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Old May 31, 2003
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Interior painting/editing question

Alright everybody, im have a little question. WHen i get my car im intending to do lots of interior work, basically i dont want to add much weight, not going to add any more subs or anything but i want it to look good. I know i can get like new pedals, shift *****, shift boots, new seats. But say i wanted to change like the trim and things like that. Would i paint the trim? or buy replacement pieces? Thanks for the help even though its kind of a bad question.
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Paint. A lot of people have done it.
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Thanks for the link. I found that earlier but i didnt know if it applied to the entire trim around the entire interior or just the center console. Im thinking of like a dark blue or something really vibrant. I really want a interior thats amazing and the exterior be normal, except for a cool paint job, but besides that, no rice.
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What color is your car? It looks nice when people match their trim pieces to the exterior paint. My car is white, so I think it might look chincy. So I'm not sure what color I'd do. My accent color is red, but I think red would look chincy, too.

Dark blue will look nice, especially if you have a dark blue car.
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Last weekend I just painted the entire interior of my car, I will post pics tomorrow sometime in the socal forum.
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For a black car..
what interior color will be good?
ie. on those plastic trims
any suggestions?
RED?
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Silver always looks slick on the interior. Check out my DIY paint job:



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Looks good. Did you have to sand any of the trim pieces?
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hi,

I have a question about paint job.

if I use spray can paint, can I still BAKE the paint? like using blow dryer on the painted piece after the paint has dried? so the paint stays better?

because I noticed a simply painted piece, paint can go off fair easily
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silver would look great in a black interior. but if you dont want that, go with an accent color.
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