Painted some interior stuff
06-19-2008, 10:35 PM
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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.
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.
06-19-2008, 10:36 PM
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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.
PM me if you have any questions, working on replying to some of the others I already got.
06-19-2008, 10:52 PM
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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...
06-20-2008, 03:08 AM
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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.
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.
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06-20-2008, 08:07 PM
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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.
rear seat thing = awesome
the other stuff i'm not so much a fan of personally but you did a good job quality wise.
06-20-2008, 08:50 PM
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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.
Lots of it too! 
06-21-2008, 09:02 PM
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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
