did a lil interior painting!! UPDATE NEW COMPLETED PICS!!!

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08-05-2007, 02:41 AM

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Most parts stores have a good supply of paint to pick from these days........

Clean the parts prior to painting with alchohol to remove the freecoat from the makers mold..........and a tack cloth..........to get it cleaner yet.......wet sand it with 600 grit to rough up the surface tack it again and many light coats of paint followed by many light coats of clear coat.....sand it here or there between coats and make sure to let it dry well also.......it is pretty easy to do really.......

i just cleaned the parts and sprayed. started with very light coats and moved on to thicker coats. i used dupli-color spray, the color is medium blue. in person it's a really nice color. everybody that has seen it in person so far said it looks awesome.

and a question for anybody that has done this: should i clear coat all the pieces or leave them? will clear make it look shinier or does it just protect it more?

08-05-2007, 03:22 AM

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I've always wanted to paint my interior. How did you do this? Just spray paint? Where and what spray paint did you use?

Duplicolor is what most people I know use. Advance and autozone i know sell it and probably o'reilly's. sanding is not really necessary, but if you don't i would recommend duplicolor adhesion promoter. mostly just make sure it's clean.

08-05-2007, 03:24 AM

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I've always wanted to paint my interior. How did you do this? Just spray paint? Where and what spray paint did you use?

i didn't use any adhesion promoter or sand and it looks good. we will see how it holds up.

08-05-2007, 03:25 AM

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and a question for anybody that has done this: should i clear coat all the pieces or leave them? will clear make it look shinier or does it just protect it more?

i haven't really seen any difference in clear coat or not. i did my vents one with and one without. waited a few days and couldn't tell a difference at all really. but i went ahead and did the other. my guess would be it helps with protection long-term.

10-23-2007, 05:41 AM

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i helped my friend do his and the clear coat protects and it also makes it looks shiny.

10-23-2007, 10:14 PM

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Wow.. Nice man. Must feel good after all the work.

Looks clean bro

10-23-2007, 10:43 PM

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I used a UV resistant clear when I did mine just for the added protection. The color coats were Krylon premium 18kt. gold plate metallic.

10-23-2007, 10:44 PM

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wow this thread came back after a few months. my interior doesn't look like that anymore BTW. the only part that is blue is the center now, the rest i painted a metallic black. in the spring i will repaint all the pieces flint mica to match my car.

10-23-2007, 10:46 PM

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this is how it looks now....

10-26-2007, 09:23 PM

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looks very good

10-26-2007, 11:30 PM

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I liked the blue. I have a BSP tC and a friend of mine that works a body shop is going to paint all my pieces to match my exterior. It's not going to be very noticeable, but it will match. I think the only issue with the blue is there wasn't enough of it. If you had some blue on the seats it would've made it look more balanced. Or maybe since the dash is black the contrast between the dash and blue was too high. I liked it. It made your car different. Don't let anyone talk you into doing what they do, otherwise we'd end up like the Civic crowd; "be original - just like everyone else"