Hi everyone,

I have decided to take care of the interior before the paint and was looking for guidance as to where to take the car and having it done which is my first option. Second option is shipping the seats, dash, pod, door and quarter panels, etc to be covered and then I will reassemble. Obviously I would prefer to just drop it off and pick it up. My car is a 82S Euro. Thanks in advance.

 

Hello!

Not trying to pick your plan apart but having gone through this (and many more on this board have as well), if there is any way you can combine these two projects that is what I recommend. In other words, pull the interior as you planned and have it sent off to be redone, but do all of your body work and painting while the interior is out. The body prep makes so much dust and grime that it will find its way onto every nice new interior surface you have just spent major $$ on.

 

This.

You'll want the interior out for paint - as much of it as possible, then when the car comes back from paint, you reinstall the interior. You're going to want access to things like the mirror wiring that's through the doors (door panels off) as the mirrors should be off the car when it's painted, sunroof out, etc, etc, etc. so doing the interior and installing it, then doing paint is the opposite of the way it should be done.

You'll end up with a beautiful exterior and this for an interior half way through the project.



To drop the car off somewhere as it is today and pick it up with new paint and a redone interior will cost a fortune - like $25,000 or more. Owning these cars really only makes financial sense if you do most of the work on them yourself.

 

By all means pick it apart... What actually was going though my mind when I started this thread is the paint work would be later down the road, but I may just reconsider and do both at the same time now.

 

I didn't think it was gonna run that much and I am sure that number varies based on the shop etc. I was figuring around 10k for someone to do everything.

 

As said, Paint First, else your new interior will get trashed from body shop dust and over spray, it will never look fresh and new again
Heck, it will be a job just cleaning up the wiring and what you left inside as well as the under side of the car.

 

^^^^^^ what he said! Ask me how I (we) know...........

 

Thanks guys! Looks like I will reevaluate my plans. I certainly do not want to do this twice lol.

 

To answer the actual question you were asking...

Classic 9 is the 'go to' interior shop for a lot of folks on here.

 

+1 on classic 9. They really know the 928, have a history of good results, and prices are not crazy. You can see all of the details of the pricing on the online store, which is a plus if you are trying to make a plan. There are less expensive options, including $500 DIY seat covers sets on ebay, but it is a big step down in quality. Paint is always tricky. You can pay anything from $1200 to $20000, and while you will seldom get more that what you pay for you can easily get less. There is someone on the forum that has done a number of these cars with excellent results, and his price is not the highest, but I am not sure if he is still doing it.

 

When I had my 928 repainted, I was having the rub strips removed, the holes filled, and the paint matched (the paint under the rubies was black, the car is a non-Porsche red). I talked to a PCA buddy who was a long-time Snap-On dealer in the area, and he recommended a local guy who was an absolute wizard. He filled the holes and matched the paint so perfectly that you couldn't tell it had been done, and for a very reasonable price.

The point being join your local PCA region and ask around for recommendations. Plus: Unless it's a large region, you're nearly certainly going to be one of a handful - maybe the only - 928 guy in the room.

 

Shawn I deleted my rub strips also. We used Tiger's Hair filler and it's been 6 years with no visible evidence of the holes ever being there. P.S. Missed you at Frenzy Shawn, stay safe.
Matt P.