Interior trim in leather with GT4/Spyder standard interior?
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To TT’s question, when my GT3 order was a GT3 before touring, I specced the base interior with dash/console leather because nothing else was black for dash/console (except painted interior which was too glossy for me and I was worried about fingerprints, scratches and durability) as standard was brushed aluminium and anthracite aluminum option was not dark enough and CF is not my thing. When touring came out with black aluminum as standard on dash/console (and doors if you do full cow), I seriously considered going with that with a base interior or go full cow because it no longer came with alcantara. My initial plan was to do full cow, leather door/dash/console and swap the dash and **** for wood kit from parts ($1300 or so) and the wood wheel like the 1,000,000 911, but I just don’t like the stock leather feel/quality seeing the upgraded options I mentioned above and really do like the rubber dash material so I went with what I did: base, free dash/console in leather. I liked it enough I never bothered to upgrade the dash to wood even though I did the wheel. (I will spare the story about ordering a C2 in leather to sample to swap the interior into my GT3 ....).
Like paint, interior choices are very personal, and absent some real mess up, there is not a wrong answer, it’s really down to taste. If my PTS color becomes available in the second batch, I will still do base interior and free door/dash in leather, I might CXX the seats, armrests, and grab handles in ascot brown, but probably not. I will probably just replace the armrests and grab handles with leather/vinyl after I get the car to get rid of the alcantara and swap in a wood wheel with the black center swapped onto it. I use vest type sheepskin to cover the centers of the LWB ($75 each on amazon, highly recommended for comfort).
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A useful, relevant discussion from next door. . With some nice pics. I believe the pics show how the silver (or colored trim) on the base interior makes it look cheap (racy, utilitarian) whereas the free dash/console classes it up a bit (for free). Also shows how the base eliminates most of the alcantara. But to each his own.
https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-...-please-2.html
If you are wondering about the phrases, people coined “full cow” for leather interior, I went with “rubber dash” for the base interior.
https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-...-please-2.html
If you are wondering about the phrases, people coined “full cow” for leather interior, I went with “rubber dash” for the base interior.
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A useful, relevant discussion from next door. . With some nice pics. I believe the pics show how the silver (or colored trim) on the base interior makes it look cheap (racy, utilitarian) whereas the free dash/console classes it up a bit (for free). Also shows how the base eliminates most of the alcantara. But to each his own.
https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-...-please-2.html
If you are wondering about the phrases, people coined “full cow” for leather interior, I went with “rubber dash” for the base interior.
https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-...-please-2.html
If you are wondering about the phrases, people coined “full cow” for leather interior, I went with “rubber dash” for the base interior.
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Yes, it’s not an identical match and honestly I wish they did it in vinyl as I would have gotten that, but it’s close enough to the vinyl (just no texture) so it blends well.
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Interesting, I'm not sure I've ever seen Carbon Fiber on standard interior. I was considering it, do you have any pics of your interior posted so I can check it out?