Advice on Paint desire better than new

[sturgedm]

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

If you are serious about using my contact up here in Massachusetts feel free to send me a private message. His work is unparalleled, and he is known throughout the area as one of the top custom painters and craftmans. Here's a couple of photos my vehicle. The work he did involved a full Hamann body kit and several other details. Not to sound immodest, but the vehicle won best in show the 3 times it was shown. Beating out many Carreras I might add !

Johnny D ... can you tell us all the wheel specs you have on your boxster ... they aint no 17 x 8.5 and i want what you are running. Please tell, i'd hate to have to steal yours

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by sturgedm

Johnny D ... can you tell us all the wheel specs you have on your boxster ... they aint no 17 x 8.5 and i want what you are running. Please tell, i'd hate to have to steal yours

They are one piece forged Champion RS-98's, (f) 19x8 +31 offset (r) 19x10 +31 offset.
Tires are Goodyear F1's (f)235/35/19 and (r) 275/30/19.

[Mark_T]

I understand the desire to change all the rubber and plastic bits, contemplated it myself, but have you priced out what it will cost to do that?? I used the Forever Black on my 99 and I'm really impressed with the results. If you do a few apps, lightly buffing in between, the plastic will have a deep rich better-than-new shine, especially after a coat of wax. I used Mothers Back to Black on the cowl under the wiper blades and that also worked well, but more of a flat black finish, and it needs to be re-done from time to time.

Btw, and this is obviously totally personal preference and I would never want to criticize someone else's customization choices, but I think those checkered flag side mirrors would look really tacky on a black Box. Might work on a white or yellow one.

Your car looks really nice in the pic. The paint may be a bit tired but a good polishing should bring it back to life. If you dump $8K on paint then you will spend your life agonizing over every stone chip, bug splat, and polishing swirl you see. Daily drivers have scars - wear them with pride!