Interior Experts Please

[biggmarc 10+ year member]

I AM TRY'N TO CHANGE COLOR .FROM GREY AND LIGHT GREY INTERIOR.TO BLK AND TAN ( NOT THE DRINK) DASH.DOORS ECT... ..TO PAINT OR NOT TO PAINT...CLOTH OR OTHER TYPE OF MATERIAL...WANNA HAVE A CLEAN LOOK.....PAINT IS CHEAP BUT WILL IT LAST.........ALSO TIP ON RECOVERING SEATS...DO THEY SELL A BASIC PATTERN OR DO YOU JUST MAKE YOUR OWN.....IF YOU DONE THIS TYPE OF CHANGE OVER HIT ME UP LET ME KNOW HOW YOURS WENT ........IF YOU PAID FOR IT HOW MUCH ( I WON'T TELL) //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

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[rockford666 10+ year member]

go to pep boys and tell them what you are planning on painting and they will tell you how to make it nice.paint for sure

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

One of my friends repainted his dash and doors red with brake caliper paint, then he applied a c few clearcoats i think. Im not a big fan of painting the dash trim, but his actually looked good compared to all the ricers around that just use spray paint.

I cant remember how much it cost...sorry...

 

[khi 10+ year member]

yO......this is something i've been wondering for a long long time....

can you just take out your ...say dash pannels, and door pannels, and repaint them? toa color you want??

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+ is there some kind of special paint to use?

thx.!!

k h i

 

[biggmarc 10+ year member]

Hey man thanks! If anyone else out there has anything to sau i would like to hear it....too many guys in caraudio have nice cars and trucks somebody has to know something!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[nismboy6986 10+ year member]

how would you go about about changing the color of the plastic stuff that looks like leather and keeping that texture, and how woud you go about retexturizing the plastic. (lets just say i had a bad incident with krazy glue) and can you get the paint in factory colors? I want to paint my black steering wheel the color of the dash

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

Originally posted by nismboy6986 how would you go about about changing the color of the plastic stuff that looks like leather and keeping that texture, and how woud you go about retexturizing the plastic. (lets just say i had a bad incident with krazy glue) and can you get the paint in factory colors? I want to paint my black steering wheel the color of the dash

you'd have to re do the vinyl to change the color....you might be able to dye it tho...check out http://www.carsound.com fabrication forum....they might be able to help a bit more.....do a search first tho

 

[biz 10+ year member]

a buddy of mine uses an interior paint to touch up his dash and door panels I'll find out what the name of it is and post it tommorrow. I know he does use a paint sprayer and compressor for this

 

[biz 10+ year member]

a buddy of mine uses an interior paint to touch up his dash and door panels I'll find out what the name of it is and post it tommorrow. I know he does use a paint sprayer and compressor for this

 

[c.a.r. 10+ year member]

I wouldnt recommend painting em, they will get scuffed,chipped, etc very easily. If you dont want to buy new interior parts in the color you want, then there is an interior dye you can use, that works better than painting, but i dont know how well it will last.

You're best bet would be to get parts in the color you want. If they make that color from the factory, go to your local junk yards, and you should be able to find plenty of parts. I'm actually doing the exact same thing with my camaro right now.

 

[biggmarc 10+ year member]

Originally posted by c.a.r. I wouldnt recommend painting em, they will get scuffed,chipped, etc very easily. If you dont want to buy new interior parts in the color you want, then there is an interior dye you can use, that works better than painting, but i dont know how well it will last.

 

You're best bet would be to get parts in the color you want. If they make that color from the factory, go to your local junk yards, and you should be able to find plenty of parts. I'm actually doing the exact same thing with my camaro right now.

my car is a 99 so junk yard is outa the question

 

[c.a.r. 10+ year member]

dont be so sure of that. There are plenty of people that wreck new cars.

 

[rco8786 10+ year member]

Originally posted by c.a.r. dont be so sure of that. There are plenty of people that wreck new cars.

I saw a 350z with a wrecked front end maybe 2 weeks ago..it was sad i almost cried.