944 full respray

mr2nut123 · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2015 2:08 pm

Well, for the last two weeks I've been a busy lad with the guy who paints for me. Pretty much everything was taken off the car and meticulously cleaned, before the full respray! I did all the flatting and prepping myself, along with the some small surface filling (not much needed) and the arches were spotless, no previous repairs to them! Even the insides of the doors were painted with all the door cards and electronics removed. The sunroof was removed (after finally finding out you only switch the key to position one to remove) to ensure a very clean finish with no rough edges. The words 'full respray' are often misused these days by both sellers and garages..

More photos to come of the prep work when I have the time.

mr2nut123 · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2015 2:09 pm

Debating even installing the replacement stickers and 944 badge on the back. I also want to remove the decal down the side sills and allow the new paint to shine :wink:

lacedr · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2015 2:09 pm

looks very nice

mr2nut123 · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2015 2:15 pm

I also replaced most rubbers including door handles, insides, door rubbers etc. The only ones I couldn't replace were the damn side mirror ones! They were new old stock from Porsche and one was far too small, where as the other was slightly too large :twisted:

What a PITA, I'll be asking for a refund for those. I seem to remember someone else on here swearing a lot when trying to replace his and ending up restoring the originals.

KennyP · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2015 5:24 pm

Looking very nice indeed. Sounds like a similar job in terms of removing stuff
that I had done recently, the mirrors also proved to be impossible, so the old seals were
given a good going over and look fine!

Just gave mine its first waxing the other day and its pretty much rained since!

KennyP

mr2nut123 · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2015 6:40 pm

KennyP wrote:

Looking very nice indeed. Sounds like a similar job in terms of removing stuff
that I had done recently, the mirrors also proved to be impossible, so the old seals were
given a good going over and look fine!

Just gave mine its first waxing the other day and its pretty much rained since!

KennyP

Haha, typical! I got one day yesterday and I took full advantage of it :-)

deLUX · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2015 8:44 pm

Looks fantastic

mr2nut123 · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2015 9:35 pm

deLUX wrote:

Looks fantastic

Cheers buddy. Just noticed your sig. What's it like to upgrade to 16v? Is it a pig of a job? Big difference in power?

deLUX · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2015 10:37 pm

The 16v upgrade has been a road but well worth travelling. I'm very happy. There's been more done than just a 16v head tho - there are details in my blog (which I should add to my sig I guess) But there's something special that seems to happen at just over 4000rpm that I never noticed with the 8v. I'm not experiencing what I've read of loosing torque compared to 8v at least through the bum dyno - the car is fabulous! Fast, torquey, much more powerful and sounds gloriously menacing. :bounce:

mr2nut123 · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2015 11:36 pm

deLUX wrote:

The 16v upgrade has been a road but well worth travelling. I'm very happy. There's been more done than just a 16v head tho - there are details in my blog (which I should add to my sig I guess) But there's something special that seems to happen at just over 4000rpm that I never noticed with the 8v. I'm not experiencing what I've read of loosing torque compared to 8v at least through the bum dyno - the car is fabulous! Fast, torquey, much more powerful and sounds gloriously menacing. :bounce:

Sounds awesome!! So the same engine, and not just the 3litre in there?

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