986 interior upgrades?

[LukeBird]

I just wondered if it was possible to get any of the coloured trim parts for the car interior aftermarket?
My car doesn't have the coloured panel around the gear lever and back to the rear glovebox (I'd google it, if I knew what it was called!); I'd like it to lift the interior a bit, if possible...!
Is there anything else like that, that is possible to do aftermarket?

[edc]

Remove the console and paint it! Did that via my local body shop. You can buy ali or carbon trim bits or paint and bits any colour you want that can be removed.

[LukeBird]

Good shout, I hadn't thought of that!
I'll dig out a guide on that and get it done.
Are there any other interior parts that could be coloured? My car is silver with metropole, but has nothing coloured in the interior, bar the door pulls & releases.

[edc]

The trim that goes round the centre vents/ac control/radio and the one that surrounds the dials. A little colour helps lift an otherwise dark and quite somber interior, especially in winter with roof up.

[Hard-Drive]

Hard-Drive on a previous thread said:

I did all the interior plastics on my 986. It's a "SportDesign" with a textured matt silver finish and it was looking very tired in places. Just to be totally clear, I didn't paint anything that wasn't already factory painted, I just restored the slighty tired paint but I was very happy with the end results.

[LukeBird]

edc said:

The trim that goes round the centre vents/ac control/radio and the one that surrounds the dials. A little colour helps lift an otherwise dark and quite somber interior, especially in winter with roof up.

Exactly why I want to.
Thanks for the above. I don't want to do all the bits & pieces, but I've always liked the coloured piece around the gear lever; I'll investigate a few of the other bits. I guess a nice gloss silver to match the exterior will go well.

[LukeBird]

Good shout thanks.
I shall have a look on eBay soon.

[edc]

I'm not sure I'd bother doing that as the car is perfectly driveable without the centre console and it's a 1 or 2 day turnaround to paint it.

[edc]

Different risk aversion of course but for me in pure cost terms, that is 50% more for the job and it's not a necessity. Having removed it a few times, there are a handful of screws and if you are careful enough to bag them and even just leave them in the glovebox you can't go far wrong.

[edc]

Here's my old painted one


http://www.boxa.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=5307... I'm sure it was not more than £150 and much closer to £100. That included remove, prep and refit. If you did the remove and refit yourself you'd save at least 30 mins labour.

Edited by edc on Sunday 5th July 20:40

[Martyn Caplan]

I have a Porsche Boxster 987.

Can you recommend a company who can repaint my black ashtray to match my black interior?