Trying to spice up the interior on "new" ride from the blah mustard color they call Savannah Beige. The console is starting to look 4yrs old so considering getting Eric to paint it. But how does it hold up - prone to scratch easy?

Is the texture/finish like that of a painted bumper? Just fearful that my not so careful wife will make a painted console look worse than it does right now. This is going to be her fun car and will take some interior abuse with watches, rings, phones, purses and shopping bags with the obligatory huge key chain hanging around there somewhere

So is it worth it?

 

I love mine...did it a few years ago and still looks good....

 

your does look quite good! have you had any problems with scratches or knicks? and what's the best way to describe the surface texture once it's ben painted?

thanks!

 

No scratches or nicks....its smooth like a fender...

 

 

 

any photoshop help with some pieces - maybe the center console in red and also in the factory unpainted black???

any other recs on what to do to spice up the interior?

 

Do what I am doing, paint all the plastic pieces a shade darker than the interior, it will be a nice contrast

Christian

 

I'd add some silver trim rings. Maybe change the faces of gauges to red, be careful not to break them, but would be hot with silver trim rings. Add a non-smoker option if you're painting the console if your wife doesn't smoke.

 

have changed gauge faces on previous 996 and was not happy with the outcome/look even though I used the best of the best. IMHO, there is no substitute for OEM in this case and I'm not buying a whole new cluster

 

can anybody photoshop the console in red?

trying to decide what to do with the horseshoe piece around the radio - buy a black one or paint it red?

 

I don't have a pic of red, but here's Savannah with Lapis Blue. I love what this does to the interior and it seems to be very durable. Couple coats of wax should protect pretty well except from real abuse.

 

go to eric's site.... bumperplugs.com there are pics there of the red center console and horse shoe in a savannah car....i have both pieces and my interior is also savannah, but i have to wait a couple weeks till i can install them and get pics up

 

put black oem mats...it will transform the look!

 

Order custom floor mats in natural brown color with "Carrera" lettering in red.