HELP Engine lid grill restored?

[WM711]

I need to get a 71 silver anodized grill restored. Any suggestions? TIA-Bill

[John Z Goriup]

There's really only one place to send your Porsche anodized brightwork for restoration to factory standards (and better ).....and that's to Ano-Brite. (I've noticed that lately their correspondence and invoices have been coming under the name King of Trim).

http://www.anobrite.com/contact.html

Their work is outstanding, not cheap mind you, but the results are always very satisfying. Talk to Marcos, tell him exactly what you want & expect, and he'll e-mail you a quote. They are in North Hollywood, CA. Make sure you pack your stuff very well ( use lots of bubblewrap) and insure it.

[WM711]

All the anobrite numbers are disconnected. Anybody have any other contact info?

[Chuck Miller]

I heard a rumor just this week that they 'pulled the plug' on their business about 2 weeks ago.....

I have not confirmed....

[Chuck Miller]

I just got them on the phone...

The business is no longer called Anobrite ... It is only called now "King of Trim"

Their phone number is:
(818) 326-6924

And email is:

kingoftrim@gmail.com

Hope this helps,
Cheers

[Tangerine]

http://www.kingoftrim.com

[WM711]

thanks everybody. They want $600 for the decklid only... and $2k for the windows plus decklid. Does this suprise anybody?

[37yrold911]

neurosurgery has never been cheap

[John Z Goriup]

Bill W.

I have no vested interest in any of this and there's nothing in it for me monetarily, I just want to emphasize that if you care about the quality of work you want on your car......whom can you recommend to do factory grade or better restoration work. As I said in my initial recommendation above, quality is never cheap. nor should it be, and I'd be suspicious if it were.

To show you the quality of work they do I am attaching recent photos of the last job they did for me, i.e. completely restore some '68 SWB window frames and swing-out "smokers" windows. You can be the judge. I'm also including a photo of my engine grille which Marcos redid for me.

PS: No, their quoted price is not at all surprising and is completely in line with what I paid for the same work. To help convince you of the value, take your grille out of your 911, sit down with it and study it closely. Count the number of rivets, all of which have to be removed & replaced with authentic parts, each of the 13 bars has to be carefully removed with a minimum of distortion, polished, anodized, straightened and re-installed, the barbed mounting-bars and mesh grill have to be repainted and straightened and the whole thing assembled. That's a lot of hours.

JZG

[WM711]

Thanks all, shipping trim out today. Should have it back in 4 to 6 weeks!