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Posted 08-16-2010 at 05:26 AM by Blurred Talon

The one thing I can't stand about my interior of my Black car is the fact that it's grey. Black car, grey interior....it just looks odd.
Something I've heard a lot of talk about over the past while is SEM Paints, they make a line of flex coatings for changing the color of your interior. So I went out and bought some of the paint to try my hand at dying my interior.

I'll start off by saying that I prepped everything really well, washed with soap and water twice, cleaned with TSP (degreaser), washed with soap and water again and finally cleaned with SEM's prep spray.

Here's the result of the first piece I tested it on.

I then tried a few more pieces.

Pulled the rest of my interior out of the car.

Did more parts.

This weekend, I brought the dash home with me.

I'll update this entry as I do more. I'm looking at using RIT dye to dye my carpet black, then the only thing I'll need is my seats.

Head liner will be done in black suede.
I'm also powder coating all the dash brackets and will be replace the factory hardware with stainless steel hardware.

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	Looks good. I'd recommend buying a factory molded carpet in black rather than dying yours. That stuff is nasty. :P
	Posted 08-16-2010 at 11:30 AM by Notstock

	SEM Paint is awesome!!! I used it on an airbag replacement for another car. That stuff is OEM quality and pretty much scratch proof with a few layers. GL
	Posted 08-16-2010 at 12:15 PM by eazy2g

	I'm doing 5-6 layers of paint for part, I'm just about to open can number 3. I feel as I start to do the bigger pieces I will burn through paint faster. As for the carpet, I'm torn. I've had friends buy 'factory' molded carpet and it's not even close to factory. I've got a couple more pictures to upload in a little bit.
	Posted 08-16-2010 at 12:50 PM by Blurred Talon

	Here's all the parts I've dyed now, passenger door panel is being worked on right now. I put the air bag panel back in the dash to see the contrast between the factory gray and the new black. I have to say it looks like an OEM finish. First picture has no flash, second one does.
	Posted 08-16-2010 at 04:20 PM by Blurred Talon

	That actually turned out good, I also want black interior.
	Posted 08-16-2010 at 05:01 PM by cocoloyespanol

	You used satin black right?
	Posted 08-17-2010 at 08:51 AM by 93dsmrick

	you painted your dash? im thinking about doing this, just i dont want it to chip.
	Posted 08-17-2010 at 09:03 AM by 2GEEZEY

I just finished painting my dash with this same paint as well. This paint is awesome and i tried a bunch of stuff to scratch/chip it and it did not wreck the black paint. Id say its definitely worth painting the dash with this stuff. I also did my doors, center console, and rear panels. And I figured that while I have my dash out, I'll put a little led alarm flasher. http://i35.tinypic.com/2evzzev.jpg(ignore that its hooked up to a battery in the picture) Why not give thieves another reason not to break in, for only $5.

Posted 08-17-2010 at 10:17 AM by Kyle_T Kyle_T is offline

	I am definitely going to look into this, seeing as it looks much easier then finding a complete black interior since they are kind of rare. Now if only I had the time to do it right now.
	Posted 08-17-2010 at 02:53 PM by Zdrummer15

	where do you by the stuff to dye it with and is it hard to take the dash out to change the ac evaporator
	Posted 08-17-2010 at 03:45 PM by walter955

	Nice! Lookin really good. I'll have to research about re-doing the GREY in mine.
	Posted 08-17-2010 at 04:09 PM by vannaksgsx

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Originally Posted by walter955

where do you by the stuff to dye it with and is it hard to take the dash out to change the ac evaporator

I ordered mine from tooltopia.com. It was the cheapest side i could find and the shipping was the cheapest also. I was a little skeptical buying from there because they got a 3 out of 10 rating on resellerratings.com. But I got the paint probably 5 days after i ordered it and everything was fine

And the dash isnt that bad, just alot of things to take apart and a bunch of bolts and screws. And you also have to pull the steering wheel.

Posted 08-17-2010 at 06:10 PM by Kyle_T Kyle_T is offline

	I cant wait to see it when you reinstall the parts, keep us posted!
	Posted 08-17-2010 at 06:14 PM by Bluefire16

	Nice setup I was going the same route but couldn't find anything black so decide to go black and tan since I had a Donor car but I will look into that paint to finish off some lilttle stuff do any autoparts store stock that paint ??? Thanks nice car
	Posted 08-18-2010 at 02:52 PM by turbodzm

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Originally Posted by 2GEEZEY

you painted your dash? im thinking about doing this, just i dont want it to chip.

SEM is made for paint plastics and it's the best stuff on the market. I'm very happy with the out come.

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Originally Posted by Zdrummer15

I am definitely going to look into this, seeing as it looks much easier then finding a complete black interior since they are kind of rare. Now if only I had the time to do it right now.

It is time consuming and you don't want to rush it because that's when you make mistakes.
I've still got to track down black seat belts.

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Originally Posted by walter955

where do you by the stuff to dye it with and is it hard to take the dash out to change the ac evaporator

Check out SEM's website, SEM Products - SEM Products
The dash isn't too hard to take out, lots of hidden bolts. There's a write up in the tech articles on here, no pictures but tells you the location of the bolts.

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Originally Posted by Kyle_T

And the dash isnt that bad, just alot of things to take apart and a bunch of bolts and screws. And you also have to pull the steering wheel.

The dash isn't too hard to remove imo. Pull the shifter out of the plate and rather then pulling the steering wheel, I simply dropped the steering column. It's a lot easier that way imo.

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Originally Posted by Bluefire16

I cant wait to see it when you reinstall the parts, keep us posted!

Thanks!
It's going to be a while though, next year because I'm working on a lot of other things with the car.
I've got some other things I'm doing that should make interior very unique.

Posted 08-18-2010 at 03:02 PM by Blurred Talon Blurred Talon is offline

	Quote: Originally Posted by 2GEEZEY you painted your dash? im thinking about doing this, just i dont want it to chip. i dont think chipping is the problem, i have a bmw here that the dash was painted and it looks like it rubbed away, but it sticks pretty well.
	Posted 08-18-2010 at 04:37 PM by pj91gsx

	^^ A year?! Geeze i will probally be back from NZ and have mine all painted before you finish! Im a lucky one however and have a black dash and doors already. I just have a few grey pieces plus the trunk that needs to go black. Im also doing a rear seat delete, along with a custom fiberglass maybe. So it doesnt look all boxy and bad...
	Posted 08-24-2010 at 07:24 PM by Bluefire16

	Also what can did you use? Was it the "trim black"?
	Posted 08-24-2010 at 07:28 PM by Bluefire16

	SEM Landau Black.
	Posted 08-25-2010 at 06:32 AM by Blurred Talon

	Came out real nice bro, good job, i think im gonna go with painting my interior as well. Could you post some pics when your done, the only thing stoping me is that idk how the interior is gonna look like in all one color.
	Posted 08-25-2010 at 11:30 AM by bOOst JuNKy

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Originally Posted by bOOst JuNKy

Came out real nice bro, good job, i think im gonna go with painting my interior as well. Could you post some pics when your done, the only thing stoping me is that idk how the interior is gonna look like in all one color.

It'll look a 1000x better lol.

Little teaser of some other stuff I'm working on for the black interior. I'll make how to post of how to do this, don't worry

Posted 08-25-2010 at 12:05 PM by Blurred Talon Blurred Talon is offline

	did you wrap your head liner yet? I did mine in a black suede and i have a few wrinkles around the sunroof control button, how do you get those out? Also if you havent done it yet theres a glue at jo-ann fabrics thats like 90 weight and is stupid strong, highly recommend!
	Posted 08-25-2010 at 01:00 PM by Gamovr

	Have you ever seen the factory black panel? Which would be better, the Landau black or satin black. I want to match my factory black already in the car.
	Posted 08-25-2010 at 09:49 PM by VETTE_50_TH

	From his picks, i think the Landau. It looks just like my dash does, at least from what i can tell from the picks of course.
	Posted 08-25-2010 at 11:24 PM by Bluefire16

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Originally Posted by Gamovr

did you wrap your head liner yet? I did mine in a black suede and i have a few wrinkles around the sunroof control button, how do you get those out? Also if you havent done it yet theres a glue at jo-ann fabrics thats like 90 weight and is stupid strong, highly recommend!

No, the head liner is still in my car. Once the wrinkle is there, your kinda screwed. You need to pull the fabric tight while sticking it to the panel.

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Originally Posted by VETTE_50_TH

Have you ever seen the factory black panel? Which would be better, the Landau black or satin black. I want to match my factory black already in the car.

My factory radio bezel was black and the Landau is an exact match.

Posted 08-26-2010 at 05:14 AM by Blurred Talon Blurred Talon is offline

	Ok thanks.
	Posted 08-26-2010 at 08:49 AM by VETTE_50_TH

I'm doing the same thing. Actually. I just painted the bottom panels of the dash so it is two tone right now but I just used black plastic spray paint from home depot. You can get it anywhere though I suppose. As far as scratches I haven't seen one yet just let everything dry about 24 hrs bfore you put it back in. This is a much cheaper and easier solution but you still need to scrub everything down and using lacquer thinner acts a lot better than degreaser.

Posted 08-26-2010 at 12:29 PM by vapor82 vapor82 is offline

	Finished wrapping both my door panel inserts and my cargo cover. There's a few tiny wrinkles but over all not too bad for my first try at doing this. Overall I'm happy with the out come and I can always do it again if it really starts to bug me. I'll start working on dying the rest of the interior in a couple of weeks. Too busy to work on it right now.
	Posted 08-31-2010 at 11:22 AM by Blurred Talon

	like it. hows spraying it diffrent?
	Posted 08-31-2010 at 09:00 PM by eclipse gst 007

	it looks good
	Posted 08-31-2010 at 09:40 PM by anthonydinatale

	Quote: Originally Posted by eclipse gst 007 like it. hows spraying it diffrent? What do you mean?
	Posted 09-01-2010 at 04:02 AM by Blurred Talon

	Made a bit more progress. I've now burned through cans 5 and 6. Doing the bigger pieces takes up a lot more of the dye. Close up of the dash. The gauge cluster bezel is black from the factory and the Landau black matches perfectly.
	Posted 09-27-2010 at 10:24 AM by Blurred Talon

	very nicely done...looks good and i bet itll look better when its done
	Posted 09-27-2010 at 03:50 PM by gsx4357

	it looks really nice cant to wait see it when your done .keep us posted!
	Posted 09-28-2010 at 05:37 PM by chronister76

	Wow man ive been planning on doing all black interior for quite some time in the same manner, just havent had the time. But i hope mine all comes out as good as yours man.
	Posted 09-28-2010 at 05:41 PM by jakelandry

Question. So this "Dye" is in a spray form? Like a spray paint? But it isn't a paint at all? Have you attempted to try and damage anything, like a small peice somewhere to see how well it holds up? Also are you using it on the plastic pieces also, or just the vinyl stuff? I'm gonna see how this paint holds up this time, if it holds up I'll do the driver door panel and then the dash but if the stuff your talking about is real dye, then I'm gonna jump on that stuff. I mainly wanna do the vinyl portions of the door panels, the dash. The plastics in the back and hell even the leather if its a possibility.

Posted 10-01-2010 at 01:53 PM by InfiniteGSX InfiniteGSX is offline

Been a long time since I updated this. I found out clear coated is needed luckily SEM makes a low luster clear so I bought a couple cans of it.

I also made some videos about dying the interior and put them on YouTube.
YouTube - Dying My Talon's Interior Part 1
YouTube - Dying My Talon Interior Part 2

Some shots of the parts cleared.

Comparison between the flat/non-cleared dash and the cleared cluster bezel.

Got the dash clear coated today. I put the vents, tweeters and some of the buttons back in place. I'm 99% sure my Speedohealer is at the post office so I'll pick it up tomorrow and get the last bit of wiring done and put the dash harness back in.

I actually like the contrast the grey switches and dimmer give to the black dash. However I will eventually replace them with black ones.

Also my door panels are back together! I need to recover the inserts but that's easy to do. I ditched the Styrofoam and plastic box thingy on the back on the panels, they did nothing and were just dead weight.

I've got a bunch of other stuff I'm in the process of clear coating, I'll put pictures up when it's done.
Some of this stuff will be getting installed in the car in another week!!

Posted 04-18-2011 at 06:46 PM by Blurred Talon Blurred Talon is offline

	updates?
	Posted 09-22-2011 at 12:59 AM by DSM_love_GST

	Check my more recent blog entries, rear interior is in.
	Posted 09-22-2011 at 02:23 AM by Blurred Talon