anyone ever done it. seen it done? can it be done?

what paint to use? it would be a hard task, but i really wanna paint my doorrs, but if i did the dash would look so outta place!

any tips/comments appreciated

Trav

It can be done.. i did myne it took awile but (a day, a couple mates and a slab of beer) we did it the proper way and pulled the whole interiour out, it was a pain in the arse but we only broke 1 clip so that went ok :P I used about 6 cans of VHT vynal dye, they were on special for 11 bucks each :). It worked good and lasted awhile but in some spots it started to come off but didnt take much to touch up. BTW: my dash was blue.

I know of a type of interior paint for vynl and another of the same brand for upolstry. I'm not sure on the name but from what i saw after it was applied ( the interior of a VB commy ), i wouldn't recomend it. Like i say to everybody, spend the extra couple of $ and have it done by the pro's. You get exactly what you want without the hassles and get a warranty.

On the note of that, i never had a problem with it, and i would recommend it but.. i would be a bit sus doing it do a new car. Im still woundering if i should do my dash black in my TH or not.

also i know 'NVRMND' did it to his car aswell i seen it in person and that looks freaking awsome!, he did that to a TF and it looks a million bucks

nice. have to get some pics off him

where would i go to get it done by "pros"

Trav

nice. have to get some pics off him

where would i go to get it done by "pros"

Trav
nah, dont have pics hopefully he sees this and post one :D

g'day, where exactly would i get some one to do this? id rather pay sum 1 to do it rather than me do it and *** up..

ditto

if ya take your time and dont rush, ya cant *** up.. if ya do you have my luck

not a problem getting it done and yes vht vinyl spay is the way to go there is a vinyl dye out there but i havent used it. To make sure it bonds to your trim prep it with metho first same goes with bunbers and side mouldings just soak a clean rag with metho rub it in then rub it off in small areas do that two or three times as people put silicone polish.furniture polish and also armerall so you wanna make sure all that crap is off or you could be looking at a very time consuming strip job i have done this and it never came off oh also i was a spaypainter for 4 years

yeh but i seriously couldnt be botherd taking my dash apart and spraying it.....i would rather pay someone else todo it and know that ther will be a warranty and i cant *** it up.....

ask TheDifference about it...

he's done his :bowrofl: :bowrofl: :bowrofl: :bowrofl:

you DO have to take the whole dash out dont you?

Trav

yeh im assuming so, unless you want paint all over your windsheild

the TR I currently have has a Black dashboard. The front door trims were also black when I got the car (including the fabric inserts). The bottom half of the dash and console were pretty badly scuffed and the original blue was showing through everywhere. I removed all the bottom half of the dash and repainted it with cheap australian export matt black :D . It was very dull so i polished it up with armorall and it came up beautifully. I also highlighted the top of the console, stereo and heater surrounds in silver as well as the trim across the centre of the dash, around the instruments (behind the perspex) and vents.
I replaced the door trims and steering wheel with grey ones and the colour lines along the dashboard/door trim jam looks ok but with blue it looked awful.

Trav - don't you remember mine??

I done mine over the course of a week - just to give the primer / paint / etc proper time to cure.

Some photos of what I did with my TH.

Manual

Trav - don't you remember mine??

I done mine over the course of a week - just to give the primer / paint / etc proper time to cure.

Some photos of what I did with my TH.

Manual

Not the plastic inserts, the actual Grey Dash. Any monkey can do the plastic bits.

nice. have to get some pics off him

where would i go to get it done by "pros"

Trav Travis,i know a guy who can do it pro styles
Down here near where i live pm for more details man,cause i gotta see
this guy soon about a few nicks in my paint

I remember doing the old TN about a year and a half ago.
Easy as pie. :D



I dont trust anybody else ripping appart my car (appart from mates). Strathfield installed the head unit and left out 4 screws off the centre console and didn't even line it all up to fit flush. :rant: Lazy Plicks

I used white knight vinyl guard. It's crap...dont use it. lol

Use the VHT stuff that's the bomb.

Just take it slowly and try not to do it all in one go.

malc, i cant believe you found another excuse to post some more picture up of your car!!



lol lol :bowrofl:

Trav

the TR I currently have has a Black dashboard. The front door trims were also black when I got the car (including the fabric inserts). The bottom half of the dash and console were pretty badly scuffed and the original blue was showing through everywhere. I removed all the bottom half of the dash and repainted it with cheap australian export matt black :D . It was very dull so i polished it up with armorall and it came up beautifully. I also highlighted the top of the console, stereo and heater surrounds in silver as well as the trim across the centre of the dash, around the instruments (behind the perspex) and vents.
I replaced the door trims and steering wheel with grey ones and the colour lines along the dashboard/door trim jam looks ok but with blue it looked awful.

Dude, Where did you buy the car?
Better yet. Do you have a pic of your car?... i might know something about it that you should know