Painting dashboard parts..tips?

[jar_jar89]

how do i upload pics? i got em on my laptop ready to upload now

[jar_jar89]

i get ya btw....rally style is rally style and decals are a part of it. just the pics u taken of em make it seem like they in the wrong place or sumin. they noramlly lined up like that on the arch just before the door rather than near the front! but again....that just my opinion. Has plenty potential though.

[danthemann]

u have to register on http://www.photobucket.com then upload the pics to there, then once there uploaded,move your mouse around the bottom of the pics and some codes should appear,u then copy the IMG code,paste it into your post on here...done :)if u get stuck just message me on here

yeh i get what you mean about the stickers,something isnt quite right,i cant figure out what it is but they do look better in real life,and im fairly happy with them,so for now they will stay.

[jar_jar89]

chillin man, ur car looks sound. least u not been drivin round with a dented wing and bonnet for near a year. just fixing this week. £200 for the new bonnet and wing and porf sprayed to color match for age of the paint on car already.









the 6th pic of the tray is the only part i've fully finised, the others need wet'dry sanding and one more layer green and then laquerin.
Maybe a bit overkill on the green? i think i might redo the buttons so they gloss/piano black then the little line that normally white on em in green.
The other parts that are left includin dash are mostly gonna be black, the glove box, dash etc. Doin it in batches to save from color mixin problems.

[danthemann]

looks good to me mate i wouldnt of gone for green personally-but its a personal choice and im a great believer in individuality when it comes to modding

most people ive spoke to on here think sprayin interior like we are doing looks tacky anyway lol,personally i think it looks great-and seeing as its the inside of the car u and your passengers will mainly be seeing,so i think the inside should be nice.i have white led's in my footwells too will try and get decent pics.

[jar_jar89]

yeah. i spent like £100 on prep materials and primers,paints,laqueres. And im takin my time on it so should look nice and neat in the car. i already got black leather seat covers, making the interior green and black. It WILL look good once i finished. Got pumpin sound system in it already. 2 x 10" kenwood door speakers @140watts each. pair 6x9 kenwoods @450watts, 400watt 12" splx subwoofer and 4channel kenwood 600watt amp.
The door cards i will get round to doin after doin the plastic bottoms. i think i will do the front and rear cards in midnight black. and i wanna get these :http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TURINO-S ... 0238848589
give it a couple months and my car will be bad to the bone

[jar_jar89]

also if doin the knobs like i done, which im gonna have to change now, shouldnt have done same colour as the console, and need to get some grease or sumin just to stop em from rubbing in their sockets. will feel ultra smooth then
It wont look tacky.... it will look like the birth of a growin national trend!

[danthemann]

i havnt spent anywhere near that much on prep materials lol,got failry big can of primer for a quid-iv used it before an its great.wet n dry cst me £2.79 and got can of white paint for free of bro in law.not gonna laquer interior as dont want things shining at me lol.happy days

when i come to colour code my bumpers,arches n mirrors,i will get all the top quality stuff,and will really take my time

i have a compressor,so will get a air gun for them.but spray can is fine for interior bits

i think im gonna need more paint before i do the bottom of the door cards though.

[jar_jar89]

i guess the primer is alright, i myself only paid like £5 each can. (got 2 pretty big one). the black paint again was about £7 a can, got one satic black, 2 gloss/piano black. laquere was £10 for big can of halfords best. only need two thin layers to act as a protective shild an not make it too shiny, add more layers for gloss effect. The green paint is acctually ford modena signal green exterior paint, its more resistant to wear, heat, chipping and is expensive as hell. meant for touch up jobs i think. it like £7 a can, each only being 350ml!
I also got cleaning spay and fluid which was pretty expensive, and got loads of different sandpaper packs. initial 800 grain for keying the surface, 1000 grain for primer sanding, 1200 grain for coloured paint surface smoothin, and finally 1500 grain for wet'n'dry on laquere layer and take away any small bubbles on colour paint.
I really want it to look as professional as possible. not sure if this will do it but at least it will stop it from lookin cheap cos the finish is near imaculate on the finished bits so far and at worst will stop the surfaces from chippin/crackin under the sun!

[danthemann]

yeh it looks good so ur obvsiously doin it right

[jar_jar89]

so far at least i have....hopefully it stays that way! not done much exterior wise to it yet in terms of modifications. i crashed on the A63/M62 16 miles out of hull last year and had to spend loads on it since then repairin it and gettin stuff fixed that i didnt even know was broke -like both rear brake oil wells, no rear brakes when i crashed!!- and just got the fever and been doin minor bit ever since. Got wharedale dvd plader in it aswell, it alright, maintly just for the benefit of dvd music discs with hundreds of tracks. want to get new sttering wheel and stuff but not really sure on what to get...maybe sumin like this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TYPE-X-STEERING-W ... 240%3A1318
but i want the white bits in green, was thinkin of gettin it and dyin them bits green but the dealer said they had like a clearfilm over em that would stop u from being able to do that. Like the reclining bucket seats, can only get black and green ones from america, and the exchange rate poo at the moment so there no point in gettin em now when they only gonna get cheaper not far from now hopefully.

[danthemann]

that steering wheel is well nice,if i can find a cheap boss i buy get one of them will go nicely with my white interior

[jar_jar89]

yeah it looks good, but i want green and black, and there doesnt seem to be many of them around.
Gonna go halfords again today then crack on with removing the rest of the dash console. Need wd40 for the steering wheel and another can or two of green.
Ill add pics later of inside the car and work i get done toay

[danthemann]

ok look forward to seein em

[danthemann]

i started painting more bits of the interior,only had a small can of paint,so just done these 4 bits for now.

the primer didnt go on too well,shouldnt of used the cheap crap,but once it dried i smoothed it out and the paint went on fine.

primered:


finished:


will put them back in the car tomorrow and take pics of them in.