Leather or No, that is the question!

[jpc763]

Originally Posted by Smallblock454

Hello John,

can you do some photos please, so we can see the damage. Perhaps it can be rebuildt. But the process to deinstall and install the dashboard is also time consuming. I've got a new black leather dashboard in 2008. That was 2.300 Euros including taxes and labour.

Please also always keep in mind that you'll see a difference in new and old leather on the passengers airbag, which is an seperate element. With vinyl this will be much worse.

Regards, Markus

I will take some photos tonight. I did not drive the Boxster today.

Originally Posted by rexcramer

If you are going to do the labor on the swap, how long do you figure it is going to take? And what value do you put on your time? The $200 for the vinyl on your dash sounds like the bargain, IMHO.

I have to remove the dash and bring the whole thing to the upholsterer. I was told it is about 8 hours to remove/re-install. There is a great (20+ page) writeup on here!