2G Interior Panels

[1fastRS]

where can i find black interior panels for a 95-99 eclipse, and not for a spyder. also, does anyone know of a good light bulb that has a good bluish hid look? just wondering, thanks.

 

[allshow_2g]

here's a good site to get car parts, I'd check it out! http://car-part.com/index.htm

also you can always try ebay

lastly of course check your local junk yards

 

[PaulPDX]

Junkyard. msrecycling.com... etc, etc.

Web search? not that hard.

 

[dsmnate]

Pull them out, clean them up with Plastic Prep, Prime, and paint them black. Then you don't need to buy new panels and try to get rid of yours.

 

[yup talon]

what sort of light bulb? headlight? dome light? etc...

 

[dynatos]

ah - all the grappy "blue bulbs" you can think of.

Please not, "HID" halogens aren't as bright as a 9006 headlight. So keep in mind they might look like you have HID (or look like you are TRYING to look like you have HID) but won't work that well.

I recommend sylvania silverstars - defiant has argued this point in many posts as well. They are very bright and have no yellow.

 

[chriw21_2000]

krylon fusion. They make black interior panels

Laterz

 

[Randomrage]

I recommend sylvania silverstars - defiant has argued this point in many posts as well. They are very bright and have no yellow.

Thats what I have, high- and low-beams, and I love em! I put one side in at first for comparison, and there is a huge difference between the old headlight bulbs, and those Silverstars! I didnt want a blue or purple light, and these are perfect, they are absolutely WHITE!

 

[paranoidTSi]

Silverstars definitely make your headlights white and they DO stand out.

For getting your interior paneling black, I recommend you remove it manually and do the following:

- I recommend Flat Black because it tends to stick better and won't rub off as much, but if you must have gloss then get it. You can get the cans as little as 96 cents at Wal-Mart (ColorPlace Brand) DO NOT get Krylon Fusion, its a joke that stuff rubbed off my door panels in a matter of weeks.
- Get primer, you can get it as little as 96 cents at wal-mart as ColorPlace brand.
- Get 800 grit, and 1000 grit sandpaper
- Get Clearcoat, automotive duplicolor works the best, but you can go with ColorPlace brand as well.
- Rough up the surface to be painted with 800 first, then proceed with 1000
- spray the primer, wait about 15 minutes then put another coat on
- spray the black on, wait about 20 minutes, put another coat on, wait for a good hour now
- spray the clearcoat on, wait 15 minutes and do another coat

If done properly it should last the life of the car.

 

[chriw21_2000]

Silverstars definitely make your headlights white and they DO stand out.

For getting your interior paneling black, I recommend you remove it manually and do the following:

- I recommend Flat Black because it tends to stick better and won't rub off as much, but if you must have gloss then get it. You can get the cans as little as 96 cents at Wal-Mart (ColorPlace Brand) DO NOT get Krylon Fusion, its a joke that stuff rubbed off my door panels in a matter of weeks.
- Get primer, you can get it as little as 96 cents at wal-mart as ColorPlace brand.
- Get 800 grit, and 1000 grit sandpaper
- Get Clearcoat, automotive duplicolor works the best, but you can go with ColorPlace brand as well.
- Rough up the surface to be painted with 800 first, then proceed with 1000
- spray the primer, wait about 15 minutes then put another coat on
- spray the black on, wait about 20 minutes, put another coat on, wait for a good hour now
- spray the clearcoat on, wait 15 minutes and do another coat

If done properly it should last the life of the car.

Hmmm. Fusion coming off? Thats a first. I have yet to have any part painted with fusion peel, fade, ect. All look great.

Second, a acrylic primer, the type you described in the passage above, will not stick to the interior panels. I dont care if you sand them with 80 grit sand paper. It will come off.

Third, 800 and 1000 grit paper would do no good. Its not coarse enough. The sand scratches that the 800 and 1000 grit would produce would be minimal.

Fusion IS your best bet. I've been painting things for years. The type of paint you describe wouldn't stick to the plastic. Maybe without a primer. Now you can get an adhesion premoter that would be used like a primer. That would work. Thats the other way to do it.

Not trying to be an A$$, but been there. Got the peeling panels to prove it.

Laterz