Interior painting [Merged 7-9] paint trim plastic plastics

[Bostedquest]

the krylon fusion doesnt work all the great.....

On the platic parts in my 1G, you coulda fooled me...
I think it looks great.

 

[97GS-TSpyder]

And I care what you think for what reason?...
Trust me if I had the 700 to redo the interior I would do it the way you describe, But quess what I DON'T. Hell I do not even have most of the money I need to get the car road worthy, so I am doing little things like this to pass the time.
I only painted the lower trim on the door panel carpet with the duplicolor, a fact that you might have learned had you clicked and looked.

If your cars not roadworthy then why are you wasting money on paitning your interior?

 

[ZooKs]

Dye jobs last forever and don't "rub off" how do you think your seats got to be grey in the first place? Read up on it.

ok im only painting the rear seats for pretty much just looks and they are grey because like every other fabric/plastic piece in the car, they come grey.

 

[Bostedquest]

If your cars not roadworthy then why are you wasting money on paitning your interior?

because it is only 30 bucks, not 400...
That and I need to adapt different seats into it anyway because the stockers are trashed, same as the head liner.

And since the interior needed redone anyway, this way I am still making progress, and not just sitting there doing nothing.

 

[ZooKs]

ok so when taking out the "dash" does the steering wheel or anything need to come out too? does that conflict with the Air Bag? What about the passenger side air bag thing, does that come out? Are there any important percausions i should take b4 trying to remove this stuff? Everything else has come out and have painted and looks great, but without that manual dont wanna start takn this thing out and Fux things up.

 

[97GS-TSpyder]

Drop the steering colum, its 4 bolts under the dash, it dops down
make sit much easier. The dash i removed to fiberglass already had the Air bag out so i dont know. But you haev to take the guage cluster out as well.

 

[Livid]

I just used fabric / Plasticoat Paint and it came out good

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[trapspeed]

I just used fabric / Plasticoat Paint and it came out good

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Is that the cloth part?

 

[Livid]

Ya i painted the entire thing.. The silver and the black. They also sell this paint for leather/pleather which im sure would work the same.

 

[trapspeed]

Ya i painted the entire thing.. The silver and the black. They also sell this paint for leather/pleather which im sure would work the same.

Got any better pics? Does it look factory? Does it fade? Can you tell it's been painted?

 

[Livid]

I took those last night and it was really dark out, I just noticed this post and decided to post it. It looks close to factory, except I used kind of a glossy silver to match my CF racing seats in the front, I suppose if u used all flat colors like the flat black i used on the inside then it would look even more factory. It feels nice and isn't stiff. It also doesnt rub off. Ill take some better pics later today..

 

[armandovivoni]

ok my 2g interior is black and tan. Im converting it to completly black. I already did the door panels, floor carpet and roof but I need to know what paint to use for all the plastic parts. a paint that wont strip,rip, or scratch.

 

[AWD Lox]

I use automotive grade urethane paint myself. Then again I have a compressor and a selction of pro-spray guns. The main thing to do is make sure you use a good adhesion promoter like bulldog or something. You can buy it at walmart in the paint sections. I live by the stuff whenever I paint...

 

[Amazin' Wasian]

ok my 2g interior is black and tan. Im converting it to completly black. I already did the door panels, floor carpet and roof but I need to know what paint to use for all the plastic parts. a paint that wont strip,rip, or scratch.

SEARCH........... this topic has been brought up about a million times

 

[Lancer14]

If you don't have access to professional equipment you should try Krylon Fusion. It works very well.

Chris

 

[zachakagoat]

I'm not a big fan of the Fusion, personally I like to use Duplicolor Plastic/Vinyl/Fabric dye, that stuff will actually DYE the plastic or fabric or w/e you use, I used it on my GS to do the seats, carpet, doorpanels, and plastic of the car. I can throw up some pictures tonight when I get home from work but I like that. Moleculbond works good to, it has a flex agent into it that will mold to the plastic but I haven't used it as much.

 

[Prodigyman]

I'm not a big fan of the Fusion, personally I like to use Duplicolor Plastic/Vinyl/Fabric dye, that stuff will actually DYE the plastic or fabric or w/e you use, I used it on my GS to do the seats, carpet, doorpanels, and plastic of the car. I can throw up some pictures tonight when I get home from work but I like that. Moleculbond works good to, it has a flex agent into it that will mold to the plastic but I haven't used it as much.

Ya i wanna see some pics too!


I want to do the same thing with my 97 GSX and its also Tan leather on black dashboard. Not sure how can u pain tan leather door panels and such though... or leather too...

 

[mckooter]

i just recently did my doorpanels with the Duplicolor Vinyl Plastic, it looks great but if you scuff the plastic you will get some tan showing through, but it holds and looks really well.

as for the painted seats, now i really wanna see pics of that

 

[zachakagoat]

Ok here are some pics of the seats and the dash, I didn't do my whole dash just the bottom, and this doesnt have the doorpanels finished. forgive the dirt my mom drives it now and trashed it . Anywayz the seats were easy to do just tape off the area and spray thin coats so it doesnt bleed through the tape.
check this thread for seats http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171185

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[Bostedquest]

I'm not a big fan of the Fusion, personally I like to use Duplicolor Plastic/Vinyl/Fabric dye, that stuff will actually DYE the plastic or fabric or w/e you use.

Tried that first... looked like shnit. never fully dried, warm day it got tacky all over again.
Yes it was prepped.
Wiped with both paint thinner first, and then surface prep to get anything left behind.
Went to kylon fusion, 2 light and 1 good coat... looks great.
I would also perfer to use the VHT plastic dye, but that is not availible here, and is hella expensive online. So it all depends on what you have avail.

 

[armandovivoni]

nice! but does seats are fabric right? what about leather seats? can they be painted without you painting your ass when sitting on them?

also should a gloss black be used for the plastics to match the color of the black on the uper part of the dash? or should a flat black match?

 

[Bostedquest]

nice! but does seats are fabric right? what about leather seats? can they be painted without you painting your ass when sitting on them?

also should a gloss black be used for the plastics to match the color of the black on the uper part of the dash? or should a flat black match?

satin.

 

['96_Talon_TSi]

Look in my gallery, it was all done with dupli-color (swear by this stuff.. almost 2 years and still going strong). The whole interior used to be grey. I'm doing my front seats very soon.

Armandi - My seats are leather, no problems on mine. I did the backseats first so i could see if it would wear out before spending the time on my front seats. Thus far i'm convinced they will hold up well enough.

Tried that first... looked like shnit. never fully dried, warm day it got tacky all over again.
Yes it was prepped.
Wiped with both paint thinner first, and then surface prep to get anything left behind.
Went to kylon fusion, 2 light and 1 good coat... looks great.

Prepping with paint thinner? that could explain why it got all messed up. At least use rubbing alcohol, or even better warm water and dawn dish soap. My interior has been this way for about a year and 1/2, and people still ask me where i got my black interior peices.

 

[mckooter]

im convinced, spraying the rest of my dash, headliner, and all the seats tomorrow, ill post up some pics of the results, (hopefully i can get a lot of the duplicolor)

 

[zachakagoat]

You should have no problem finding alot of duplicolor they carry it at Walmart, Autozone, OReillys, pretty much everywhere.