C.pan974

I'm looking to change the interior aesthetics of my car but I'm not sure what to do. I was thinking of replacing all the hard plastic with some kind of brushed gold/yellow metal (aluminium?) but I'm not sure how it would look. I'm hoping to make my car have a German flag theme to it (gold black and red throughout) for an end result. I'm still a long way away from having a finished product but I want to start planning how I'm going to get to the final product. My mechanicals are in good order now so I'm onto looks.

To sum up, has anyone done a "trim conversion" in a 924/early 44? More specifically to metal of some kind? Looking for any ideas, pictures would be great.

kens_74911s

Saw a custom dash treatment on a local car at Walmart a while back could put a little German flag in the dash scene and use yellow foil bags vs the plain white ones

C.pan974

And one other thing, I had looked through an old thread on rennlist about fabricating, and installing a gated shifter potentially. Just curious if anyone has actually done it? I love the look and clicking sound from them. Hoping to find a way to put one in my car as well.

porsche_dreamer

There are all kinda of metal and brushed finish vinyl you could apply. I got some brushed gunmetal vinyl it works well.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/140909019964?nav=SEARCH

catamount

The 3M brush aluminum stuff doesn't look good at all. In fact, it doesn't look like brushed aluminum either!

Chris12

Check your area for a "hydro dipping" shop. A member of another board had his trim dipped to match his wood steering wheel and it looks great.

C.pan974

My dad told me one of his good friends owns a metal shop and if I give him a cad file, or at least the measurements, he might make me the pieces out of aluminium for relatively cheap. It will still be a few hundred $ for all the pieces I'm thinking of getting so I'm just hoping to see how it would look before spending the money. The main reason I want to change it is because I don't like the plastic (look/feel/sound).

Chris12

I'd be all over custom aluminum if I had the means. Please post pictures if you do it.

C.pan974

I've got a few things still to fix mechanically before I'll get to my aesthetics but if/when I do it I'll for sure put up pics. Might be a winter project if all goes well.