Plan on painting interior trim peices SILVER

[John V]

Originally Posted by ohioboxster

Wow is right. I never dreamed that it could look that nice. When I hear about people painting interior trim I dont picture that.

Thanks for the positive comments, guys. A friend who has a lot of experience painting models helped me out with this project. You just have to take your time and have good attention to detail. We both agree the pieces turned out great - very high gloss.

The only other pieces I may paint are the "wings" that house the convertible top / defroster / etc buttons. Also thinking of covering the armrest lids with leather, but that'll probably have to wait.

[insite]

i did my vents, airbag strips, guage pod, door-pull trim, etc. it was a HUGE pain in the a$$, but it looks awesome. this is the only pic i have here at work.

[CJ_Boxster]

Pretty nice Insite, you should paint the defroster vent trim now, just lift up on the alarm dome and the defroster vents are held in by clips just like the center console trim peices.

[insite]

i thought about it, but i didn't want it to reflect in the windshield.

[djomlas]

yea dude wow is the word.
im gonna be doing mine soon, so ill be posting pics as that goes along.
im not gonna be doing silver, ill be doing the aluminum color
and wow that red one had wayyy too much red going on in thre, maybe even to the point of being distracted? just a little tacky for me. BTW, how did u paint the airbag strips?

[98Boxster98]

I pretty sure, dj, Ocean Jade Boxster owners are forbidden by law to identify other Boxsters as "tacky."

[djomlas]

hehhe, maybe a good point, but i think that in that particular case there is just too much red going on, reminds me of the time my friend painted every single piece in the cabin that he could in his integra blue.
not trying to start anything tho

[insite]

yeah, it's a lot of red. i left out the center console and arm rests. with the red racing harnesses, the whole package looks pretty slick in person. home now, so here's a better pic.

[insite]

and just one more.....

[John V]

Originally Posted by djomlas

im not gonna be doing silver, ill be doing the aluminum color

From 1997-2002, the interior "aluminum" look stuff was actually Arctic Silver.

Cant believe you didnt touch the center console insite, thats the first thing everyone does, lol. If only my car were a color, lol, thered be no point in painting everything black.

[insite]

yeah, i thought the center would make it TOO red. plus, i figured it would get scratched up pretty quick.

[John V]

With a properly applied clear coat the finish is pretty resistant to scratching.

It's even more resistant to scratching if you cover the high-traffic areas in stoneguard

[djomlas]

i think that it would look much better if you painted the center console red, gauge rings red, and that cluster surround was back to black.

i did a quick 5 minute photoshop of it to see what it would look like

[CJ_Boxster]

Damn Check this old thread out guys lol. Look at some of the novice questions we would ask back then when we were stilll green to the porsche and its boxster vehicles.

DJ, you've certainly come along way with your photoshop skills since 2006 lol. That center console looks like a Honda DOHC vtec valve cover

[angman]

Where do you guys buy the Stoneguard to cover your interior pieces. I have a factory Arctic Silver center console but I still wouldnt mind protecting it from scratches even though it's not paint.

As for the Paintscratch paint that you guys buy, how much paint is needed according to your experiences. I would like to maybe paint my radio trim pieces and the rollbars. Do you also buy clearcoat from paintscratch or does any clearcoat work?

Thanks guys