Dark Interior needs lightening

Dark Interior needs lightening

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Riyazc

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1,068 posts

241 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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OK...

So interior of my 996 turbo is bloody dark ... think it needs lightening up a little.

Was thinking of having the seat backs and transmission tunnel painted to match the exterior.

Has anyone had this done, whats it look like - and how much did it cost?

Think it would make no end of difference internally, though might see if i can buy the parts off ebay and then swap them over so can go back to OEM if need be.

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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This was offered as an option on Gen 1 Caymans and R's which should give you some idea of what it would look like.

This is my CS:





Edited by Trev450 on Thursday 24th July 16:50

Riyazc

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1,068 posts

241 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Thats exactly my point... brightens up the interior no end.

Someone on another forum has mentioned maybe wrapping the seat backs rather than painting so it can just be removed in future.

hondansx

4,562 posts

224 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Or that plastidip stuff?

Quite a good idea though. With no sunroof too, my car is pretty dark inside.

My plans are to get the wheel re-trimmed in alcantara and have a red flash at the top as per the GT3 RS 4.0.



I'm then going to get the red seat belts from the Porsche catalogue (quite an extravagant purchase as it involves buying the clever stuff involved with the seatbelts too). All that so i can tie things in with the red calipers!

Edited by hondansx on Thursday 24th July 17:09

Riyazc

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1,068 posts

241 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Tempted to get red seat belts too... just looks smile

paralla

3,528 posts

134 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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I like my red belts and I'm glad to see I'm not the only saddo that thinks they go well with red callipers. You also have to get coloured wheel caps for an additional flash of red.

edc

9,231 posts

250 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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I had the centre console painted Zenith Blue on my old Boxster. Looked fantastic.

Riyazc

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1,068 posts

241 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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where did u have it done?

adbett

187 posts

222 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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My 996 is basalt black with black interior - previous owner had the centre console painted guards red (to go with the red harnesses). I wasn't sure about it at first but very much grown to like it, definitely adds some colour to the interior!

edc

9,231 posts

250 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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Mine was done at ePorsch, but a good bodyshop should be able to do the job.

pete

1,586 posts

283 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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hondansx said:
I'm then going to get the red seat belts from the Porsche catalogue (quite an extravagant purchase as it involves buying the clever stuff involved with the seatbelts too). All that so i can tie things in with the red calipers!
A cheaper alternative is to talk to Quickfit SBS (www.quickfitsbs.com) in north London. They are a renowned seatbelt specialist, and can (safely!) change the webbing on your existing belts to any colour you like. I'm half tempted to have mine changed to yellow to match my PCCB calipers!

Pete

Shurv

955 posts

159 months

Friday 25th July 2014
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You could get your seats re trimmed, ie the centre panels, that'd lift the interior a stack.

edc

9,231 posts

250 months

Porkster

186 posts

147 months

Saturday 26th July 2014
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I painted the dash trim line in guards red on my cayman.
http://www.pistonheads.com/Gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I can't recall if the 996 has a similar pice to do ? But I think seat beats, dials and centre consul would be worth having a look at changing.

Jibaro

210 posts

180 months

Sunday 27th July 2014
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Riyazc said:
OK...

So interior of my 996 turbo is bloody dark ... think it needs lightening up a little.

Was thinking of having the seat backs and transmission tunnel painted to match the exterior.

Has anyone had this done, whats it look like - and how much did it cost?

Think it would make no end of difference internally, though might see if i can buy the parts off ebay and then swap them over so can go back to OEM if need be.
I've had the seatbacks done on mine, very pleased with the result and it wasn't dear. The original rubberised finish was crap, showed every mark and felt cheap. After talking it over with the body shop we did the seatbacks first, thinking centre console might be a bit too much. I'm now going to leave the centre console I think, the seatbacks brighten it up enough for me on their own, and everytime I walk up to the car from behind I'm glad I had them done smile Ben at Finish First, Horsham did the job for me. I spent ages trying to find painted setbacks on ebay, they very rarely come up, and all the seats on ebay seemed to have scuffed backs so I found looking for already painted ones a waste of time.



Edited by Jibaro on Sunday 27th July 01:40

R26Andy

404 posts

160 months

Sunday 27th July 2014
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You could paint the upper centre console if feeling brave: