Hi everyone i'm new to the forums , well been reading it for a few months but never posted much

1 i want to thank everyone that contributes to this forum as helped me a lot with my magna.

Frogive my spelling as i'm from Spain and english is my second language

Since i arrive to Australia about a year ago i been driving a 95 Magna v6 SE , what can i say i love this car (we don't have them in Spain)

Ok now a bit of show off

I painted some interios bits on the car , what you think
Stripping begins
http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt183/poloportos/DSC04366.jpg
Ups did it wreak?
http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt183/poloportos/DSC04367.jpg
The Tools
http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt183/poloportos/DSC04370.jpg
Looking good
http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt183/poloportos/DSC04368.jpg
Looking really good
http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt183/poloportos/DSC04371.jpg

looks good nice work

very nicely done, glad to see another member with a second gen! hopefully see you on some cruises soon.

Thanks

Yeah will do some cruises for sure , i just instaled the parra lights a few days ago so yeah happy for now , i'm also replacing the Stem valve seals next wednesday as i smoke a bit idleling and at startup.

Good stuff mate!
Im a spray painter by trade and its good to see you went about it the right way.

looks good matekeep it up

Looks great mate!
Only other thing I'd recommend is to clear coat them.
OR.....find verada woodgrain...and paint that, as its already smooth the finish will be 2x nicer

If you are interested in a woodgrain set, I have a matte set here matey.

Welcome to AMC :)

Be sure to check out the NSW section for upcoming events n stuff

I was thinking of doing up my interior a bit. I'm not really after anything flashy but more to just restore the scratched cabin plastics, particularly the center console and lower dash hard plastic parts and perhaps paint it a dark grey or even black color. I'm not really a fan of the mismatched blue components to be honest :)

My only comment is you probably could have done better by taping off the edges to the tray that holds bits and pieces so it was a nice smooth painted edge.

;1087003']Looks great mate!
Only other thing I'd recommend is to clear coat them.
OR.....find verada woodgrain...and paint that, as its already smooth the finish will be 2x nicer

Start with primer filler, sand it back, spray more on, sand it back... after a few applications you will have a nice smooth surface to paint on. This will fill scratches, and you can use it to smooth out that bumpy texture on most of the interior plastic.

And clear coat it for sure, just make sure you use a good quality, UV resistant clear coat. I painted some stuff white in my old magna and used cheap clear coat. Needless to say, it turned a nasty yellow colour pretty quick.

My new one (elite) has woodgrain and it looks ok, but I don't think i'm old enough and/or classy enough to suit woodgrain, so i'll paint it at some stage.
Surprisingly, it actually looks ok with my white vinyl door trims. But I'd like to paint it white, or 'urban camo' if I can get it right.

Looks good.

Good job on the English too, you have been here 1 year and you are already better at the language than some of the members here who were (presumably) born in Australia. :thumbsup:

Looks good.

Good job on the English too, you have been here 1 year and you are already better at the language than some of the members here who were (presumably) born in Australia. :thumbsup:


Well i allready knew english before i got here :) , I used to live in London :roflwtf:

My only comment is you probably could have done better by taping off the edges to the tray that holds bits and pieces so it was a nice smooth painted edge.

i did but got losse on the corners (rushing a bit ) , i will fix it soon

Well i allready knew english before i got here :) , I used to live in London :roflwtf:

Do they speak english there?

(chasers war on everything reference)

Not a fan of the white, but good job man!

I though they speak english over there , but i have to say it took me a few months to adapt to english over here :)

I did not realise it could look the good with paint...great finish

Start with primer filler, sand it back, spray more on, sand it back... after a few applications you will have a nice smooth surface to paint on. This will fill scratches, and you can use it to smooth out that bumpy texture on most of the interior plastic.
And clear coat it for sure, just make sure you use a good quality, UV resistant clear coat.Personally, I just thoroughly cleaned with detergent and directly sprayed with cheapie silver Export paint. No clear coat, and deliberately kept the bumpy texture. Finish is still 100% years later.
I went against the popular trends and did the air vents themselves rather than the strip.
Currently doing some spare door handle surrounds in silver; not the handles themselves, best to avoid painting high-wear areas.

(bad & old pic, but only one I've got)

Air vents look pretty good in that pic mate, you should take some closeups of the vents.
I've been thinking about doing mine, but i'm not sure exactly how I should go about it. Like, would it best to pull them to pieces and paint all the fins and stuff seperately then reassemble them. Or would it turn out ok if i just painted them in one piece?

How did you do your vents?

How did you do your vents?Disassembled completely. NB: for all of the parts I've painted or modified (eg door inset trims), I've always used spares from the wrecker's; then if I muff it, I've still got my originals!
Might be doing some stuff on the car this weekend (very rare that I get to it nowadays), so will see about getting some better pics then.