kalantar

How expensive/difficult is it to replace to the black or silver?
Can you paint over it?

maxabo

To get it out (door-panels and mid-consol), and to get the wood off of the door-panels. And then to put the door-panels back again (without the wood this time) in order to make the windows close correctly, AND removal of the steering-wheel, takes about 1 hour in total.
I have a guy doing just that for me right now, for the second time.

Then I leave it at the paint shop.
Last time painted in the same colour as the car (obsidian black).
And this second time, since this car has black interior instead of light grey, I'm going for the same silver paint that's on the corners of the doors when you open them. And then the steering-wheel in obsidian black.
(These are two different cars, of course.)

Then it takes about another hour to get the wood back on again.
So 2 hours then, totally.

And to get it painted, I pay about a $100,-.
It turns out really nice!

I presume that it's the wood you wanna get rid of, and it's sooo worth it..!

If you want detailed info about the procedure, just let me know, and I'll try to help out.
In that case, PM me, since I can otherwhise miss it.

gocargo

Are you saying you'd "paint" the take-off wood? How would you preserve it from scratching?

There is a carbon fiber set being sold.. door panels and center console. But, what keeps me from buying is I want the shifter knob & steering wheel carbon fiber too.

maxabo

[QUOTE=gocargo;2537231]Are you saying you'd "paint" the take-off wood? How would you preserve it from scratching?


No problem.
As long as I don't have a sharp object in my hands, while stroking the panels, it'll stay on there.
The surface is to be compared to the paint job on a car, since it's a car-paint-shop that does the work for me...
And this time, in my new car, they even did the steering wheel (in the same colour as the car, obsidian black).
Turned out great!

SDSL

The painting of interior parts with exterior matching (or similar) paint that Maxabo describes is a pretty popular OEM option on late model Porsches and looks quite nice. I'd second his recommendation.

sanfran

How do you get the center piece out?

Does it just snap out like a door panel?

Or do I need to remove some other side panles to get some clips of first?

Thanks...

gocargo

Follow this link to an article with fotos on how to remove your center console. http://www.pointedthree.com/disc/for...sts=21&start=1

KR_Chicago

if you have no other plans for the wood trim you remove, let me know what kind it is. I might be interested in purchasing it. kyle@reed.org.

SLcharger

You can buy all the carbon stuff you need at this company in Germany. They have about all you can dream of.

Just look into the price list, its more detailed

http://www.kicherer.net/frm_main.php...16529_33544847

MARK CUMMINS

I Did a C/F overlay on a friends R230 Sl and Its a LOT of work to reuse the wood and over lay with C/F...Purchase another set Done!

Here is a pic of it done

http://www.bnzsport.com/forums/showt...highlight=jl88

rxter1

Anyone know where to buy the wood trim pieces? I'd like to change mine out to the black ash.
Thanks

overZealous1

i thought i saw them on parts.com

amok55amg

I got Carbon trim, wooden trim and aluminum trim ................ from 2003 and later models ........ and I'm interesting in swapping, selling and buying stuff .......