Another weekend project...painted dash trim

[vibedrvr04]

Here are some pics of my weekend project. I decided that the interior needed some color, so out came the painting supplies and presto...custom dash trim Lemme know what ya think.http://i3.photobucket.com/albu...h.jpgh ... Personally I like it (that's all that matters I guess) but I'd like your input. Positive or Negative

[Namron]

Very Nice! It's got me thinking...I noticed the care you took not to "overspray" the writting "Max AC" next to the AC button.

[BlueCrush]

I think it looks great! You did a nice job. I like the color too.

[Toasted7]

Looks great! Any "How-To" suggestions or pics?

[AKLGT]

looks nice. interesting that you taped off the button hole areas. any particular reason for that?

[Psychobroker]

Looks great except for the taped-off areas. I don't mean to be harsh! It would just look better all blue...I'm not talking about the A/C controls, because I know that's a problem, which is why I elected to hand-paint new A/C control symbols on mine. Pics are on my cardomain page, or I can post a few if you like.EDIT: After looking at the pics again, I wanted to say two things...1) the paint looks great, and 2) I'm thinking you didn't remove the buttons from plastic panels, but rather left them connected and masked them off?

[iinan]

I dunno it looks a bit odd to me . But then remember I also painted my strut brace yellow, so what the heck do I know.

[vibedrvr04]

OK, I'm gonna just do a mass reply, so here it goes.....for Namron: i didn't spray the "MAX A/C" , i did that by handfor Toasted7: i didn't get a chance to snap some in-progress pics. the base color was sprayed, but all the detail work was done by hand. Just do what ya feel comfortable doing for trdvibe: If you mean the areas around the Heat/Air control knobs, it was because i wanted to keep them lit up at night ~ on a related idea, i'll be doing something with that area sometime soon ~ if you meant around the A/C and Max controls up top, i dunno...just wanted something a bit differentfor Psychobroker: Yes i did remove ALL the buttons from the panels...looked like my dash had been through a chopshop with them all removed the silver areas around the buttons were actually painted by hand with a silver paint...i'll need to do another coat this weekend but it'll look good i thinkand thanks everyone for the comments!

[Psychobroker]

Quote, originally posted by vibedrvr04 »for Psychobroker: Yes i did remove ALL the buttons from the panels...looked like my dash had been through a chopshop with them all removed the silver areas around the buttons were actually painted by hand with a silver paint...i'll need to do another coat this weekend but it'll look good i thinkand thanks everyone for the comments!My bad, I didn't realize it was intentional!

[AKLGT]

no, i'm with psychobroker on this. it would look better without the areas painted in silver. but it's yours so you do what you want. lol. people thought i was nuts when i had mine apart after day 2 painting the interior. i think i was one of the firsts to do this...?? i can't remember. then i had mine professionally done and boy what a difference that made! of course, it also matched my leather interior much better!

[Psychobroker]

Don't get me wrong, I still think it would look better all blue. I guess my initial reaction is what most people will think...that you missed a few spots

[vibedrvr04]

HAHA...yeah that may be true...i'm not totally sold on it yet...but we'll see what happens

[Psychobroker]

Hey bro, whatever YOU like is all that counts! I know I fetched some negative feedback for my painted A/C icons. Didn't matter to me because I liked it, and to the best of my knowledge, still have the only vibe with painted A/C icons

[POLO]

Nice job.

[jeffgtx]

add me to the 'all blue' crowd, but still, its a great job and a great look as you have it too!

[AKLGT]

yes, psychobroker, i think you do have the only "custom" HVAC controls!

[Psychobroker]

Just wanted to say ... Hiya Hope! Hope you're doing well (erm, no pun intended )

[Toasted7]

How easy was it to take those panels off and put them back on. I have been wanting to do this, just a different color. Hints or tips for someone else that is going it undertake this project in the near future?

[binary]

Wow that looks really cool! I like the trim work you did around the center console - letting the silver show around the buttons and vents - nice touch.

[vibedrvr04]

well, i think i'm gonna go with what some of you said....I think all blue is gonna look better. So, when i take the panels out to reshoot them, i'll snap some removal and install pics for everyone.thanks for your comments too

[Toasted7]

Looking forward to those install/removal pics... I'll give it a shot on mine after that. Thanx in advance!