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Old 03-11-2019, 03:10 PM
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Gray Interior Plastic Trim

I want to figure out how to change the color from Gray to Flat Black what kind of materials can I use I never done it before so I need to know if I should dye it paint it where do I start ...I would like to just replace them with factory pieces that are already black but it’s hard finding them
Old 03-12-2019, 10:51 AM
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Re: Gray Interior Plastic Trim

check 89-92 CAMARO BLACK INTERIOR THREAD.....
Old 03-13-2019, 01:27 PM
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Re: Gray Interior Plastic Trim

I had the same issues I had the brown\tan interior and wanted to change to a black interior to match my desired details. For the small pieces that have a lot of wear and tear I purchased off eBay, hawks, etc. but the larger pieces were too expensive so I painted them but it flaked off pretty easily. I have not tried other methods yet I was going to try an enamel or similar with clear coat next.
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Well how did it go? You seem to start all of these threads and then abandon them.....?
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I am interested to see what people have done on the 'cheap' side to change the interior color.
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PREP is the key to the paint lasting! Those years of Armor all and such prevent the paint/dyes from sticking or lasting.
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I had to paint some interior plastics and used a thread that was on here years ago, but I will give you a quick rundown. Don't cheap out on materials.
Start by scrubbing the panel with a strong all purpose cleaner like simple green. Rinse it good. Then use a painters product called prep solve to get the rest of the grease and solvents off. Then give it a coating of adhesion promoter like bulldog adhesion promoter. Now you are ready for paint. Use a quality paint like SEM plastic coating and give it a few even, light coats.
The SEM is extremely durable and I have painted arm rests with it and it did not come off.
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I did a couple of J R soft pieces and just cleaned and scuffed them with laquer thinner and steel wool then sprayed them with that SEM spray bombs. Still holding up quite well.
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Thanks for the information guys appreciate it a lot I will keep y’all updated
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