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JRichter 06-19-2008 04:03 PM

Love that rear pass-thru cover...

Bumble_Bee 06-19-2008 04:04 PM

That is surprisingly well done! Wow!! It looks suttle in that color... I think if I did it in LY it would be too much!

Silver_Mazda09 06-19-2008 05:37 PM

Wow! very nice. Love the back center console, with the rx8 emblem. Looks very good.

05rex8 06-19-2008 10:35 PM


Originally Posted by TrochoidMagic (Post 2515038)
personally, i think only your color combination turns out looking good. since i already have matching red interior to go with the exterior... there won't be much point for me to paint parts to match. more silver in my car might just overthrow the red/blk theme...

hmmm... nice job again. well thought out and matches perfect. it be nice if they offer something like that for cars that don't have the red on red combo.


Thank you for the compliment, and I would have to agree with you on not doing the silver with a red/black interior.

To answer your other post:
The way I prepped the door pieces and radio pieces, I used a gray scotchbrite pad and some surface prep. It's a cleaner/adhesion promoter. that has small abrasives that work with the scotch brite pad in scuffing up the parts in order to get maximum adhesion. I also sprayed a clear adhesion promoter, similar to a sealer over them before I laid the silver. The rear pass thru requires sanding with a DA with 180 grit sandpaper to get rid of the texture. If you go any grittier, then it's easy to ruin. 180 worked perfectly. Then primer of course and then all the above steps I mentioned. For the nav trim and the heated seat trim, I used a dry scotchbrite pad, since I didn't want to get any water damage in the electronic parts.

05rex8 06-19-2008 10:36 PM

thank you to everyone else that's posted comments too, I really appreciate your feedback :) PM me if you have any questions, working on replying to some of the others I already got. :)

Rotr8 06-19-2008 10:52 PM

:ylsuper: great job, always great to see interiors done with class and restrain,,, do the front dash pieces have a clear on them like the rear center compartment?
If so, good choice...

05rex8 06-19-2008 11:30 PM

^yes 2-3 coats of clear on all pieces. Thanks for the kind words

Easy_E1 06-20-2008 01:09 AM

Looks GREAT!

nvrfalter 06-20-2008 01:54 AM

it all looks great. maybe a tiny bit much on the radio but im not sure. it really came out pretty sweet.

BoosTED 06-20-2008 03:08 AM

One thing that could make the radio look more consistent is to paint the silver stock edge black that is on the outside of the panels you painted. That way it would be a cleaner circle and match the black edge that goes around the hazzard button.
Would also break the circle look since it connects the two sections.

I don't think those silvers match up anyways. Looks a bit off.

I like the look of the NAV and heated seat switches.

Rear panel looks like there was a decent amount of time put into it. Looks perfect.

416to212 06-20-2008 09:36 AM

I think the job looks clean and beautiful. Love how your lights reflect off all the shiny surfaces!

05rex8 06-20-2008 05:39 PM

thanks for the comments/suggestions all :) this car is always going to be a work in progress!

champi0n 06-20-2008 08:07 PM

The door pieces for the window/lock = awesome
rear seat thing = awesome

the other stuff i'm not so much a fan of personally but you did a good job quality wise.

05rex8 06-20-2008 08:50 PM


Originally Posted by champi0n (Post 2517878)
The door pieces for the window/lock = awesome
rear seat thing = awesome

the other stuff i'm not so much a fan of personally but you did a good job quality wise.

thanks, I wanted to tie in the silver theme all around, so I painted the radio pieces and nav/heated seat trim. At first I just had the door pieces done and it seemed like it lacked something. I was originally going to paint the whole head unit face, but decided against that as I thought it would look cheap.

Razz1 06-20-2008 09:46 PM

Sure is nice. And he even used clear coat!

05rex8 06-20-2008 09:59 PM


Originally Posted by Razz1 (Post 2517991)
Sure is nice. And he even used clear coat!

:lol2: Lots of it too!

BTW if anyone is interested in me painting your rear pass thru covers, PM me for a price. I promise you its a good deal!

XlYesterdaYlX 06-20-2008 10:34 PM

i like the RX8 in the backseat.

05rex8 06-20-2008 11:02 PM

^thanks. Was from rx8strakes.com...It had a solid black rotor around the rx8 but it didn't look good, so I peeled it off.

05rex8 06-21-2008 09:02 PM

The next thing I'm thinking about painting is the seatbacks on the 2 front seats. They are that grey color that matches NOTHING in the car. If I painted this sunlight silver, do you think it would be too much? What do you guys think

05rex8 06-22-2008 10:50 AM

^^nobody has any thoughts on that idea?^^

05rex8 06-22-2008 09:47 PM

bump!

kersh4w 06-22-2008 11:06 PM

go for it. i dont like the seatbacks either.

05rex8 06-22-2008 11:26 PM


Originally Posted by kersh4w (Post 2520240)
go for it. i dont like the seatbacks either.

I'll have to try to work it in with my other projects...:)

chickenwafer 06-23-2008 12:05 AM

Looks good. I say paint the seat backs, I think it will look nice.

05rex8 06-23-2008 12:17 AM

^thanks, I'm definitely going to do it, gotta find time


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