Should i paint my dash black?

[I Like Waffle]

Pic of my dash, i been pondering painting it black and getting rid of the fake wood grain look, plus its starting to flake. I planned on sanding it and using bondo to smooth out those bevels or whatever you would call them, to give it a more modern rounded look. The car will eventually be painted black and parts of the interior are being redone in black too. What would you guys do? I plan on redoing that area in the middle where my voltmeter is too, that will get bondoed and sanded down and painted again if i redo this (its currently a piece of 1/2 mdf sprayed black).

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[Crzy 10+ year member]

looks shitty anyway so wouldnt hurt even if you **** it up it will probably look better then stock

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

yes

 

[jerseysfinest08]

yea get tht fake wood grain outta there

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Buy a new car.

 

[I Like Waffle]

New cars are worthless pieces of shit, engineered just like everything else now. GM actually made good shit back in the day, so ill keep my old pontiacs thank you.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

'99 Silverado...235K...****** went kablooey...now have an '08 Silverado...very nice! Try new, you will like!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Or just paint the **** dash. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

'99 Silverado...235K...****** went kablooey...now have an '08 Silverado...very nice! Try new, you will like!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

So instead of spending 1-2k on fixing the *****, you bought a newer car/new car and are gonna spend how much? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[I Like Waffle]

'99 Silverado...235K...****** went kablooey...now have an '08 Silverado...very nice! Try new, you will like!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Eh, ive never really had a thing for new cars. They make them too complicated now to where you cant repair them yourself. Only new car id ever get would be a 04-05 trailblazer or silverado ss, just because theyre badass.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

why it has to be black?

racist

 

[Ellsworthz 10+ year member]

Pontiac cars ftw.

yeah paint that ish' can't look any cheaper.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

Eh, ive never really had a thing for new cars. They make them too complicated now to where you cant repair them yourself

ive only heard poor people say that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

I work on my G35 with no problems

 

[I Like Waffle]

Yea i think it will look much better painted, i will do it this weekend. also gonna mount a small rocker switch beside my radio to turn my sub amps off. Id like to flush mount my volt meter too, maybe ill do that as well. If you look close you can see where theres like a 1/4 stepdown in the gauge trim and radio trim that im gonna fill in with bondo to smooth it out, so itll have a nice contour rather than stepdown. Would you guys think spray paint or brush paint would hold up better on plastic? I used satin black on my dash and it turned out great, brush on.

 

[KINGDELL91 10+ year member]

black thats what i am doing right now, but i am doing the whole interior not just dash