WTB: Metropol Blue 3-spoke leather airbag 986/996

[DarkStar]

What exactly is this Blue?

I tried Googling but every photo I find looks like a typical black 3 spoke. I have a leather 3 spoke I was planning on refurbishing the leather color on after it was cleaned up. It's in pretty good shape just looks used.

[RedTele58]

Originally Posted by DarkStar

What exactly is this Blue?

I tried Googling but every photo I find looks like a typical black 3 spoke. I have a leather 3 spoke I was planning on refurbishing the leather color on after it was cleaned up. It's in pretty good shape just looks used.

It's a very dark, navy blue. It almost looks black until you set it against black, then you see the blue.

I've gone deep down the rabbit hole on my '00 project and have decided to swap my vinyl interior to leather after my seats came back from the upholstery shop. They will now shame the rest of the car with their looks. I want to really upgrade the interior to top of the line 996 Turbo/GT3/whatever bits. Most are just take out the 986 piece and install the 996 piece. Plug and play. I found a nice leather dash from a '00 996 and leather 996 door cards. I found a NOS handbrake on Rennlist and a new 3-spoke wheel and (vinyl) airbag and shifter from Carnewal in Belgium. GT3 console delete, blah, blah. I can make the interior look every bit like a top of the line 996 car.

It was after I purchased the vinyl airbag I decided to swap to leather, and a new leather airbag from Porsche is about $3,200. Yeah. So now I'll see if I can find a good used one. I'll keep the vinyl bag in place until then. I may try to dye a black bag, but I think I'll be going the wrong way from black to Navy Blue.

This is one of those projects you can't explain to most people or they just look at you funny, and even most Boxster guys won't realize or appreciate the depth and detail. But I will. And that's what matters. I'm basically taking my favorite color combo (white/blue) and making the car how I would have liked to been able to order one 21 years ago. I think when I'm done with this one I'm going to find a white/Boxster Red car and build something similar, but different.

It's only money. And cheaper than a good therapist.