Suicide Jockey

Score!!

Wow! Rare indeed. I know of another 987 Spyder owner who loved the red interior, but passed because he just thought it was too much red and needed black contrasting interior appointments to break things up a bit. If I'm not mistaken, he told me 2011 cars came with all red interiors, but in 2012 they went with red seats, but black carpeting. Good for you to land a car with this contrasting interior you preferred!

Marine Blue

Spot on, the 2011 cars were a sea of red inside and you could tone it down by adding black mats but it was still overwhelming to look at all the red which ultimately prevented me from ordering it. When the 2012 cars came out with the option for black deviating carpet I was banging my head wishing I had waited a couple of months. Mine was one of the last 2011 Spyders and literally the 12's were announced the week my car arrived to port. I like the black interior but the red with black definitely sets the car apart from others.

The carbon top looks cool, definitely a unique piece. Does it weight alot?

RNGRJAG

Wow, only $9K to have your car look like Juggernaut. Cool!

backeddy

LOL so it looks like superhero? Check.

ForceReconTrojan

I have Black over red. Congrats! That top is wild.

backeddy

Wow, every time I see one of these cars I can't believe how luck I am to have one! Now to get my paint correction done!

coffeeycups

Congrats on the spyder pick up! Did you get it fixed?

backeddy

No not yet....I may just do it myself as I have extensive paint/touch up experience. I will probably this tape it off and fill with 80/20 and wet sand it out. I can live with that I believe. Sucks, because it was the only spot other than minor chips.

halfmonkey

Sorry to revive an extremely old thread but going through the 987.2 Spyder threads, I came across this and had to ask some questions. I've never seen anything like this before from Porsche so is this a factory option and if so, how much and what is the option code? I assume the front attaches using the normal attachment but how does the rear end of it attach since there's only the two pegs and the two anchor points on the rear decklid which from the pictures, this hardtop doesn't seem to be using in anyway?

Only1Buck

No it was not a factory option…definitely aftermarket

DaveGee

Here’s the part number in case you’re looking for one:

8465-K56H-FUGLY-NJF8

DaveGee

bassie81

The hardtop is from techart I believe

David Borden

I deal with scratches like this a lot. Someone with a lot of experience can make that look much much better but it takes skill to do it.

The way I would address it is too carefully fill in the low spot with black touchup paint using a paint pen that is used for signing artwork. They have an orifice you put a few drops of paint in and they have a tiny tip. Here is an example
Let that dry, then use something like Lanka blob eliminator to level it out. http://www.langka.com/index.php/feat...lob-eliminator

You can either fill it and level it with the blob eliminator and call it good, or only add enough black cover it and then use professional two part clear over it and then color sand or level it with a paint plane such as the Festool LZK-HM.

Again, it takes skill and you can really screw things up if you are not careful but you may find someone local who does this stuff for high end dealers as a living. Call around and ask them for referrals for guys that touchup paint. It may not be perfect, but should be pretty good if they are skilled.

The Lanka solution is pretty easy and you wont damage anything with it so worth a shot. Once you get into sanding or shaving the high spots, that is where things can go wrong.

David