painted my interior trim tonight
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painted my interior trim tonight
well.. some of it anyway.. so far just the gauge piece, side vents and the cover pannels you have to take off to remove the vents.. tomorrow im gunna go for the part around the head unit, the piece around the shifter and the lil flip down door over the cup holders.. im thinkin of doin the lil boot piece on the emergency brake but im not sure if that will be too much.. so we will see
i found a blue that "matches" the flecks in the nighthawk black paint.. even my mom likes it so far..
ill post some pics tomorrow.. it was too dark to take any tonight...
i found a blue that "matches" the flecks in the nighthawk black paint.. even my mom likes it so far..
ill post some pics tomorrow.. it was too dark to take any tonight...
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not done yet.. but its raining.. or maybe its snowing.. i think its doing both.. god i hate new england
not done yet.. but its raining.. or maybe its snowing.. i think its doing both.. god i hate new england
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i have no idea why honda stuck all this friggin grey in our cars.. it makes no sence..
i have no idea why honda stuck all this friggin grey in our cars.. it makes no sence..
cheers 
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looks awesome , your making me jealous and wanting to do something to the horrible beige interior honda gave us with the blue vics, i wouldnt mind painting those pieces black , what kind of paint did you use?
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those pieces come out super easy for those that are thinking of doing it.. just uses a screwdriver to pop off the side pannels then theres two screws.. then just yank the suckers out.. theres 2 clips on each side (top and bottom) they unless you do something really really wrong you wont break them so dont worry about it just yank.. the piece around the cluster comes out real easy too.. two screws then two clips on the bottom.. just bend it to get it out from behind the wheel..
no filter on the pics.. just never remember to take it off of "landscape" so everything looks like that.. even this pic of the paint that i used
600 grit sandpaper.. just enough to make a lil dust.. then 3 light coats of paint on the vents.. 5 on the cluster piece (i wanted it darker).. then 2 coats of clear on everything.. it feels factory to the touch and with the exception of the color it still looks it too.. it still has that lil bit of texture to the plastic..
i forgot that i only have 2 hours of light after i get out of work.. so im leaving the rest till this weekend.. ill post more pics when its done..
while im at it ill make a full DIY for everything if someone is willing to put up the points to sticky it or point the DIY bot at it..
those pieces come out super easy for those that are thinking of doing it.. just uses a screwdriver to pop off the side pannels then theres two screws.. then just yank the suckers out.. theres 2 clips on each side (top and bottom) they unless you do something really really wrong you wont break them so dont worry about it just yank.. the piece around the cluster comes out real easy too.. two screws then two clips on the bottom.. just bend it to get it out from behind the wheel..
no filter on the pics.. just never remember to take it off of "landscape" so everything looks like that.. even this pic of the paint that i used
600 grit sandpaper.. just enough to make a lil dust.. then 3 light coats of paint on the vents.. 5 on the cluster piece (i wanted it darker).. then 2 coats of clear on everything.. it feels factory to the touch and with the exception of the color it still looks it too.. it still has that lil bit of texture to the plastic..
i forgot that i only have 2 hours of light after i get out of work.. so im leaving the rest till this weekend.. ill post more pics when its done..
while im at it ill make a full DIY for everything if someone is willing to put up the points to sticky it or point the DIY bot at it..
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Originally Posted by bentspoon
imo it looks terrible if you don't do the whole interior all at once, everything looks out of place...
well.... duh... if i had the daylight i would have done it all at once..
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Rep Power: 312 ok finally finnished..
and just for kicks i did the piece around the lighter.. i was gunna do it in blue like the rest.. but i think it looks better in black..
and just for kicks i did the piece around the lighter.. i was gunna do it in blue like the rest.. but i think it looks better in black..
