Lol, oh it isn't that bad. Just lots of screws....and wires.....and connectors......few pieces of carpet.....and some nuts.....a few bolts......it all comes together nicely. Just takes a lot of time. Plus, you get to find all the things you ever lost in the car. This was PorschePhd's old car (after he had sold it), and I found that issue of Dancing Canines magazine that he had lost under the seat

 

i wonder if the 997 dash would fit in the 996 w/ a few mods.

 

I sold my 993 with a metropole interior to a guy who dyed everything black. I haven't seen it in person but he told me it came out great and wasn't very hard to do.

 

that conversion came out great! he goes by 993sc on 6speed I believe there is a thread about it in the 993 section

 

I have the graphite and was also considering black carpets/black 'lower trim'... thx for the pics. Seems tedious at worst, but not technically challenging. I'll need to start collecting parts. Did you have a donor car, or were all parts purchased?

A

 

We purchased a complete interior from one of the parts dismantlers for the job. The door panels are a bit tricky to do two toned, because you basically have to melt the tabs holding the carpet pieces on the door, then install the new sections, and melt the tabs back to keep everything secure. A soldering iron works great.

 

YOu can purchase leather dye. I bet you can get that done professionally so you can be sure it is done correctly. Leather is just dyed to begin with. A friend of mine dyes accents on all of his cars. he dyed silver accents on black E55 seats and black accents on a Cayenne Turbo. Looked great!!!

 

Stephen
I tell you one thing, thanks for the Navigation system! It rocks! I will be putting one in the SL!
Merry Christmas
Robert

 

We have done the dye route as well, still though you need to remove the panels to prep and dye properly.

Rob, glad you like it. we personally LOVE thatr unit and have used it a ton.

 

Ahh this SUCKS!!!! I posted a thread a min ago about this. I found a great local car right price 13k miles and only issue it's grey inside !

 

Ok....so I found a bunch of black stock interior parts...including the dash. IA Porchse about how long did it take to swap the dash?