Last thing I did on the car was remove the rear 'Boxster S' badge. Not because I wanted to de-badge it, but because it needed a respray as the silver badge was showing signs of wear. But now that it's off, I can't help but to think it looks rather good after machine polishing the rear boot...
I did think about keeping the boot plain for a while, but then I thought about putting the 981 badge on, like a few people have done. Only thing is that I'm not willing to pay almost £100 for 'P O R S C H E' and a new 'Boxster S' badge.
I've gone about 3D printing them. Someone on here had it done and it looked great, so I thought why not! The printer has finished them already and I'm going to pick them up after work later. He sent these photos:
And it cost me a grand total of £5. THAT'S IT. The finish will be a little rough, but I plan on sanding them back, spraying with chrome spray, fixing 3M tape to the backs of them and then installing them. The price of it will be a fraction of the cost of a new one.
As soon as I go and see these later, I'll post a photo up for you guys. If they're good, I'll whip up the new Boxster S badge from the 981 in 3D myself (already got an illustration of it in the correct measurements), and will get it printed too.
Should have looked amazing, but then this happened…
That was from using a heat gun to dry the paint. Oops! Neve rmind, it was only a fiver. Going to ask the printers to throw me another and I'll try again soon.
In the meantime, I was contemplating putting the original back on.
Original:
New:
The 3M pads arrived but they were paper thin, so no good. I'll buy thicker stuff and will cut to size.
Also my leather dye arrived. It's fantastic! Did the handbrake, along with the gear knob and a little of the seat bolster.
Much better
