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Hi all! Porsche newb here as I just picked a 997.2 C2 a couple of months ago with over 100k miles but in overall good mechanical shape. The interior though, is kinda rough, but nothing unexpected from a car that has been driven a lot for over a decade.
My interior is Sea Blue and the center console is obviously in that color as well but it has suffered multiple chips and scratches. The previous owner was nice enough to include a brand new center console piece that I will need to install it myself but it is in black. I have done some research and there is a possible way to get some paint from SEM to spray the new piece to match the Sea Blue? Or should I just touch up my the damaged spots instead? The new center console piece does not include bottom part of the PDK shifter nor the center console armrest (I will have to use the original pieces) so I am afraid once it is painted, it may not match very well.
Curious to see what the other owners have done once their interior becomes a bit worn, thanks in advance!
Hi all! Porsche newb here as I just picked a 997.2 C2 a couple of months ago with over 100k miles but in overall good mechanical shape. The interior though, is kinda rough, but nothing unexpected from a car that has been driven a lot for over a decade.
My interior is Sea Blue and the center console is obviously in that color as well but it has suffered multiple chips and scratches. The previous owner was nice enough to include a brand new center console piece that I will need to install it myself but it is in black. I have done some research and there is a possible way to get some paint from SEM to spray the new piece to match the Sea Blue? Or should I just touch up my the damaged spots instead? The new center console piece does not include bottom part of the PDK shifter nor the center console armrest (I will have to use the original pieces) so I am afraid once it is painted, it may not match very well.
Curious to see what the other owners have done once their interior becomes a bit worn, thanks in advance!
What kind of seats do you have? If sport seats with the volcano grey backs, maybe have the console sprayed to match that, which them, which will then tie into the radio surround color and the trim on the steering wheel. Then use some floor mats in the same color and you'll create kind of a cool two tone blue and grey interior theme. If the wheels are also factory silver, the exterior will get visually tied to the interior.
If the seats are regular comfort seats so blue everywhere, if have the new console done in matching sea blue leather. Contact Classic 9 leather works for that and they can do stitching on itn that matches the dash and door stitching too.
Could remove the paint and have it painted to match the exterior or dipped in carbon fiber. I just removed all the paint on mine, huge PITA, but worth it, and I had it dipped in carbon fiber, will post picture soon, waiting on the final clear coat from the shop that did it for me, and it was a cost effective route.
Just to clarify, you mean hydro dipped to achieve a carbon fiber look or do you mean someone laid carbon fiber fabric on it?
Originally Posted by Skube
Could remove the paint and have it painted to match the exterior or dipped in carbon fiber. I just removed all the paint on mine, huge PITA, but worth it, and I had it dipped in carbon fiber, will post picture soon, waiting on the final clear coat from the shop that did it for me, and it was a cost effective route.
Looks better than a ratty console, but doesn't look like real CF. Is a hydrondipped finish pretty durable?
Agreed, at a distance it looks like real CF, but up close you can tell, but for ~$250 it was a lot cheaper, and nearly anything is better than soft touch paint. I have seen the prices for real CF and it is just too rich for me.
It has a thick layer of clear coat over it, so it should be just as durable as paint with clear coat. But this is the first thing I have ever had "dipped".
Agreed, at a distance it looks like real CF, but up close you can tell, but for ~$250 it was a lot cheaper, and nearly anything is better than soft touch paint. I have seen the prices for real CF and it is just too rich for me.
It has a thick layer of clear coat over it, so it should be just as durable as paint with clear coat. But this is the first thing I have ever had "dipped".
Cool. I thought about having the front cowl at the base of the windshield dipped in a CF pattern, but am afraid it won't look like the real CF side mirrors and is too close to them and will be noticeable.
I have a black center console for a manual 997 coupe in fairly good condition if anyone is interested. I'm in SoCal and would prefer not to ship. I bought it a few years ago to upgrade the console in my 997 but I ended up selling the car before I could install it.
Cool. I thought about having the front cowl at the base of the windshield dipped in a CF pattern, but am afraid it won't look like the real CF side mirrors and is too close to them and will be noticeable.
Some of the 3D vinyl CF looks pretty good.
I tried to find a place that would do a vinyl wrap, that was my first plan, but I didn't find a place, which was also a combination of me only asking two places, neither responded to my request for a quote, I forgot and then found the hyrdodipping.
09-02-2020 | 03:13 PM
Center console worn out
