[rxter]

So is the brown stuff dirt or UV damage? If it "comes off" with the eraser it must be dirt right? Or are you sanding down to "fresh" vinyl. If sun damage I wonder if it could be avoided by treating the vinyl with a sunblock. I've never heard of such a thing but my wife uses enough of it on her skin so you'd think the chemists may have figured something out...

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[Ryan]

My door panel tops were brown and starting to crack so I had just the tops replaced. I think it was $95.00 each panel. They used a slightly padded vinyl and it has a little give to it now. I like it on the arm. I can not see going with black on a cab because of the sun. You would burn the crap out of you when getting in the car after it has sat in the sun.

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[flash]

looks good - i'll have to keep that in mind for the eventual time when the ones on the white car discolor

re black tops: i have black tops in the blue car, and very surprising to me, it has not been an issue

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[rxter]

Reviving this topic. Time for me to do a little color correction.



I am not going to sand the discoloration away but rather recoat. I've been told that the SEM stuff is pretty good.



http://semproducts.com/Catalog.asp?prod=190



Challenge is that this product does not come in Porsche "Classic Gray" - no big surprise there. Anyone tried this or other products? Jamie how is yours holding up?



Thanks

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[flash]

SEM products are generally very good - i use a few of them



silvy recommended the black vinyl coating recently for my shift boot - while i am not inclined to do it, because of the wear potential, i have seen the finish of other similar products, and it looks pretty good - do not use this where there is skin oils likely to be deposited, or a lot of friction - also, realize that it is paint, and that after application, you cannot use the products on it that you normally would



that being said i had a few of my classic grey panels in the white car shot - i have no idea what they used, but it was a dead on match

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[chudson]

Flash I had my seat and shift boot (also classic gray) touched up by the same guy who did the repairs for Porsche when the cars were processed here in Charleston. The best of these people are actually "artist" in their craft. I watch my guy mix colors (and it was amazing how many colors went into the stew!) together until he had a perfect classic gray match. Your guy likely did the same.

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[Jamie '92 968]

Hey Rxter,

Here's my report on how my repairs are holding up...



I recolored 4 areas on my car about 2 or 3 years ago. They are all a bit different and are aging differently as a result.



First, my driver's seat is doing great. I fixed a tear and a worn-through spot on the left bolster with sub-patches and leather filler and applied color. Not long after it was done, I had to re-do the tear where the filler had cracked. I did a much better job the second time, tapering the edges to reduce stress concentration edges. It's holding up great!



I also applied color on my shift boot. Here some of the color has worn off in the grip area. The Leather World Technologies web site http://www.leatherworldtech.com shows a product that you are supposed to add to the dye/color spray for high wear areas such as shift knobs and steering wheels. When I re-do the shift boot I will make sure to use it.



I used a leather (and vinyl) filler and grain copier on the top of the driver's side door panel before spraying it to fill in a bunch of cracks. That has held up well, but the color is starting to wear off a bit where I rest my arm. Not bad, but here again my plan is to re-spray with the extra "toughening" ingredient.



The passenger's door panel has no isues with color, as it rarely gets touched, but it is now starting to crack a bit. It was in better shape than the driver's door when I first sprayed it, so it did not require any filler. It's still OK for now, but eventually I will fill the cracks and spray it too.



As I said before, color matching was perfect after sending them a scrap of my interior vinyl.



Jamie

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[swmic]

I've been going over parts of my interior with a product called Surflex. It's a water based dye that works great. They have porsche classic-gray in stock. You can purchase it at colorplus.com. I have no affiliation with the company, ect... It just looks great and it easy to use.

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[rxter]

WOuld be great to see some before and after shots swmic.

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[rxter]

Hey swmic - how's the Surflex holding up? Did you use it on the vinyl or just the leather? I may actually have enough time to work on this in Sept.

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[jferraro17]

As I work thru listing my repair/restoration to do's...and looking at the prices of parts if they are available.....I'm considering re-coating a few of the parts of my classic grey interior. Seats will be re-covered. Door panels have already had a shoddy repair job done to the top surface, so replacement is in order. Full carpet replacement. And the plastic frame pieces around the windshield are all warped and discolored and must be replaced--at an OUTRAGEOUS cost as far as I've found, btw.



However, the dash, the center console, and the rear area side panels are are salvageable, IMO, with SEM restoration to the main parts and replacement of periphery (like boot, switches, ashtray, etc.).



Anybody ever figure out which SEM color best matches the classic grey?

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