New pics of all the RED!
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It looks great but...
I'm gonna chime in here cause i have TONs of experience in the DIY painted interiors.
In order to do this. You need to rough sand the pieces and prime them. If you dont want the paint will start chipping.
Even if you do tho, in several months the paint will chip, fade and scratch and will end up looking horrible. You will ave to repaint em.
If you have the means paint the parts with Eurethane paints (car body paint) This is super resistant to heat, scratches, etc... and clear coat.
Ive painted about 3 interiors and id never paint anything from a can i got at the store.
I'm gonna chime in here cause i have TONs of experience in the DIY painted interiors.
In order to do this. You need to rough sand the pieces and prime them. If you dont want the paint will start chipping.
Even if you do tho, in several months the paint will chip, fade and scratch and will end up looking horrible. You will ave to repaint em.
If you have the means paint the parts with Eurethane paints (car body paint) This is super resistant to heat, scratches, etc... and clear coat.
Ive painted about 3 interiors and id never paint anything from a can i got at the store.
It looks great but...
I'm gonna chime in here cause i have TONs of experience in the DIY painted interiors.
In order to do this. You need to rough sand the pieces and prime them. If you dont want the paint will start chipping.
Even if you do tho, in several months the paint will chip, fade and scratch and will end up looking horrible. You will ave to repaint em.
If you have the means paint the parts with Eurethane paints (car body paint) This is super resistant to heat, scratches, etc... and clear coat.
Ive painted about 3 interiors and id never paint anything from a can i got at the store.
I'm gonna chime in here cause i have TONs of experience in the DIY painted interiors.
In order to do this. You need to rough sand the pieces and prime them. If you dont want the paint will start chipping.
Even if you do tho, in several months the paint will chip, fade and scratch and will end up looking horrible. You will ave to repaint em.
If you have the means paint the parts with Eurethane paints (car body paint) This is super resistant to heat, scratches, etc... and clear coat.
Ive painted about 3 interiors and id never paint anything from a can i got at the store.
good tips otherwise though.
The seat accents are just clipped together. They pull apart. The hardest part, which really isn't that bad is the console has to come out and taken apart. The sides have to come off.
The shifter ring comes out. I think it was three screws. That was a tight fitting piece.
And the vent rings. Just pull the vent out and if you look right behind the ring you'll see four little push through clips. All you have to do is gently squeeze them together. And the ring comes right off.
The fan and potentiometer ***** just pull out and and all you have to do is mask the center carefully.
The paint is made to go directly on the the parts surface. No primer. Just make sure it is clean of any wax/oil/grease. The more chrome/reflective the surface the better the paint looks.
They do make a base coat for this paint. But I found it has a very high metallic content. Not as satiny as say the console silver but more like the metallic of car paint. Which takes away from the anodized appearance and makes it more of a candy color like on a car body. Looks just like VR.
It looks great but...
I'm gonna chime in here cause i have TONs of experience in the DIY painted interiors.
In order to do this. You need to rough sand the pieces and prime them. If you dont want the paint will start chipping.
Even if you do tho, in several months the paint will chip, fade and scratch and will end up looking horrible. You will ave to repaint em.
If you have the means paint the parts with Eurethane paints (car body paint) This is super resistant to heat, scratches, etc... and clear coat.
Ive painted about 3 interiors and id never paint anything from a can i got at the store.
I'm gonna chime in here cause i have TONs of experience in the DIY painted interiors.
In order to do this. You need to rough sand the pieces and prime them. If you dont want the paint will start chipping.
Even if you do tho, in several months the paint will chip, fade and scratch and will end up looking horrible. You will ave to repaint em.
If you have the means paint the parts with Eurethane paints (car body paint) This is super resistant to heat, scratches, etc... and clear coat.
Ive painted about 3 interiors and id never paint anything from a can i got at the store.
Thanks everybody else for the comments and compliments.
+1 I'm liking it. Definitely unique.
I would say that it just looks unusual. Not wrong or visually offensive in any way. Nice touches.
I would say that it just looks unusual. Not wrong or visually offensive in any way. Nice touches.
Mu ha.. ha...
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From: Cali
Its good butt........................................
I don't like the radio ***** and the shifter ring makes it look over done as there isn't a contrast.
The problem is I need to see it in person.
Maybe more photos will help.
I question those two things evaluating photos.
The accent is sharp and you did a good job.
Edit: Oh Ja, if your gonna do that .... What about the door handles?
Does the interior look even and balanced?
I don't like the radio ***** and the shifter ring makes it look over done as there isn't a contrast.
The problem is I need to see it in person.
Maybe more photos will help.
I question those two things evaluating photos.
The accent is sharp and you did a good job.
Edit: Oh Ja, if your gonna do that .... What about the door handles?
Does the interior look even and balanced?
Last edited by Razz1; Apr 5, 2008 at 10:28 PM.
Sometimes one must be a rebel. I am following one bit of your advice and NOT doing the Lambo doors. Though the wife keeps talking about them every time she sees MM's car.
Its good butt........................................
I don't like the radio ***** and the shifter ring makes it look over done as there isn't a contrast.
The problem is I need to see it in person.
Maybe more photos will help.
I question those two things evaluating photos.
The accent is sharp and you did a good job.
Edit: Oh Ja, if your gonna do that .... What about the door handles?
Does the interior look even and balanced?
I don't like the radio ***** and the shifter ring makes it look over done as there isn't a contrast.
The problem is I need to see it in person.
Maybe more photos will help.
I question those two things evaluating photos.
The accent is sharp and you did a good job.
Edit: Oh Ja, if your gonna do that .... What about the door handles?
Does the interior look even and balanced?
What a critic
You know you'll see it in September at SevenstockXI. If thats when it is.What radio *****? And the last thing is going to be the silver semi circle around the radio, and more than likely the emergency flasher button too.
It was mentioned to do the steering wheel Mazda logo. That one I'm still debating on.
Last edited by Easy_E1; Apr 6, 2008 at 02:29 AM.
i know i am commenting on a dead thread, but i was wanting to do this to my car except with the blue, but the blue on the website looks pretty light, do you know if more coats would fix this or not since its just a "transparent" colored coating?
