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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 11:14 PM
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Fiberglass interior good idea or bad idea

I hope that i didnt fail at searching, but what i was thinking since im wanting to change the color of the interior of my car to make a fiberglass panels and hope that it would be cheaper than going to Hawks(nothing against them) or would i be spending as much as i would buying from hawks. i kinda wanted to get it so it would match the exterior paint that i would be painting. im not afraid of hard work, but i dont want to end up with 600 in the hole when i could have bought it for 250. the paint i would end up using probably be the same paint as i used on the exterior.

if any of you guys have suggestions im all ears, im just trying to make my bird stand out a bit
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 10:23 AM
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Re: Fiberglass interior good idea or bad idea

doing fiberglass yourself isnt really that hard or expensive.....u can buy most materials at an auto parts store.. just take your time and use your head and u'll be fine.
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 11:13 AM
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Re: Fiberglass interior good idea or bad idea

couldn't you just use a plastic primer of some sort and just spray the plastic you have? there are guys on here that have changed color on interior with paint/primer for plastic but not sure if they used reg body paint.
or are you going with something custom?
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 05:52 PM
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Re: Fiberglass interior good idea or bad idea

so you want to make a totally custom interior out of fiberglass? good luck. Look into the plastic dyes to recolor the interior or get new panels. Making panels to replace the interior ones will take a lot of time and work. Probably spend a few hundred on just the fiberglass and other supplies to make the parts, and then you still have to mold them somehow.
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 01:44 AM
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Re: Fiberglass interior good idea or bad idea

Originally Posted by sid rs91
couldn't you just use a plastic primer of some sort and just spray the plastic you have? there are guys on here that have changed color on interior with paint/primer for plastic but not sure if they used reg body paint.
or are you going with something custom?
well i thought about going and doing something custom, but i think that it might require a higher skill set than what i have, i would use a dye but i have heard that they don't last very long, or maybe it was the plastic paint, i know i used some plastic pain before and the paint has stared to peal, but that may have been because i didn't so something right. i would love to goto a junkyard but im noticing that most of the yards here dont have the color interior that im looking for, i would goto hawks but i dont think that they have all the pieces im looking for, and i have a hard time justifying 250 + shipping for something like that if i could make it. So in other words if anybody you know that has a complete black interior for a firebird and looking to sell im buyin ;D
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 02:44 AM
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Re: Fiberglass interior good idea or bad idea

What black parts do you need? I have a lot of black interior pieces, I could load 'em all up in the back of my truck and meet you somewhere...
They're from a Camaro, but I think most parts are the same, aside from the dash.

I'm only 20-30 miles away from you, on the other side of the hood canal bridge.
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