Painted BLACK interiors
Originally Posted by FIREHAWK#608
Whatever you do, please sand the texture off. Painting over factory pebble grain doesn't show much attention to detail. ~Joshua
any texture vs no texture pics out there? I can see it being smooth looking better. but i can also see a more factory texture look looking good as well. What kind of sand paper is used and whats a quick run down of the process, any primer (or similar) stuff used?
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that looks good man ! I recently did the same thing to my interior, ill post some high res pics of my progress also... still working on it - got the dash so far but that's it, was planning on getting replacement carpet and all in a bit also, any walkthrough for roof removal and reinstallation? I have t-tops and I did it to my old car looked good...
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Originally Posted by FIREHAWK#608
Whatever you do, please sand the texture off. Painting over factory pebble grain doesn't show much attention to detail. ~Joshua
edit: i will also be polishing a few things under the hood pretty soon so keep an eye out
I agree with Josh. If you are gonna paint something high gloss then you need to go through the effort of sanding it down to give it the slick finish. Now if you wanted it to still look like it came from the factory that way then you wouldnt be painting it with a high gloss in the first place,and it would be no more than a satin finish. Aesthetically anything with a high gloss is gonna reflect more therefore you want the surface as smooth as possible to give the best reflection. Now if you are going for a satin finish that isnt going to show the texture as much or as drastic then I say ignoring the smoothing process isnt all that bad as far as looks go.
Originally Posted by XxXTransAmXxX
Here's some of the interior stuff for mine, I have a few other things to complete...I will be back around the car from June 30th till July 10th so I anticipate a HUGE update with hopefully some of the interior installed!!!!
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those painted interiors look damn good guys...
how do they handle in VERY HOT areas? temperatures where i am hit 110 sometimes, and leaving the car parked out in the summer under the sun will probably result in cracking/fading... anybody know how these interiors will do in that situation, or with relevant experience?
how do they handle in VERY HOT areas? temperatures where i am hit 110 sometimes, and leaving the car parked out in the summer under the sun will probably result in cracking/fading... anybody know how these interiors will do in that situation, or with relevant experience?
if you're going to sand the grain away to be smooth, DON'T do the dash...at least not if you plan on driving in the sun. Reflections are great except when they're off the windshield. I resent the comment about attention to detail, because I spent copious amounts of time blacking out my interior and was far from sloppy in execution. The pebble grain is personal preference--I wanted fairly stock appearance but not stock color. Now if I had a show only car...sanding would be a definite possibility.
Guys, please sont spray paint your interior. Here is why, when you get a scuff/mark on your plastic, 99% of the time you can wipe it right of. When your interior is spray painted, that **** aint coming off. It is gonna be there untill you spray it down with more paint. Plus black will fade to a milky looking color over time. And on top of all that it is just gay. If you wanna add some looks to your interior, go with some billet, maybe a new **** or guages, maybe some nice floormats. If you REALLY hate your color scrap together some black/grey/tan parts at a junkyard/online and do a swap. But don't ******* spray paint it!!
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Originally Posted by contraststriker
if you're going to sand the grain away to be smooth, DON'T do the dash...at least not if you plan on driving in the sun. Reflections are great except when they're off the windshield. I resent the comment about attention to detail, because I spent copious amounts of time blacking out my interior and was far from sloppy in execution. The pebble grain is personal preference--I wanted fairly stock appearance but not stock color. Now if I had a show only car...sanding would be a definite possibility.
is it the same way to maintain as oppose to having the stock interior?
Originally Posted by 98NBM
is it the same way to maintain as oppose to having the stock interior?
Originally Posted by Sprayed1998
Plus black will fade to a milky looking color over time. And on top of all that it is just gay. If you wanna add some looks to your interior, go with some billet, maybe a new **** or guages, maybe some nice floormats.
Originally Posted by 4ced
anybody whose had a painted interior for a long time? ie a year at least? any long term effects? fading cracking etc?
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Originally Posted by Sprayed1998
Guys, please sont spray paint your interior. Here is why, when you get a scuff/mark on your plastic, 99% of the time you can wipe it right of. When your interior is spray painted, that **** aint coming off. It is gonna be there untill you spray it down with more paint. Plus black will fade to a milky looking color over time. And on top of all that it is just gay. If you wanna add some looks to your interior, go with some billet, maybe a new **** or guages, maybe some nice floormats. If you REALLY hate your color scrap together some black/grey/tan parts at a junkyard/online and do a swap. But don't ******* spray paint it!!