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Painted rear fascia ideas and entry sill lighted conversion
hi,
what has has anyone done to their rear fascia? Painted from factory or replacement or carbon wrap? I am not interested in going tech art or vorsteiner route. What is porsche’s Original intention with the plastic? I know some manufacturers have cutouts ready for additional side of exhaust etc..
also so has anyone converted or added a lighted sill to their car which was not on original build?
what has has anyone done to their rear fascia? Painted from factory or replacement or carbon wrap? I am not interested in going tech art or vorsteiner route. What is porsche’s Original intention with the plastic? I know some manufacturers have cutouts ready for additional side of exhaust etc..
also so has anyone converted or added a lighted sill to their car which was not on original build?
I was considering converting to the lighted sills, theres a DIY around here somewhere, but if I recall correctly you have to tap into another power source because there's no power line run for the standard sills. With these cars, who knows if it would set off some alert that there was too much power being drawn down whatever line.
They are supposed to be incredibly hard to get off because they're bonded so well. The dealer can install these also, but I have no idea what the cost would be. Id probably try to get them off myself and then bring to the dealer to code and add whatever cable line is required.
I was considering converting to the lighted sills, theres a DIY around here somewhere, but if I recall correctly you have to tap into another power source because there's no power line run for the standard sills. With these cars, who knows if it would set off some alert that there was too much power being drawn down whatever line.
They are supposed to be incredibly hard to get off because they're bonded so well. The dealer can install these also, but I have no idea what the cost would be. Id probably try to get them off myself and then bring to the dealer to code and add whatever cable line is required.
My dealer quoted $700 to install carbon illuminated door sills on mine which are not illuminated plus cost of sills. I may do it as I have Carbon interior in the cabin.
Might be informative about the illuminated sill install: https://youtu.be/Z4-cSI_MzQc?t=6m40s (jump to 6:40, the embed seems to mess up the time to start)
My thoughts exactly, when I saw this question. That Schmee video makes it look very-very easy. I wonder if our cars are pre-wired for the illum sills when not spec'd this way at the factory??
Oh, and I have factory painted rear fascia (white) on my .1. I really like it, mainly because I hate unpainted black plastic. Also same reason I spec'd the sport design mirrors. I left the front spoiler lip black plastic, because that part takes a beating from stones & bugs, being so low, easy to clean and dress with Aerospace 303.
Fortunately my car came with lit sills which was a nice bonus. I highly recommend as they look great especially at night.
I prefer the unpainted rear fascia since that area gets dirty so fast. Plus it matches the black front lip to keep things "symmetrical". I agree the front gets scuffed up easily. Replacement part is relatively cheap.
04-18-2018, 08:09 PM
Painted rear fascia ideas and entry sill lighted conversion
