icelatte

The backs of my pole positions are scuffed from the prior owners seat back braces so I'm going to repaint them this winter. I have no plans to race so off go the FIA sticker.

I was thinking of matching the midnight blue of my car but I'm open to suggestions of some more erm... enthusiastic colors.

Also, I'll probably getting the paint from paintscratch.com. Anyone who's done this have a recommendation for using their spray cans or just go whole hog and get a spray gun to hook up to my air compressor?

Thx
Chak

ste993

Body colour always looks good to me. What interior colour do you have?

If you know how to handle a gun then that's always the way to go for a more uniform finish IMO.

clubsport1

I had a black 993 RS with the Recaro seat backs painted red from the factory....I wouldn't have thought to choose this, but it did actually look very good.

icelatte

Interior is classic grey so I thought a dark silver may work also. I can see red seats on a black car but I think it starts looking like '70s track suit with blue, red and gray.

timothymoffat

With a grey interior, I think matching the exterior's blue would be the best choice. Whichever you choose, post pics of the results. I'm thinking of a pair of these seats for my 97 (along with an RS aerokit, the Speedlines from my 95, new swaybars, and some other things that will help me find the poorhouse!).

icelatte

Well, I finally got around to finishing the project. I had seriously considered a candy red, but when I suggested it to my wife, the result was "Midnight Blue it is!"

Got the paint and clear coat in spray cans from Paintscratch.

I took off the leather and sanded away. They said you don't need primer but I wish I had put a coat on. Since this is my first time with a serious painting job, I found the clearcoat application the hardest to get right. It could still use plenty of sanding with 2000 grit and a real professional polish but I'm happy with the result of my efforts.

Definitely not worth my time over the money saved from taking it to a shop but hey, it's our hobby, right? Now I just need to take out the hardback sports seats (and sell) and plop these back in.

Bill Verburg

Looks great! I've got too many knives in the air now but that is on my to do list, how hard to get the covers off??

icelatte

Getting the covers off was easy. Getting them back on the way they were was the harder part.

Your blue would be a standout color for the seats!

csertich

Nicely done. They look great!
chuck

gonzilla

Very cool!!! Chuck, you're next!

CornerCarver

Very nice! Great job. You are motivating me to paint mine GP white.

CornerCarver

OOOH! That blue would look sweet.

icelatte

Finally getting around to puttin the seats in. Driver side it bolted directly to the rails to give me the head room I need with a helmet. The steering wheel is alcantara covered by Don Le at Dallas Steering Wheel.

Ran into one problem. I'm trying to mount the Brey-Krause R 9015 fire extinguisher mount on the passenger side between the side mount and the Recaro sliders. It interferes with the slider actuator bar though. Anyone have a solution for this? I may have to mount it to the driver's side or behind the seats instead.

papadukes8

very nice job...love the steering wheel.

timothymoffat

Looks great. Love to see an in-the-sun shot to bring out the colour. I guess we're about to see another sports seats FS thread.