Atrox

I'm sure I'll get plenty of negative opinions on this but...

So my interior needs a refresh due to soft touch peeling and scratches.

My options:

CF parts although nice are stupid expensive.

body paint to match

And this:


Im keeping this car for the long haul so I'd like to go with either paint to match or the poly decals. The poly decal set seems to be quality, but I don't want to cheapen the look. I've seen a few videos and pics and they look pretty good. What do you all think. If it looks like shyte I can always use a local auto paint guy I know to paint the parts.

5CHN3LL

If you want to repaint with a similar soft-touch product, there's a spray paint Autozone sells as bumper coating - it's a dark grey/flat black color.

Using faux CF isn't a sin - it's a little played out, but it looks way better than chewed-up paintwork.

The body-color interior paint is hit-or-miss in my opinion - is your car blue or black? It never (again, IMO) looks as good as you think it will.

The DiNoc/vinyl stuff will be the most durable, and it's also the most reversable if you decide you hate it.

Please don't use stick-on wood. It didn't look good on 70's station wagons, and it still doesn't look good today.

Actually paying for REAL (OEM) carbon-fiber 996 interior parts is insane in my opinion - since they're just regular parts with CF/resin coats, you're paying a butt ton of money for CF parts that weigh MORE than the non-CF originals. In addition, the Porsche resin seems to age poorly on the carbon 996 interior parts I've seen - like the 996 stuff didn't include enough UV protectant.

dgjks6

What parts in particular?

Atrox

Center console is by far the worst, but really everything painted with soft touch is in bad shape

Alansglide

My Jeep Cherokee came with that carbon cloth looking stuff on the trim pieces .
I don't know how it would look in a 996 but I will say that it's held up well. My Jeep sits outside and the stuff looks new even after 7 years.

FRUNKenstein

The Neffy wrap looks good. I like that it is matte finish actually

dgjks6

Leather? Saw once on a turbo. Was pretty sweet.

gnat

I'm sure rmc and D(i)ck would love to give you some feedback in the TT forum

I've thought about wrapping the black bits of my 958, but I haven't found a color I like. Not a fan of the CF look (real or wrap) myself.

What about a nice black wrap to go with the body color?

Astro

I've got the same issue. That Neffy Wrap looks pretty nice. Has anyone done this on a Porsche or does it pimp out the car ?

Atrox

Here's the kit I'm leaning torwards several colors to pick from and it's the polyurethane kit so not the film. Car is midnight blue,

http://www.dashkitspecialties.com/colorsint.html

http://www.dashkitspecialties.com/di...che/POR-2A.gif

gnat

My bad, sorry. Eyes suck and it was a small image

Maybe the dark blue or the blue/black CF then? Or a red as a contrast?

Atrox

I have a factory cf steering wheel and e-brake hate to see mismatched CF. got samples on order I'll let you guys help me pick.

gnat

Yeah mismatch = bad.

KM1959

If you're in LA, there's a guy who advertises on Craigslist who repairs these parts reasonably.

Atrox

Local guy will paint everything for $400 plus materials ($220)

I figure I can attempt the decals and if it looks like auto zone interior I will just get them painted.