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I wrapped mine in Silver CF DiNOC, originally wood. Still need to do the center panel and figure out how I'm going to do the shift **** but all in all, I like the wrap rather than the overlay. These pictures are inprocess, it has since been complete.
I considered doing the overlay like you purchased, glad it was as good as you say, but I had wrap laying around and said 'why not' haha.
Last edited by Tuscani66; May 5, 2016 at 08:05 AM.
I wrapped mine in Silver CF DiNOC, originally wood. Still need to do the center panel and figure out how I'm going to do the shift **** but all in all, I like the wrap rather than the overlay. These pictures are inprocess, it has since been complete.
I considered doing the overlay like you purchased, glad it was as good as you say, but I had wrap laying around and said 'why not' haha.
Glad you found something you like. Looks good.
Last edited by vetkiller; Sep 18, 2017 at 08:40 PM.
Whatever you do DO NOT buy the Porsche carbon fiber trim. I have it on my Cayenne Turbo and ALL of it has either cracked everywhere, or comes unglued because the CF expands more than the underlying surface. I have replaced my center trim to without carbon fiber and covered all the other CF trim pieces with alacantara...spelling. Micro swede. The steering wheel alone has at least 50 cracks and will cut up my hands if it did not have a cover. I'm looking for a new steering wheel now too. Either paint, plasti-dip, vinyl wrap or micro-swede will work better than the Porsche carbon fiber kit. Avoid that. I have it and it is trash. Shifter even has 6 big cracks, just replaced.
Whatever you do DO NOT buy the Porsche carbon fiber trim. I have it on my Cayenne Turbo and ALL of it has either cracked everywhere, or comes unglued because the CF expands more than the underlying surface. I have replaced my center trim to without carbon fiber and covered all the other CF trim pieces with alacantara...spelling. Micro swede. The steering wheel alone has at least 50 cracks and will cut up my hands if it did not have a cover. I'm looking for a new steering wheel now too. Either paint, plasti-dip, vinyl wrap or micro-swede will work better than the Porsche carbon fiber kit. Avoid that. I have it and it is trash. Shifter even has 6 big cracks, just replaced.
Thanks for the info Boost. I'm surprised that something like that would be such poor quality. Did you try and get a hold of Porsche about it? I feel like that's something they should replace. Do you think it was extreme heat that caused that? On one of my BMWs the wood trim had cracked in a couple of places but nothing that extreme.
My 2008 CTT with Porsche CF has a couple cracks in the steering wheel, but nothing like what you described. Hopefully Im not just 4 years behind your experience...I would welcome a reason to replace the steering wheel with an alcantara steering wheel!
I have a 300ZX Twin Turbo with carbon fiber all over in the same climate and it looks fantastic. My entire hood is carbon fiber and looks fantastic. My Cayenne shifter split once while I was diving it in, what seemed like normal temps. Split all the way front to back.!? Maybe its temperature changes that causes it, but I hate mine. Replaced everything except the steering wheel so far. It is crazy expensive too.
Boosttt- I see that you live in AZ, I think heat is definitely a cause. My .02. Not to justify the poor quality. I really think thats a terrible product and porsche should be ashamed if that CF with their name on it is cracking under heat.
