Porsche 911 GT2 RS Frunk Retrim

Now for something truly special that we can flex our talents and attention to detail with. Our customer got in touch wanting their Porsche 911 GT2 RS frunk and surrounding plastics retrimmed. The vehicle had only recently been at another trim shop where some other works were carried out, but they were not up for retrimming the frunk. This is understandable as this is not really a trimmable item nad you cannot guarantee the outcome. This is because you essentially need to trim on top of carpet. The frunk carpet is a single molded item which comes carpeted from factory. So we needed a plan...

What we had planned was to heat shrink the carpet, retracting all of the fibers meaning we had a firmer base to trim on to. We then patterned the frunk panels and set about retrimming them in Porsche Nappa black OEM leather. Our customer also requested Porsche red thread for the stitching (Which we stock via our online store), and that it be trimmed the way Porsche do. Some time later and we have a trimmed frunk to OEM spec!

Next, the surrounding plastics...

So the first items were these side pods in the frunk, we had to do some testing on these as we weren't sure how the shallow details would show once trimmed. But, as you can see from the first photo, all details were retained and looked incredible. Red Alcantara was requested for these in order for them to stand out under the carbon fibre bonnet.

We now move onto the surrounding plastics, where things do not get any easier. These are huge complicated plastic panels with lots of small details pressed into them. The biggest being the main central panel featuring shallow details, the Porsche logo, and a grill.

As leather is quite a thick material, we needed to get the Nappa leather skived down in order to retain the plastic details like the side pods have that we mentioned earlier. We were asked to not trim the vents, as this would take up plenty of time, driving the cost up. Our customer requested we make a cover instead, so we fabricated a metal border, attached a mesh and trimmed the border to an OEM style.

Again, we used the OEM porsche thread for the panels and made sure all plastic details were neatly trimmed. What is crazy is that from a distance, the plastics still look plastic, which as trimmers is the absolute best outcome. A job well done and another happy customer.