Painted my side door compartment covers!

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by SC986

That looks amazing, nice work. What where the steps and what paint did you use in the bumperettes?

Once again, I'm at work, so I will have to get the paint code when I get home. But I noticed your car is black, where mine is seal grey metalic. I always use Dupli-Color Automotive Spray Paint. They should have a metalic black that matches your car. There is no need to pay for expensive PORSCHE paint made in Germany. I have never had any problems with Dupli-Color paints. There are usually catalogs (at Pep-Boys) that you can cross-reference the factory O.E.M. paint colors with that will give you the best matching color that they have to sell. Not all O.E.M. colors are made. I got lucky when I found a good match. It took me several tries to get the silver color to match the artic silver, but it does match.

[Travis]

I have used this website for ordering my paint, the Arctic Silver they sent matched up great.

And they have all of the color codes for our cars, just select your year and model and pick which color.

They also have a nice DIY guide.

http://expresspaint.com/

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by Travis

I have used this website for ordering my paint, the Arctic Silver they sent matched up great.

And they have all of the color codes for our cars, just select your year and model and pick which color.

They also have a nice DIY guide.

http://expresspaint.com/

Thanks for that link!

[SC986]

Thanks Travis! I am thinking of trying the bumperettes myself vs. $275

[djomlas]

or paintscratch.com , they even perfectly matched MY color, so arctic silver should be no problem.

[djomlas]

also man, that looks very nice and professional job.

but would you recoment doing the same for lets say the door handle (mine is black) and C-clip and all the other interior pieces.

im worried that if i do this, it wont hold up as good as factory from opening the door often, especially the handle

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by djomlas

also man, that looks very nice and professional job.

but would you recoment doing the same for lets say the door handle (mine is black) and C-clip and all the other interior pieces.

im worried that if i do this, it wont hold up as good as factory from opening the door often, especially the handle

Isn't your handle wrapped in leather?? The "C" clip should be fine. I would only recomend it on parts that are made of the hard plastic meterial.