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[trieullionaire]

Jinster, thanks for the compliment. The color dye is actually made specifically for vinyl and leather. I researched it on the various Porsche forums including this one and came across ColorPlus.com. (I also came across Leatherique but went with ColorPlus because they sent me a leather care pamphlet).

So far so good...It took too many applications of paint to cover the grey interior dash and door parts that I never got around to doing the seats. I did test a small amount of it though on the seats and it does look like it penetrates the leather. On vinyl, since it doesn't really absorb it is more like a flex type paint than a dye in my opinion. But it works pretty good when you get the hang of it.

[JTP]

Do you get alot of glare off that white dashboard?

[trieullionaire]

Actually I don't notice much glare at all. In person, it is more creamy in color...not the pure white like the Carrera white which would probably hurt your eyes with the top down. The other thing is it has somewhat a flat finish which doesn't reflect as much if it was glossy. I am contemplating whether to use Armor All on it though...to see how it would look still undecided.

[23109VC]

how did you apply that stuff? do you rub it on with a rag or do you paint it on with a brush? so you basically painted the vinyl dash/door parts with leather dye?

it looks cool! wish I could see it in person!

[trieullionaire]

I did paint my vinyl pieces with the leather dye. I bought a soft hair brush from the company as well, for minor touch ups...but winded up using the brush for the entire project. I had a lot of raised eyebrows around my garage at first. People thought I was mad applying on the paint with a brush. But the finish product, I myself was pretty surprised how well it turned out.

I took it to Porsche in the Parks, a Suncoast Porsche event in Sarasota, and got a lot of nice compliments for those who got a chance to take a closer look...I even made a grand entry when I pulled in and my car dumped a good gallon of coolant all over the sidewalk.

The great thing was I learned some very useful information from the coolant dumping saga. I got great help from a Suncoast technician who took care of replacing the fluids for my car so I could make it home. He also gave some very practical recommendations as to replacing the reservoirs and flushing the coolants using their vacuuming system. I also met the very nice and knowledgeable Pedro there who taught me a couple tricks on how to air out the coolant system. Thanks to them, I was able to drive my car home without any issues.

[yoyo7]

one word sums up the work done on this Boxster...

STUNNING!

[Johnny Danger]

Sexy, very Porsche-gini.