if don't hate it...interior paint?...

[MelloEclipse]

so i know alot of people hate interior paint, but my g/f recently bought a 98 eclipse with the interior painted red....well i personally find it sexy, and i've always thought about doing it to my car, just never committed.

well i'd like to commit. i have a pearl silver eclipse...what interior do you guys think would look good with that...i was thinking about a blue...(a dark shade, not like sky blue) but i'm just kinda iffy on it.

so what do you think

(ps. if you hate it, it's ok, just don't put me down =P )

 

[VPrime]

how about a nice OEM looking silver? like many new cars have....
I think ti would look great and very subtle if done right. Like a twist on OEM.
but thts just me.

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

The 99 only OEM all black leather interior with white face gauge.

 

[swade]

The 99 only OEM all black leather interior with white face gauge.

^agree^

wade

 

[GSX]

Personally, I think most people that stray too far from factory (ie. red, white, or blue) ultimately wind up regretting their decision as such colors ofter stand out too much after the newness factor has worn off.

The great thing about the 'boring' factory OEM finishes, and those somewhat similar, are that most won't grow annoyed with it. Just food for thought.

Good luck.

 

[sk8shorty01]

Well my interior is all orange and black, with a lot of the trim being orange and i dont regret it at all. It makes your car flow, your car actually has some accent to it, it stands out, and isnt that the point of tuning? To stand out, be fast, and have fun?

 

[eagle97talon]

I think interior painting is done best when painted to match the extorior color of the car. Also, it should be fairly sublte, and not on every single piece of your interior. Just my opinion.

 

[Bo0O0ostedDSM]

so i know alot of people hate interior paint, but my g/f recently bought a 98 eclipse with the interior painted red....well i personally find it sexy, and i've always thought about doing it to my car, just never committed.

When I bought my DSM, all the interior accents were painted red too... I hated it! However, for some reason, I put up with it for two years. Finally, just last week, I decided to paint them. I figured it was a good time as I was tearing up my interior anyways to install my B&M short throw shifter. Anyways, I decided to go with white, as that is my exterior color. I'm very happy with the results... IMO, looks sooo much better than the red.

By the way, to paint my interior components, I used VHT auto interior paint. I am very happy with the decision... VHT is good stuff! I actually bought a couple colors... the white, and also an OEM spec Mitsubishi Grey color that matches my stock grey interior perfectly! VHT sells this color specifically as the OEM "Mitsubishi Dark Grey" so its a great choic for those of you who want to take your interior back to the good ol' factory look... just like I did! Here is the Product No. for the VHT Mitsubishi Dark Grey paint (in case anyone is interested)... Product No. "SP-981"

Best of luck with the painting!

-Andrew

 

[AgntorangeDSM]

well i never painted any DSM interior parts but i did paint my civic interior pieces. RICE!!! any ways the best paint job IMO is when you do a Base Clear on them like a car exterior job. it makes them VERY SMOOTH and never chip, crack, or fade plus this may sound funny but you can buff them with a 100% cotton cloth and Polish coumpund and rub them cleand and take out any scratches!!

 

[sk8shorty01]

well i never painted any DSM interior parts but i did paint my civic interior pieces. RICE!!! any ways the best paint job IMO is when you do a Base Clear on them like a car exterior job. it makes them VERY SMOOTH and never chip, crack, or fade plus this may sound funny but you can buff them with a 100% cotton cloth and Polish coumpund and rub them cleand and take out any scratches!!

Thats what I did, i just bought enough paint when i bought the lamborghini (tangelo) orange and gold ice pearl for the outside of my car so that I could use the left overs to paint the interior trim pieces. It turns out really nice, and it wont get any fingerprints, scratches or cracks like already stated. The other good thing is that they are very easy to clean and are also shinny and smooth not rough like the stock pieces are.

 

[Tsi_User]

Personally, I think most people that stray too far from factory (ie. red, white, or blue) ultimately wind up regretting their decision as such colors ofter stand out too much after the newness factor has worn off.
Good luck.

I couldn't agree more, a year and a half ago when i first got my car i painted some of the interior red and re-upholstered the seats so they were grey and red. About 2 weeks ago I started converting it back (cleaning, sanding, dupli color gloss black) and after a full 3 cans I think the car looks sexy as hell again

 

[EclipseInTheSun]

Well I personally think that my interior is hot so yeah. =P hehe, Heart you!

 

[boostedinaz]

Please don't spray paint it. I have seen a lot of cars that have been painted on the inside and they ALL look like shit. At some point it will chip or get brushed against enough to fall off and that looks worse that a screaming ### color.

If you want to do it nicley then have the pieces dyed.

 

[sk8shorty01]

The dye comes in a spray can, and if done correctly it will last just as long as an exterior paintjob. Paint it with actual autobody paint that you would get in order to paint the outside of the car. Sure that is much more expensive but it works amazingly well and you wont have to worry about chips or cracks, smears etc.

 

[MelloEclipse]

if i use autobody paint (which i had been thinking about, thanks for reminding me ) is there any special prep i need to do besides the usual cleaning?

 

[Tsi_User]

i lightly sanded my pieces to give the paint a little more to grip to. Don't go too overboard though, you still want a pretty smooth surface.

 

[BUCK]

here's a Thread for ya...


http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27528

 

[sk8shorty01]

Yeah sand it enough to get the look you want, and to get it roughed up a little bit. A lot of people sand it down enough to get rid of that rough look that the panels originally look like so that way they are nice and smooth, but with autobody paint it shouldnt matter either way because it should go on thick enough to get rid of those lines anyways. Hope it works out for you. Clean the pieces with KARSOL or something similar before painting. Wipe the part with it, really soak it with a rag, then wipe with another dry rag. This will get rid of any contaminates that are on the piece and should give you a clean paint job.

 

[AgntorangeDSM]

agree ^^^^^ the only thing i have to add and this is only because i was taught this way!! is not to go to heavy with degreasing agents, this being that they are plastic and may obsorb resulting in fish eye's "tiny bubbles in the paint" i'm definitly not disagreeing with above its just a procedure i was taught.

 

[sk8shorty01]

^^^ that is a really good point, and a great tip. I was also taught that way I just forgot all about it because I have been doing it for a while now and I just dont really have to worry about that anymore because I do it time and time again. Thanks for the add on.

 

[AgntorangeDSM]

hey man no problem i have your back!!

 

[MelloEclipse]

thanks for all the feedback guys, it helped alot, just got in from my garage, i painted it a metallic blue, it looks nice, i'll try to get some pictures up soon

 

[MelloEclipse]

speaking of pics...any of you guys got any good interior paint pics? just curious

 

[AgntorangeDSM]

i wish i even had a digi cam!!! sorry man no help for you here

 

[WHite97RS]

i painted my door panels blue, had em that way for about 2 years, i just recently got sick of it and sprayed what was blue black and im in love. Check out my gallery, what is blue is now black. ill try and take some more pics and update my gallery. I used Satin black Krylon Fusion, if wiped with alcohol and allowed to dry enough it wont chip at all and is a very hard paint.