painted my interior black
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painted my interior black Sounds dumb I know, however it turned out perfect. Surprisingly the only area I had issues with were the panels I prepped with adhesion promoter. They seemed to gray out as they dried, the fuse panel
Sorry only have night pics which make it look extremely dark. For reference the steering wheel, the radio bezel, and center console are ebony. Took about 4 hours and only 3 cans of paint. 1 can per door, and 1 for the dash.
I used duplicolor vinyl and fabric paint in satin black. It is very thick and spread perfectly
The best way to tell the difference in color is the drivers side door in the second pic is already painted black
Anyways some pics
New pics today
Sorry only have night pics which make it look extremely dark. For reference the steering wheel, the radio bezel, and center console are ebony. Took about 4 hours and only 3 cans of paint. 1 can per door, and 1 for the dash.
I used duplicolor vinyl and fabric paint in satin black. It is very thick and spread perfectly
The best way to tell the difference in color is the drivers side door in the second pic is already painted black
Anyways some pics
New pics today
Last edited by chrysler kid; Apr 19, 2014 at 06:37 PM. Reason: day time pics
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i think it looks great!! i've been thinking about doing this to my car, how long did it take to paint the dash and doors and did you pain the panels in the back? and does that paint wear out really quick if you rub on it alot or does it fade in the sun?
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I haven't had a chance to do the rear panels yet, just the dash and door panels and a pillars
The paint dries quickly, I would say it took me about 4-5 hours.
Everything is holding up nicely including the leather door panels. No cracking at all or rub through. Painted my floor mats however those don't seem to be holding up that well
The paint dries quickly, I would say it took me about 4-5 hours.
Everything is holding up nicely including the leather door panels. No cracking at all or rub through. Painted my floor mats however those don't seem to be holding up that well
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What paint did you use? I saw this and immediately fell in love haha. I'm gonna start on this asap. I have some regular black auto paint from Autozone. I'm not sure if I should use that, or grab some paint specially for plastic...Here's the two.
What I have: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=292883_0_0_
What I think I need...?:http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=210421_0_0_
Thanks!
What I have: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=292883_0_0_
What I think I need...?:http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=210421_0_0_
Thanks!
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What paint did you use? I saw this and immediately fell in love haha. I'm gonna start on this asap. I have some regular black auto paint from Autozone. I'm not sure if I should use that, or grab some paint specially for plastic...Here's the two.
What I have: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=292883_0_0_
What I think I need...?:http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=210421_0_0_
Thanks!
What I have: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=292883_0_0_
What I think I need...?:http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=210421_0_0_
Thanks!
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=645639_0_0_
Also use adhesion promoter.
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You have the wrong paint. What you want is this:
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=645639_0_0_
Also use adhesion promoter.
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=645639_0_0_
Also use adhesion promoter.
I had problems with the adhesion promoter, I'm not sure if it was because of the humidity or not. But it seemed like you really need to wait ten minutes between spraying with the promoter so it can dry then apply the paint. Seems like the door arm rests are going to be the area to watch, so far no problems but if I set my greasy arm down on it you can see it get shinier.
If you are doing the shades be sure you scrub them down with dawn or just dish soap like you do with the rest of the interior, use a tooth brush to agitate them and then rub them dry. I was very surprised how much gunk and grease was stuck to the factory panels in the interior
You can tell my floor mats looked like **** to begin with so I sprayed them without any scrubbing or prepping. I'm getting a few wear spots on the floor matts but it's mostly from not prepping them at all
I definitely didn't have the time or money to do the ebony swap, so I was willing to take the risk. I found a few people mention they had done this, and they painted the dash while it was in the car so I gave it a whack and it came out great. No one can even tell its not factory. Plus if I have problems it really gives me good reason to push the wife to let me spend the dough for the legit swap
Last edited by chrysler kid; Apr 24, 2014 at 12:22 AM.
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Brings me another idea of using the cover as a template and having a triple pod set up in the middle like they have on subarus