took a "car tinkering" day off from work today

[kiyakubuke]

took off the wheels to clean the inside.


calipers were looking dull so I cleaned them and put a fresh coat of clear on them.



Added some carbon fiber accent pieces (before and after)






and blacked out the exhaust

[heliguy]

How did you black the exhaust?

[tommy583]

I just did this to my exhaust. It was off the car. So I cleaned it with simple green, lightly sanded it and cleaned of any dust. Then i gave it three coats of high temp primer. Then three coats of high temp flat black. I think it looks good on my car. And yours as well.

[tommy583]

The carbon pieces look awesome as well.

[kiyakubuke]

Originally Posted by tommy583

The carbon pieces look awesome as well.

thanks, I originally did the door bin covers because they were worn and discolored. like it so I did the pieces around the door handles. I played around with the center console because it has some scratches etc.. but the roll was not wide enough. have a new (wider) roll ordered. checked into getting them hydro-dipped, but the cheapest I found was $250 for just the center console. I'll post pics of the center console when I am done with that.

[kiyakubuke]

before and after for the lug nuts:

[kiyakubuke]

Originally Posted by heliguy

How did you black the exhaust?

I wanted to see how it looked first so I just used plasti-dip spray. I like it so later I will peel it off and do like tommy did with the high temp paint.

[Ckrikos]

Had the calipers peeled or did you just re spray the clear coat that was already on the brakes? I have red calipers and 3 of them have a clear coat that has peeled off. I was going to sand and re paint, but am wondering if I should just clear coat it.

[kiyakubuke]

Originally Posted by Ckrikos

Had the calipers peeled or did you just re spray the clear coat that was already on the brakes? I have red calipers and 3 of them have a clear coat that has peeled off. I was going to sand and re paint, but am wondering if I should just clear coat it.

the one in the photo was just dull (it is the only one I have don so far) at least one of the others has the clear pealing. I will probably have to sand the edges to feather it on those before putting the new coat on. I will take pics of the steps and post them.

[Nine8Six]

Nice work!

Got caught by my wife while polishing my dual exhaust tips once. The look on her face meant "I regret for marrying you". Painting it blk with high temp sounds like a brilliant idea

Love those CF accents in the dash. I'd leave it as it is if I were you. Just enough - not too much is often the best

[linderpat]

anyone know how to get the center caps looking good again? I popped one off last week because the emblem fell off. They are plastic! How do you get them looking like new as per the pic above?

[kiyakubuke]

Originally Posted by linderpat

anyone know how to get the center caps looking good again? I popped one off last week because the emblem fell off. They are plastic! How do you get them looking like new as per the pic above?

Just buy some new ones off ebay. I got a set of 4 for about $20

[kiyakubuke]

so I had blacked out the exhaust tips. liked the look, but when I was coming back up the driveway from the mailbox I didn't like the way it look in contrast to the rest of the exhaust. i.e.. it was still the bare metal.


of course you would have to be laying behind the car to see this, but being slightly OCD I had to paint it to match.

[tommy583]

Haha that's why i just painted the whole thing. Good move

[RumBum porsche 986]

looks really nice !

[gottspd]

Looks great. For the caliper, is it the case that you only re-cleared it?

[kiyakubuke]

Originally Posted by gottspd

Looks great. For the caliper, is it the case that you only re-cleared it?

yes, base coat was good, just flaking clear in a few spots. scraped off and loose clear coat and sanded the edges to feather. then hit with some more clear. not perfect, but looks 100% better.

[kiyakubuke]

finished hydro-dipping the door trim pieces. now to do the center console. I went with black on black for a more subtle look. I thought the silver on black etc.. looked too intense. I also played around with the car color (guards red) as the base color. I could see that would look good, just not for me. although, I am tempted to do that for the small piece on the shifter.




so glossy it is hard to get a good pic.




full resolution pics.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenkitchens/sets/72157643119982073/

[Ckrikos]

Looks great and much better than spending thousands of dollars on trim parts.

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[kiyakubuke]

not really Porsche related, but, when I bought the carbon fiber hydro graphics film, they sent a few samples of their other films. had an old knife that was looking rough, so I thought I would try it out. don't worry. I would never put skulls on the boxster