Dash Makeover Worklog

[PRIVATEpastry 10+ year member]

I noticed after the first coat of primer that I still had a few pinholes so I sanded everything down and did another light coat of primer.

This should be the last primer coat... I hope.

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

Sweet dude... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[PRIVATEpastry 10+ year member]

Here is the ashtray taped off (upside down):

And here it is primed:

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

sweet dude im diggin the small project

 

[jklfd 10+ year member]

real nice, cant wait to see it on your car for the final look.

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

looks sweet.

 

[jeepintn 10+ year member]

coming along real nice, cant wait to see it finished

 

[PRIVATEpastry 10+ year member]

Okay, here's the panel that covers the shift boot. I got it all sanded here:

And here it is primed:

And thanks to the input from anyone who helped me out in the poll. I decided to go with just the black paint, as opposed to the metallic. I'll have pics of the first layer up here in a bit!

 

[PRIVATEpastry 10+ year member]

Drumroll please...

All parts with two coats of black semi-gloss:

Cigarette lighter trim ring:

Ash tray:

Shift boot panel:

And last but not least, the HU panel:

I won't be able to put the clear laquer on tonight, I'll do that tomorrow afternoon and I'll have updates ASAP!

 

[dbornotdb 10+ year member]

Sweet.

 

[Nexson 10+ year member]

hows the smoothness of the HU panel?

 

[bibby 5,000+ posts]

Ready for final pics. That thing is sweet.

 

[PRIVATEpastry 10+ year member]

Its super mega smooth, except for a little dip in the back of the pocket, which won't matter once its installed. The front panel part is amazing. Probably because I'm awesome... lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Nexson 10+ year member]

so, what technique did you use to sand or what machine, this is my downfall when working with bondo.

 

[PRIVATEpastry 10+ year member]

so, what technique did you use to sand or what machine, this is my downfall when working with bondo.

I did it all by hand. The sanding sponges help a lot when it comes to hand sanding. Only drawback is the lowest grit they have is 60. On a small project like this, it didn't make too much of a difference, but on a bigger one it would.