» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | OMG!OMG! Today 08:53 AM Today 08:53 AM 0 Replies, 143 Views | | My 318ti build 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 0 Replies, 1,479 Views | | | | | 11-10-2009, 01:01 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TN Posts: 216 | painting interior has anyone ever done or has experience in painting interior parts like the dash door panels and stuff of that such. i am/was watching unique auto and they did it and it go me thinking because i do plan on changing mine out to black any ways so why no paint it. and it looked good. now i have see alot of poor paint jobs on dashes before but i am looking for a good method or product to use to start my next project. any insight will be great. | | | 11-10-2009, 04:57 AM | #2 | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Francisco Posts: 29 | I'm no expert, but... I'm no expert, but based on some Google hits, you have to know what kind of plastic it is, then be prepared for a lot of cleaning, sanding, priming, etc. I assume you're not talking about painting the fabric.... | | | 11-10-2009, 09:42 AM | #3 | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SoCali Posts: 5 | i just finished my conversion. i used flat black vinyl dye i got from pepboys and autozone on my door/rear panels, console, dash, etc. (ive used this on my civic before and it has held up perfectly for 8+yrs) recovered my a pillars and headliner in suede i got from joann fabrics. got some m3 vaders and rear seats on the way. when i get time im going to dye my carpet with some rit dye. looks a million times better than the nasty light grey/beige time to track down some black visors, handles and lights. | | | 11-11-2009, 02:49 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TN Posts: 216 | i have looked into the SEMS product line and it seems like it is going to be a winner. i have found alot of forums where people have used it and posted pics of the out come and from what i have seen they made it to look stock not any of that high gloss stuff so it seems to be what i was looking for. i will try to photo document my progress when i get started hopefully over thanksgiving but gotta se how it goes. but as for what i plan to do is remove all trimm dash and all and treat and paint it all black ( interior is that whitish gray color) and do a complete color change to black except for the leather on the seat and the white leather/vinyl insert on the door and have a two tone look (i think it will give it that retro look and the outside of the car is black) but lucky for me i have a cali top so from the top of my doors up is already black. but if i don't like the two tone then i will redo the doors fully black and find some black seats. but i haven't decided on the carpet yet and dying it or just find one but i will have to look into it. | | | 11-11-2009, 02:50 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TN Posts: 216 | Quote: Originally Posted by aoH i just finished my conversion. i used flat black vinyl dye i got from pepboys and autozone on my door/rear panels, console, dash, etc. (ive used this on my civic before and it has held up perfectly for 8+yrs) recovered my a pillars and headliner in suede i got from joann fabrics. got some m3 vaders and rear seats on the way. when i get time im going to dye my carpet with some rit dye. looks a million times better than the nasty light grey/beige time to track down some black visors, handles and lights. | can you post pics of the results of the dye | | | 11-11-2009, 03:01 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TN Posts: 216 | this is the inspiration but with the ti guts | | | 11-11-2009, 03:27 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 | that will look great, I know Jess is going for a similar color scheme in his ti, he already has the dove grey vaders and rear seats, just needs the inserts for the doors | | | 11-11-2009, 03:38 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TN Posts: 216 | Quote: Originally Posted by tiFreak that will look great, I know Jess is going for a similar color scheme in his ti, he already has the dove grey vaders and rear seats, just needs the inserts for the doors | this is the current guts | | | 11-11-2009, 05:53 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,814 | there's some interior pics on my cardomain page http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2329339 __________________ 5/96 318TI Sport BIG TURBO | | | 11-11-2009, 06:00 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TN Posts: 216 | what method did you use and how old is it? and is it still holding up | | | 11-11-2009, 06:08 AM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,814 | just regular primer, spray paint, clear coat and it has 3 years old and is fine, and i used duplicolor. __________________ 5/96 318TI Sport BIG TURBO | | | 11-12-2009, 01:19 AM | #12 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: TN Posts: 216 | okay cool | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |