[john4394]

I have an '01 Boxster with option #P-69, the sport design interior. In addition to the diamond pattern leather on the door panels. lower console and dash, the seat backs, rollbars, dash surround, map pocket flaps, center console, etc, are painted a textured grey with flecks of black, dark grey and light grey. It's quite unusual, is a factory option and quite attractive.......here's the problem. I have a few rub marks on the seatbacks where the paint has been rubbed off. I went to a number of automotive body shop paint suppliers with my interior code (AW) and the option code (P-69) in an attempt to get some matching paint mixed in order to wet sand, featheredge, and repair the rub mark. No automotive paint supplier has the paint or a reference to mix it. I went to my dealer, gave them all the codes and my VIN and they said they have no way or order the paint...then went to their body shop with the same information and got the same result. I called Porsche North America with the same information and they were no help. My dealer's solution was to order a whole new seatback for $450.00 (part # 986-521-303-11) since it is available pre-painted. Surely an OEM subcontracter or Porsche themselves paint these parts, and SOMEWHERE the information exists. Can anyone help or has anyone else encountered this problem?