Look what the mailman dropped off today.
 

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My new wheel from Carsdream. I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out.

I'm jealous! That's one of the wheels I've been looking at. Perfect color for our cars too!

Very nice! :cheers:

Those are really nice looking and I am sure that they feel good in your hands too. Nice upgrade!

Very cool. That is (IMHO) one of the must do mods on our cars. The looks and the feel are worth every penny. Nicely done.

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Thanks guys!! Now I just have to dye this airbag to match. Well that and my dashboard.

How much? I love mine more than anything.

Well including shipping back and forth to Poland it was around $250. They recovered it in the leather design you see, made it thicker and covered the back in leather as well. I don't think for the price it can be beat. I got the wheel off of here for $150. So for well under $500 I think it's a great deal.

How long did the process take? Link to the place that did it?

Oh My
 

That is beautiful.....tell us more

Yes, tell us more. How long did it take, how did you ship it, how did payment work, how did you communicate what you wanted, etc? The website I found has nice pictures but English is not their first language.

Well it took about a month and a half from when I sent it. I shipped it USPS. I payed in Euro's thru paypal. I sent them a picture from their website of what I wanted. I had them change some of the colors from the picture. All done thru email. The wheel came out exactly like I wanted. I'd say a picture is very helpful. They don't have the picture I used on their website anymore, i noticed they took a lot of them down. If you like the way my wheel looks, i'd just send them that picture and tell them what colors work for you. If anybody needs a pic of my wheel I can send it to you via email or pm.

The way it works is you send the pic and description of what you want thru email on their site. They send you back a quote in euro. If you agree to the price they send you directions on where to send it. If you have any more questions you could just pm me as well.

I have had CarsDream modify four wheels for me. Never an issue and always first class work.

Good to know. It looks like a quality result for very reasonable money. The dollar being strong at the moment helps. Thanks.

carsdream.com. There is a contact page on the website.

For the air bag, Google Fibernew and see if they have a franchise in your area. I have had them dye two air bags for me and they came out great. Very reasonable price too.

Well Chuck I also have to dye the dashboard. I changed the whole interior of my car from red to black. The only thing left to change is the dash. Taking the dash off and replacing it with a black leather one seems like a giant PITA. So I have been researching what is the best place to get leather dye all evening. If it comes out terrible I may have to replace it after all. I hope not :eek:

Well I ordered the dye for my airbag and dashboard today. I ended up going with Leather World Tech. They have gotten the most good reviews on here. I'll post before and after pics when i'm done.

Good deal. Are you removing the dash or doing it in place?

Leather world is who I used for my seats and carpet, let it dry longer than you think you need to...order extra propellant unless you have a gun

I'm going to do the dash in place. I don't really want to remove the dash, as it seems to be a PITA. But if I screw up dying it I will have to remove it to put a new one in I guess. I couldn't find any threads on here about dying the dash, so I may be the first one to attempt it. I have one of my old seat backs I can practice on first. My plan is to take off the gauge cluster, speaker grills, side vents, hvac / stereo surround and plastic strips in the middle of the dash. I will be painting the strips in silver while they are off, as well as the plastic airbag buttons on the doors. This project can't turn out any worse than my brake job.....I hope. If anyone has done this before and want's to give me some tips I'd appreciate it.

Like I said I have done my seats and carpet. Clean and prep, clean and prep. You will be spraying this on so a calm air environment is a must. Be prepared to put 5 to 12 coats to completely dye it and each coat will need at least 6 hours to dry. On problem areas where it might be a bit thick as far as the dye goes use a heat gun sparingly to set the color and let cool before respraying. I used two cans of propellent and could not find it locally so order at least two cans. You will not be able to use the last 15% of the propellant can because it will not have enough pressure to spray the dye. A cheap 12 dollar HVLP gun would be better and then just dispose of it after you are finished.

How are the seats holding up? The dash doesn't get much wear besides the sun beating on it. So if it holds up on seats I'd figure the dash would be fine as well.

Seats and carpet still look fine a year later...the crack filler is staying in place

Here is the finished product a year ago
 

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The scary part, sanding and filling cracks before the dying

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WOW that looks great!! How do you like the shifter? I have the same one, I love it.

Yes I do, I hope it fits the short shifter I have but have not had time to install

I have the 997 shifter, so I'd think a short shifter would work fine as well.

I don't know dude... Boxster red can look pretty nice if you mix in some dark grey.
This is my next project after replacing the top. I already have the seats, carbon Tequipment shifter and silver center console.
I might have the Polish guys do my wheel but I kinda like the better feedback from a thinner steering wheel.

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I agree boxster red can look cool. But my seats were shot and I found black ones locally for $200 for the pair. I also got the whole interior in black from the same guy for another $200. Door panels, rollbar pads, storage box, center console, some of the carpet. He was making a race car, so he striped it out. I feel the black makes it look much more modern. The only thing left red now is the dash. I guess if I had the dash and the door panels still in red it would look pretty good. But the wife likes black better, so spending the money on it is easier lol.

well see here's the the thing with black. You already have black in the center console and all the those bits on the dash. Unless it's the nicer leather option, all black leather (vinyl?) makes the 986/996 interior look a bit monotone and a little dated. You need some color accenting either by painting the center console to match the exterior, adding a nicer looking steering wheel, or some nicer leather with maybe deviated stitching on gauges cover the and door panels. If everthing is bone stock and black it's going to look like a basic option package car and that's not really the look the designers had in mind. Porsche only downgraded it so that they could upsell all those overpriced interior options.

p.s.
does the parting out the boxster still have the roll hoop windscreens?

Well I've got the cool new steering wheel and leather airbag with silver crest. I was going to paint the strips in the center of the dash silver. I have the silver gauges, door pulls, door handles, shift knob and ebrake. I also have some silver pedals from suncoast. I was thinking that would be just enough silver without looking like I'm trying to hard. Oh and it is a leather dash. If I end up buying a new one it will be leather as well. I agree the vinyl looks cheap.

He has them but won't separate them from the whole rollbar. I already asked him 20 times lol.