Woody's build thread

[itsnotanova]

I haven't experimented on how to remove the old soft touch coating. I can tell you that the dishwasher didn't work for me. I can tell you, DO NOT use lacquer thinner on the 97-99 plastic. I had a small speck of what looked like paint on my center console. I put some lacquer on a rag to wipe it off. Big mistake! It made the plastic look chalky and there was no getting it out.

Here's all the chemicals I used to get it out without any luck. Perfectly good center console that's only good for painting now.

Originally Posted by tightbox

Wonder what exhaust they used in that picture?

Hard to tell from pics, but I'd guess just some straight pipes with deleted cats. That's what a lot of the spec guys do. Nice boxster! I really like the Gambella look.

Originally Posted by martsink

Love the plywood. I was thinking about doing that myself, but ended up getting a good deal from Rennline.

It only cost like $5 for that luana and I'm completely happy with it. I put some very thin rubber under it to keep it from rattling too much. It's an experiment. If you like that then you'll like this. I'm almost done with my version of the GT3 delete and it didn't cost me anything. I used stuff I had from home construction and some carpet from a 996. The first pic is how I modified the center console frame. I modified some 4 inch pvc with a heat gun to get the shape I wanted and then cut it to fit using a jigsaw. I then drilled a hole through it for the conduit. The conduit is glued in to keep it from sliding out and two conduit clamps hold it down to the tunnel. There's four factory studs that work perfectly. For the back I just cut luana to shape and drilled two holes to secure it to the metal brace. The back piece will sit on top of the bottom piece and secure it from moving around. Ok, it might not look pretty in these pics, but let me get it finished before you rush to judgment. I'm in the process of glueing the carpet to them.