painting interior

[FNEG]

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.

[PapayaSF]

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....

[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.

[FNEG]

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.

[FNEG]

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

[FNEG]

this is the inspiration but with the ti guts

[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

[FNEG]

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

[Jean H.318TI]

there's some interior pics on my cardomain page

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2329339

[FNEG]

what method did you use and how old is it? and is it still holding up

[Jean H.318TI]

just regular primer, spray paint, clear coat and it has 3 years old and is fine, and i used duplicolor.

[FNEG]

okay cool