A little interior update

[inTgr8r]

I needed a break from designing a new aero GT package on the car, so decided to give the interior a freshen up.

[ZMCoupe]

Wow looks nice Ian! Are the parts painted or did you use a laminate?

[inTgr8r]

Thanks, I painted them.

The process involved ;
- wet sanding the plastic to remove the texture and any remaining mold release.
- one coat of adhesion promoter and flex agent.
- 4 coats of sandable primer
- wet sanding
- 3 coats of base color.
In this case I was using non-metallic, so gave it a light (dry) sand just to take the high points off.
If using metallic paint you would go straight to clear as you don't want to sand the metallic bits in the paint.
- followed with 6 coats of clear.
- followed by lots of wet sanding to remove all the orange peal effect.
- followed by two stages of polishing.

[dubsesd]

Very RS inspired. I like it

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by dubsesd

Very RS inspired. I like it

Thanks !
Got a chance to see your old ride today and meet its new owner.
Man, that thing is spotless; looks show room new.
You did an amazing job with that car.

[dubsesd]

Thanks! It's too bad it took so long to unite with the other z4m's haha. I'll be down in july, would be awesome to do a small meet and see some of these fine cars in person at last.

[crfine88]

Looks good! Really like the addition of color. It's a more dynamic look showing off the lines of the interior.
Well played!

[ZMCoupe]

Originally Posted by inTgr8r

Thanks !
Got a chance to see your old ride today and meet its new owner.
Man, that thing is spotless; looks show room new.
You did an amazing job with that car.

Oh man that makes me 2x as sad that I didn't make the meet

[Beedub]

i actually cant get over how good the interior looks with abit of colour ... looks better than so many new interiors today... really impressed. id like to something similar but id need to use red and that may be alittle too much...

[yousefnjr]

Looks great, love the seats funny how after driving this for a while, it's the OE cars that will begin to look strange

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by crfine88

Looks good! Really like the addition of color. It's a more dynamic look showing off the lines of the interior.
Well played!

Thanks Chris.
That was part of the goal, so that it would also tie in with the exterior work I'm doing.

Originally Posted by Beedub

i actually cant get over how good the interior looks with abit of colour ... looks better than so many new interiors today... really impressed. id like to something similar but id need to use red and that may be alittle too much...

Thanks, it really picked things up in my all black interior.

Curious why you'd go to red? To tie in with the BBK?
With your silver exterior you could do a lot of different colors and let the calipers stand alone, as they do now.

Originally Posted by yousefnjr

Looks great, love the seats funny how after driving this for a while, it's the OE cars that will begin to look strange

Thanks, the seats have worked out great.
I wanted to keep it somewhat OE looking and have better performing seats for the track.
The alcantara reduced sliding around dramatically .

[Finnegan]

Amazing. Simply amazing! With the rest of your interior and belts, that's about 15-20k in "Porsche custom" interior bits!

[AriuSen]

that looks so nice! Interior looks amazing!


Off topic. When is our side skirt rdy?

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by Finnegan

Amazing. Simply amazing! With the rest of your interior and belts, that's about 15-20k in "Porsche custom" interior bits!

Thanks Ron, Ive had this in the back of my mind for some time now.
One thing that held me back was finding the right blue in a non-metallic.
it was a lot of fun

Originally Posted by AriuSen

that looks so nice! Interior looks amazing!
Off topic. When is our side skirt rdy?

Thanks a lot.

I'm starting a blog thread shortly on the aero development.

[3GFX]

Looked great in person. I especially liked the gauge surrounds

[GTA Z4MC]

This Man known as "InTgr8" only leads and Never follows.
Very Nice job

[Vanne]

Great job Ian, love the accents mate..

suits those seats very well. am i noticing the speedo housing not as gloss as the rest (for sun reflection?) or is that just a anomaly in the photo?

Fine job my friend

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by Vanne

Great job Ian, love the accents mate..

suits those seats very well. am i noticing the speedo housing not as gloss as the rest (for sun reflection?) or is that just a anomaly in the photo?

Fine job my friend

Correct, the gauge surrounds are not gloss for reduced glare.
The OE silver are the same .

[AK72]

Where did you redone your seats?

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by AK72

Where did you redone your seats?

I see you're in Toronto...
I use Innovative Auto Interiors in Markham
ask for Steve Bettencourt

[Beedub]

how easy too remove those trim pieces ian??

Red i think would work nicely the matt you've used works really well..... or actually Ti silver??? for the centre console piece

[inTgr8r]

There definitely is a bit of work to take things apart.

The gauge cluster comes out easily, but dismantling takes some some to go slow with a little caution with clips etc.

The center console is pretty basic.
Start at the back and work forwards.
The back storage door is the biggest PIA to remove, but there is a DIY thread in here that helps.

It took me a couple of hours to take things apart.