be totally removed and either replaced (but not with Porsche material) or painted (a much bigger project)_.
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I used the Home Depot touch up described by Cuda for the rest of the pieces.
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Some, including the gearshift came as original OEM; console was OEM/used, purchased online; others were from a German aftermarket supplier that does excellent work that's only mildly too expensive.
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We long since ditched the old radio so we have a dead DSP unit and tape holder that I want to replace with cubbies, but at $500 for the lower and $700 for the upper those useless bits will continue to sit there for some time to come...
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I'm sure I'll get plenty of negative opinions on this but...
So my interior needs a refresh due to soft touch peeling and scratches.
My options:
CF parts although nice are stupid expensive.
body paint to match
And this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lODOMh0JPxA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8UGhujqLMbg
Im keeping this car for the long haul so I'd like to go with either paint to match or the poly decals. The poly decal set seems to be quality, but I don't want to cheapen the look. I've seen a few videos and pics and they look pretty good. What do you all think. If it looks like shyte I can always use a local auto paint guy I know to paint the parts.
If you want to repaint with a similar soft-touch product, there's a spray paint Autozone sells as bumper coating - it's a dark grey/flat black color.
Using faux CF isn't a sin - it's a little played out, but it looks way better than chewed-up paintwork.
The body-color interior paint is hit-or-miss in my opinion - is your car blue or black? It never (again, IMO) looks as good as you think it will.
The DiNoc/vinyl stuff will be the most durable, and it's also the most reversable if you decide you hate it.
Please don't use stick-on wood. It didn't look good on 70's station wagons, and it still doesn't look good today.
Actually paying for REAL (OEM) carbon-fiber 996 interior parts is insane in my opinion - since they're just regular parts with CF/resin coats, you're paying a butt ton of money for CF parts that weigh MORE than the non-CF originals. In addition, the Porsche resin seems to age poorly on the carbon 996 interior parts I've seen - like the 996 stuff didn't include enough UV protectant.
My Jeep Cherokee came with that carbon cloth looking stuff on the trim pieces .
I don't know how it would look in a 996 but I will say that it's held up well. My Jeep sits outside and the stuff looks new even after 7 years.
I'm sure rmc and D(i)ck would love to give you some feedback in the TT forum
I've thought about wrapping the black bits of my 958, but I haven't found a color I like. Not a fan of the CF look (real or wrap) myself.
What about a nice black wrap to go with the body color?
Here's the kit I'm leaning torwards several colors to pick from and it's the polyurethane kit so not the film. Car is midnight blue,
http://www.dashkitspecialties.com/colorsint.html
http://www.dashkitspecialties.com/di...che/POR-2A.gif
Local guy will paint everything for $400 plus materials ($220)
I figure I can attempt the decals and if it looks like auto zone interior I will just get them painted.
For the long haul, you can't go wrong with leather. I love the look of the leather-covered center console with a center seam and contrasting stitching.
Not sure of pricing, but I would love to do that in my car.
This one is alcantara, but you get the idea:
I've done the wrap on some other cars and will be doing it on my 996 this summer.
You're better off wrapping and trimming yourself as some of those kits leave gaps and uncovered sections on the trim.
frisbee - Who does that leather wrap? That center console/storage bin in black leather with red contrasting stitching I think would look great in my car. It already has red stitching, but the center console is a big bunch of plain. I saw a leather black w/red stitching storage bin cover on ebay that I thought about, but that console cover looks good.
This shop sells leather wraps specially for Porsches. They look oem quality. I've looked on US and German ebay weekly for oem leather center consoles that came from the exclusive option. I have only come across one, which was more expensive than the classicnine route, but also in a brown color. There is another company who makes similar leather packages like classicnine, but the finished product did not look as good, however it was priced for less.
http://www.classicnineleathershop.co...IVE/index.html
Yeah we have all the exclusive leather options in ours (leather vent slats FTW!!!). We long since ditched the old radio so we have a dead DSP unit and tape holder that I want to replace with cubbies, but at $500 for the lower and $700 for the upper those useless bits will continue to sit there for some time to come...
My graphite grey console looked every bit as bad as yours. Took it out of the car (very easy), sanded it down by hand (a little work, but you want a smooth surface). Then used a $30 bottle of leather dye. Takes several very light coats (they dry fast) and it looks like new. Has held up very well, and if it gets a nick here and there, its easily fixed.
Not sure who does it. (see posts from others above.)
I've seen pictures and love the look. Maybe when someday when I feel the strong urge to redo the interior.
I considered covering my center console with leather but instead ended up painting it to lighten up the interior. It came out great but I don't think I would go through the pain of painting it myself again, it was a lot more work than I expected. Here is a thread on what I did.
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...-painting.html
Have considered it, but after 16 years with the lower console it would drive me nuts for it to be suddenly missing.
Besides, it'd be nice to have somewhere to put my phone.
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My graphite grey console looked every bit as bad as yours. Took it out of the car (very easy), sanded it down by hand (a little work, but you want a smooth surface). Then used a $30 bottle of leather dye. Takes several very light coats (they dry fast) and it looks like new. Has held up very well, and if
it gets a nick here and there, its easily fixed.
Pics? I'd like to see how looks in the car compared to the leather. Never would have considered leather dye"
I don't have a pic of the console itself, but here is a pic of the passenger seat and console after dying, with the drivers seat yet to be done. (OK, I got carried away, but the results were great.)
This is the interior in mine for other ideas, the seats are two tone leather with script and a mix of Cf an Leather with some suede through the rest of the interior, colors are Yellow and Black Leather and some Silver trim, And with Cf being black and Silver it tends to go with these colors without clashing i think .
Yes, I know: Carbon is overdone/overpriced/yada yada�
Eliminated most of my soft touch painted parts in place of carbon. No regrets. Some, including the gearshift came as original OEM; console was OEM/used, purchased online; others were from a German aftermarket supplier that does excellent work that's only mildly too expensive. To each his own.
Take the console out and Plasti-Dip that baby in black.
It ends ups waaaaaaaay better than the factory soft touch and only costs you ~$8 plus console removal/install.
Light sanding if you feel like it, but you can easily spray right over the factory soft touch.
I have a full grey interior and IMO the black contrast looks pretty darn good.
$8? That's crazy money!
For $5 you can make it look good as new.
Take the ash tray into your local Home Depot. Get the paint department to scan it and sell you a $5 touch up jar, latex, semigloss. (I think 5 ounces). Use a foam brush to paint it. When it dries, the match is perfect!
Before and after:
You're right: For $8 plus labor, it's an excellent outcome.
Cuda's solution is pretty impressive, as well. Always had reservations about painting interior pieces unless done by a shop: I've seen too many '
Pretty good lookin' paint job for a rattle can, huh?
' outcomes, which colored my interest in trying it myself.
Frankly, I think the custom leather pieces are the best looking solution overall; the parts I've seen from specialty suppliers are fantastic, and lend more continuity to an interior that's already partly leather. I don't care for very small parts done in leather however, (e.g. vent louvers), as it looks overdone.
A hundred ways to do it right. A thousand ways to do it wrong. To each his own.
My cupholders were a sticky mess and I had decided to order new ones and just trash them. After I removed them I remembered I had some 3M stainless steel vinyl lying around so I figured what the heck. It actually turned out really good considering I did literally zero prep work (as you can tell from the imperfections). I'm seriously considering re-doing it properly and rolling with it vs. spending the big bucks on new cupholders.
I also added silver faced gauges and a leather cluster hood. That combo made a HUGE difference in my otherwise (almost) option-less interior. Both were purchased cheap from dismantlers on ebay.
I sprayed the ignition/key surround in body colored paint.
I used the Home Depot touch up described by Cuda for the rest of the pieces.
Personally, I didn't spray the horseshoe black, because I like how the black console lines up perfectly with the AC/Tray/Stereo.
Here is mine, all I did was have a shop paint the center console, radio surround, and the plastic sunroof button panel. I recovered the steering wheel and just want to do the airbag now as the color does not perfectly match. I also replaced the stock shifter and ebrake and all I would like to do is get blue seat belts.
the finish on all automotive and nearly all furniture leather, is paint, not dye not oil. There are very specific products that give factory quality refinish and most of them aren't even spray, they're brushed on.
Atrox,
What did you end up doing? Did you try one of these applique kits?
I see several on Ebay that look similar and often wondered how they turned out.
My 02 Targa came with burl walnut touches, many of which have cracked.
It needs to be totally removed and either replaced (but not with Porsche material) or painted (a much bigger project)_.
Thanks.
Has anyone had success with using PlastiDip on interior parts(seatbacks, center console, etc...). It looks like a pretty cool option and I saw a video of them doing a carbon fiber look as well.
What leather dye did you use? There's a whole bunch of them, trying to figure out which one is best. At some point, I need to do this with my shift **** and seats. Did you take the seats out?
I've had plasti-dip on various parts now for a few years. I find that waxing the surface makes it a bit more slick and resistant to fingerprints and dust, not to mention the general "grabbiness" of the product.
I used Leather Renew, #2556. HOWEVER, it is not an exact match. It is a little lighter, and while I like it a lot, the OCD in me forced me to do the door panels too. No one else probably would have noticed. I can't stress how much of a contrast it was when compared to the pre-refinished console and seats. And that's contrast in a good way.
I touch up the bottom of the drivers seat about every 6 months (this is my DD), but doesn't take but a few minutes. The console has held up very well, only needing a couple of small dabs since I did it 2 years ago.
It would be best to remove the seats, but with the console out it's not really necessary. I didn't, but covered everything in the vicinity, just in case. A foam brush, which I usually hate, worked great.
Possibly as another option, I received this ad from a Bimmer site selling a textured vinyl wrap kit (actually made by DecalWerks), specifically for interiors, dashes, etc.
https://bimmian.com/Accessories-for-...e62754f7203d59
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