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Old 01-27-2005, 05:36 AM   #1
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On the painting stuff, i did my interior myself and it came out insanely well. to remove the part you're talking about, just take out the ashtray and remove the screw underneath. The whole part (switches included) will now pop out with a little effort. Pop the switches out and prep for paint.

for painting, contact levine automotive. give them your paint code and they will put the paint in a can for you (it has flex additive included). also purchase some transtar sandable primer and some u-pol clear # 1 (it has all kinds of UV protectants in it).

PRIME:
clean the part thouroughly with soap and water. dry it completely. swab it with acetone. dry it completely. swab it with tack cloth. prepare to paint. spray three medium-wet coats of the primer, waiting ten minutes between coats. wait 24 hours for drying (this is important; if you don't wait this long, you will get pinholes in your finish).

PAINT:
wet sand with 600 grit until smooth. wash w/ soapy water, swab w/ acetone, swab w/ tack cloth. spray two medium wet coats of arctic silver, waiting eight minutes between coats. spray four medium wet coats of the u-pol clear coat. wait eight minutes between the first two, wait an hour for the third, eight minutes for the fourth. let dry 48 hours (DO NOT IGNORE THIS; i know the can says it dries in a few hours; not the case when you're doing the kind of finish i'm describing)

FINISH
lightly wet sand w/ 1000 grit. finish sand w/ 1800 grit (sand until completely smooth; you want to get rid of the 'orange peel' texture). rinse w/ soap and water. use 3M imperial microfinishing compound to buff finish. follow up with a high quality wax. enjoy.



as for the rear speakers, there are some made for the car to fit exactly where you're talking about. the wire harness must be run all the way to the head unit, though.


as for the lenses, the short answer is no. all best.
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Old 01-27-2005, 05:37 AM   #2
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agree w/ brucelee on the necessity of the rear speakers. spend your money on high quality front speakers / head unit / amp instead. a 2-seat car with an excellent front soundstage has no need for rear speakers at all.
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Old 01-27-2005, 05:40 AM   #3
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That speaker kit is on sale at Suncoast right now. I only know this, because I ordered it yesterday. HAHA. Nice timing.


http://e-partssales.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=pna986kit&Category_Code=WS
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Old 01-27-2005, 06:02 AM   #4
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"That speaker kit is on sale at Suncoast right now. I only know this, because I ordered it yesterday. HAHA. Nice timing.


http://e-partssales.com/Merchant2/m...ategory_Code=WS"

Great info. If you are handy with electronics, you can do this one yourself.
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Old 01-27-2005, 09:31 AM   #5
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Suncoast almost always has the factory rear speaker kit for sale on E-bay; current bid is $205 vs $215 on their web site. I think the list price is like $325 for the kit.
There is also another vendor on E-bay, selling a kit with supposedly better speakers, and a "Buy-It-Now" price of $235, including the factory speaker grilles.
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I wrote up an enhanced guide to installing the rear speaker kit, it is posted on the Boxster hacks site at http://www.iq.dynip.com/~gary/hacks/speaker/speaker.html .
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Old 01-28-2005, 06:21 AM   #7
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Donv, thanks for the info. I’m not sure when I will actually get around to doing this. It’s been way too cold here lately to do anything like this. Maybe we will get one of those random 70 degree weekends we have here during the winter and Ill be able to get em in.
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