alright here is a quick photoshop of my interior panels painted black. What do ya think?

After-



Before-

 

Do you have any better pics? Looks great from what I can see. I want to do this as well, how did you prep? Did you rough up the plastic at all?

 

i think i mentioned it was photoshopped...... didn't i?


yeah i did, well i havn't quite done this yet, but i was asking people opinions on the color that came form it. What do you think?





Shane

 

Damn dude my bad. I can't believe I didn't see the photoshop right there! Anyway, I say give it a go. My interior is black but is kind of fading But just like black paint, it looks the best when clean but shows dirt like no other! Go for it! I think it looks good.

 

black interior is good, need to move those subs though

 

sub are gone, sol on ebay for $100 each..... money in pocket.....




Shane

 

I have used the fusion paint before and it turns out pretty good. Just remember to wash each peice before hand with some kind of ammonia based cleaner. If you don't clean the whole peice the paint will fish eye.

 

ummmm...... i got amonia based things but i was told to use acetone, is that good? I got a bunch of acetone, lots of it....




Shane

 

I tested some krylon fusion paint on a spare interior panel for my car. I didn't like how it turned out. It's too glossy, and not the right shade of black.

 

Don't use acetone, atleast strong acetone it will melt the plastic, at least it did the old peice I used to test it on. Don't use amonia either amonia will leave small residue and it will release gas and can cause it to bubble. If you use amonia let it set for severial days before painting it.

 

I always liked black interiors. Though the mix of grey and black looks good too. Didn't you say in your other interior post that your panels were starting to fade and deteriorate? If thats the case, I would hold out to get some already black panels if I was you. One more thing, get you rear seats recovered. It'll make a wourld of difference if you ask me.

-Derth

 

yeha i'm ginna get everything reconvered from hawks in real leather. They're gonan custom make them for me once i five them them money, $425.

Yeah they are deteriorating, here is a pic of it-
That is not scratches its were i touches it and the surface came off. Look at the other side.




Shane

 

and yes that is a second 12volt outlet.




Shane

 

if the plastic is chalky and rakes off when you touch it you will have to sand it before you paint and thus lose the texture unless you know how to texture sand, I have yet to figure out how to do that. I say get new plastic I think black is still available from gm at least most check thirdgen resource they have new and used. Even if you get use and paint it it will be best to start with black where scratches don't show as bad.

Or the guy that sells used sets, the one that has all the locking covers im sure someone has the link. I see his web site posted every now and again ... someone help me out with the link.

Ive been thinking about covering all the plastic in leather or fake leather, I am reading up on how to get leather to streach and srink to fit the sharp edges. I figure the leather and some carpet inlays will look good.

 

i used some stuff from classic industries to do my tan panels black in my iroc. used the GM plastic primer 1st. very expensive paints.... came out FANTASTIC. i didnt clear coat them though so if you hit it hard with pointy objects it would scratch off good thing i sold that car

 

is that 12v outlet stock or did u put that in?

 

i put it in, looks stock dont it?


Shane

 

didnt think of it as a 12v socket until u mentioned it, thought it was for a custom cover to hide those subs or something to that effect

 

Not really, looks like you cut a hole in an otherwise decent looking panel and stuck a cig-lighter receptacle in it. May I ask what the purpose for that is/was?

 

see the speakers, they have neon lihgts around them. That was to power both of the lights.



Shane

 

Why didnt ya just hard-wire the neons to the 12 volts that you had to run back there for the cig. lighter, and put a switch up front?

 

well becuase, i wanted to be able to seel those el cheapo subs, which i did, and if i cut that i got less money. Every $10 counts man. Now i jhust got an exra cig lioghter, so what. I use it for my cig lighter power vacume cleaner, works greak.



Shane