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Does anyone have any good resources on the actual replacement of these parts. I am going to be doing this project next weekend. I want to make sure I have all the right tools ect ahead of time.
upper dash parts are glued on heat gun NOT TOO HOT and plastic spatula. The curved door handle just snaps on Pull and use a plastic spaula and they should just pop off. The door map pocket covers have 12 screws if I remember correctly just unscrew and then screw the new cover on. Did you get just the covers or the whole map pocket flipper? If you got the whole thing you can see the little screws just undo them then you need to get in the door pocket to unscrew those.Let me know if you need pics
with the wood trim the only quality option i've found is to ship your parts to Craft Customs in Texas. They are not cheap, but they are far cheaper than buying new parts, and the quality of their work is excellent.
The original parts were simply junk. Buying used parts is typically not an option, because even a change in humidity can cause delamination and cracking. Don't waste your time.
I had great luck with Norspec Dismantling and Quality Porsche Parts. Both were willing to give me bulk discounts when I replaced my interior. They are constantly dismantling cars, so have a steady flow of fresh inventory.
+1 for Norspec Dismantling https://norspecdismantling.com/
I get all of my parts from them....they have a lot of interior parts as well.
You might be interested to see what I did with my restomod. I had the panels recovered in leather and did hydrographics on most of the plastic. More details at http://porsche.rossie.net
Checked out your website! Enjoyable read. I would like more info on the hydrographics. You turned your grey interior into black! Love the red stitching. More info on that, please!
Hydrographics is basically painting a part with a base color, putting a pattern on it, and then painting again with clear. The pattern gets applied by dipping the part into a water vat that has the pattern floating on the surface. With 996's the hardest part is removing all the soft touch paint from the plastic. You can do it at home but if you have someone locally that does it and is good then go with that. It's a bit of an art to get the pattern to lay down well. It cost me about $1500 for all the interior plastic. It works great on plastic but also metals too. A lot of people 'cammo dip' guns. I used the technique on a jeep I did a few years ago (using digital cammo). It's still not that common in car projects it seems. I think it works if you are careful to find a tasteful pattern that fits the look you are going for.
I bought my 996 cheap with the intent of spending money to make it what I wanted. My first order of business was to get rid of the 2001 gray interior that had no contrast with the artic silver paint, plus it was in really bad condition. I started by looking at maybe getting OEM replacement parts in black, but they were expensive and the quality wasn't great. Eventually, I decided to just spend the money and have a local shop do the full interior, cost was $5K for everything in natural leather, no vinyl. I did all the disassembly/assembly they did all the covering/stitching. The only thing I didn't have done locally was the steering wheel, I ordered that from a specialty shop. The carpet was sourced used from LA Dismantlers. I sprinkled in a few new pieces, ashtray delete, console shelf to replace the CD holder etc. Mats are Lloyds.
The upholstery shop didn't have much trouble, the only thing they had to spend extra time on were the side airbag covers since they had to be semi-disassembled and reassembled.
You might be interested to see what I did with my restomod. I had the panels recovered in leather and did hydrographics on most of the plastic. More details at http://porsche.rossie.net
great site you created there. Not even aware it existed. Very well done.
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