I'm refinishing my brake calipers and upgrading to 997 rotors, so I thought I would do something about my old fender liners. I have 77,000 miles on my car, so they were looking pretty faded and rough. I washed them, cleaned of the rough areas with some 320 grit sandpaper and treated them with Turtle Wax Jet Black plastic treatment.

I had used the Jet Black on my lower rockers and lip spoiler before and was amazing at how they still look great over a year later. The trick is to do approximately 4 coats.

Here they are.

 

Very nice.

 

Is jet black a wax?

 

It's just a plastic conditioner, but it seems more like a dye. You simply wear plastic gloves and wipe it on with a sponge. It's a black liquid. The more coats, the more glossy it gets.

Later,
Steve

 

Do you cover up the holes (where the rear tire rubbed through? in the rear aft fender liners with anything to protect the boost hoses?

 

pwdrhound,

Good eye.

The liners were very very thin in those areas where the tires had rubbed. I decided to cut out the melted plastic area to get a little more tire clearance. On the passenger side, there is a lot of space behind the hole, because the intercooler hose sits slightly lower than the hole. On the drivers side, there is less space, but it definitely helped.

My plan is to wrap a thin aluminum shield around the intercooler hose, that will be held in place by hose clamps.

Later, Steve

 

Here's some pictures.

Drivers Side





Passenger Side

 

You might also think about taking a thin piece of aluminum sheet 1/32 or 1/16 and riveting it to the back of the liner where the hole is. That works too.

 

+1 for thin aluminum sheet. Rivet it in and then hammer to the right shape. This way the tire will run and not make a hole.

 

Good idea. Looks nice. My dirty liners bother me I might give this a try.

 

Damn Steve! You must be retired!