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2gSittinLow

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Mar 27, 2004
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-my door panels have that factory cloth on it so i want to replace it with black vinyl. I dont know where to purchase sheets of vinyl so i can do it myself. Where can i purchase them?

-besides, just painting the middle taillight piece, dont other people use vinyl over it? Is this true? Does it look better because the paint on style seems too obvious it was spray painted and it differs from the body.

-what kind of oil do u guys suggest to a 2g GS?

-I painted some pieces on my car yesterday with Krylon and it says no drips, no errors, but of course it did drip. I know how to avoid it now, but if it does drip, how do u guys deal with it?

-On average, how much is a full paintjob on a Eclipse? Nothing special. No candy or anything. Just a regular paintjob. I'm thinkin about getting it repainted in the same white it comes with from the factory or getting it the Lexus IS300 graphite color.

-Yesterday, I took out my bumper lenses and my car looks really nice without that amber, and my headlights are black housings so i was wondering if its possible to paint it black/clear somehow to match my black housings. What kind of paint should I use if its possible to paint them because i hve krylon and duplicolor black and if i spray it on there, i believe its just gonna turn solid black.

-Is it illegal to change the amber signals to a diff color (i know clear is illegal ,but red or something) If so, what make and model bulbs are right for it.

-And also, the 2 little round reverse lamps...1 of em went out so i need to replace it, what model and make of bulbs would I need for that and how would I get to it?

sorry for the mass amount of questions, but i rather just ask em all in 1 thread
 
Originally posted by 2gSittinLow
-my door panels have that factory cloth on it so i want to replace it with black vinyl. I dont know where to purchase sheets of vinyl so i can do it myself. Where can i purchase them?

Any fabric store should sell vinyl... look in the phone book

-besides, just painting the middle taillight piece, dont other people use vinyl over it? Is this true? Does it look better because the paint on style seems too obvious it was spray painted and it differs from the body.

i have never tried either one, but there is a guy with a 2g gs-t by me, and he sprayed the tails with that spray on tint, and it acutally looked good, just remember several light coats evenlly spread...

-what kind of oil do u guys suggest to a 2g GS?

I use royal purple, but i have a 2g TSi AWD

-I painted some pieces on my car yesterday with Krylon and it says no drips, no errors, but of course it did drip. I know how to avoid it now, but if it does drip, how do u guys deal with it?

sand and repaint... several light even coats...

-On average, how much is a full paintjob on a Eclipse? Nothing special. No candy or anything. Just a regular paintjob. I'm thinkin about getting it repainted in the same white it comes with from the factory or getting it the Lexus IS300 graphite color.

Call around... it's gonna depend on the place/quality

-Yesterday, I took out my bumper lenses and my car looks really nice without that amber, and my headlights are black housings so i was wondering if its possible to paint it black/clear somehow to match my black housings. What kind of paint should I use if its possible to paint them because i hve krylon and duplicolor black and if i spray it on there, i believe its just gonna turn solid black.

if you spray them with the black krylon paint, most likely the will just turn solid black, i can't see much light getting through them that way...you could try that tint spray...

I hope this helps...
 
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