First, a big thanks to Gator Bite on a great review and install article for the 9500ci. Also, a big thanks to the rest of you that provided input and ideas with regards to
Radar Detectors in general and the 9500ci specifically.
When we bought the cars last year I had decided that a
Radar Detector was pretty much a necessity given my lead foot. I wanted to wait until the technology had matured, and with the feature rich 9500ci package I figured the time had come. The only question was if I wanted to take on the install myself or let a professional do it. I had some fairly specific ideas on how it should be done and for some of it I did not feel that I had the tools or expertise to do the quality job I wanted. I also wanted to get the center stack painted to match the rest of the interior paint. Last year I did the R&R on the rear hatch area so I could have Eric at BumperPlugs do the paint work. I had also originally planned on doing the R&R on the center stack so it could be painted. However, when I saw the disassembly required to get the front fascias off and prepped for the paint work I decided to hold off on the center stack paint job.
I work in a large industrial park and a few buildings down from my company I had noticed a place called 503Motoring. I did not give it too much thought until one day I noticed three Porsches out front, one a GT3. I figured I should stop in some time and see what the place was about. One afternoon my wife and I were out in the area and so we stopped in. Tim, the owner and a new sponsor of this site, met and spoke with us and it quickly became apparent that he knew his stuff. I asked him about the
Radar Detector install and the center stack R&R and he indicated that he could do both.
Tim at 503Motoring did an incredible job. He pulled the center stack pieces out, removed all of the fascias (there were many, many small pieces involved), and shipped them to BumperPlugs. Eric did his usual fabulous job on the paint work (Thanks Eric
) and overnighted the parts back to us so we could remain on schedule in getting the rest of the work done. Tim plans on providing the forum an article with many pictures of the complete job so I will not detail it in this post. But I will provide a few interior pictures so you can see the final product.
My dealings with Tim and 503Motoring have been very positive. I have come to know that Tim is about the work and the relationships with his customers. If anyone in the Pacific Northwest needs the type of services that 503Motoring provides, I would highly recommend getting the work done there.
Mark
Here are the pictures.
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