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I pianted my dash yesterday. It looks pretty nice. It's actually darker than this but the flash lit it up

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There ya go. That looks good.

Here's a better pic. I'm new to this attachment thing

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that looks good. what type paint did you use ?

How did you get the dash off in the first place? I want to paint all the silver trim parts like that.

Quote, originally posted by Toasted7 »How did you get the dash off in the first place?When I took off some of the dash pieces for various projects, I used Ragingfish's excellent writeup on dash removal at http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=9977

It pretty much all just pulls off. The center piece with the heater controls is the hardest but it takes a little "finesse" I used Krylon Fusion paint (found at Wal-Mart) which doesn't require any priming and fininshed it with some Rust-O-Leum Laquer for protection. It also made it look real nice. Took about 3 hours to paint and dry. There are posts on how to take the dash apart but I can help out if you need. Easy to do and it gives the car a little life. Mine had the dull grey trim before.

may i suggest clear coat. gives depth to the paint. i used to have a room mate that painted his interior completely on basic paint. no clear coat ot anything. it looked like poop

not too bad. looks nice. i did that myself after the 2nd day i had my 03 VGT. but then later that summer, i had a body shop redo it to match my dark red leather inserts on my seats. as mcgusto suggested, clear coat makes the difference, especially when it comes to scratches (that area is easily scratched- atleast for me it was) plus adds a nice shine to it.

Looks great willsdad!

i painted my trim too.....its a bright red, and i paimnted all my buttons black.....it looks awesome!!

Anyone try that color changing paint on the interior silver trim yet? I was thinking of going with something along those lines... just didn't know if it would be tough to cover it up if I didn't like it?

Heres a pic of my painted interior

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I dunno, i just dont like the blue, maybe if there was a little blue in the dash to not make it stand out as much I like the look of the red dash with the red in the seats

That looks wonderful! I need to repaint the small rectangle where the a/c controls are. The silver is fading and rubbing off....I'm thinking matallic black to match the car.

looks pretty good..i was considering this..but im going a different route totally..dont think anyones done what i plan to do so im keeping it hush hush

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have any of you used the color matching that they have at places like sherwin williams or other hardware places? i'd like to paint my dash items black like the rest of it. but nice willsdad!

Quote, originally posted by moongdss »Holy Thread-surrection Batman! ya i never notice the dates of any of these threads, saw someone looking at it so i posted in it..sue me Quote, originally posted by tribalman »have any of you used the color matching that they have at places like sherwin williams or other hardware places? i'd like to paint my dash items black like the rest of it. but nice willsdad!i have tribal, got the exact paint from sherwin for my engine cover i was planning to do the plastic interior but im going a different and more pricier route

Watch out folks! He's not painting the dash - he's wrapping the entire upper half in leather or vinyl! J/k...but it's a WAG at the answer...

Quote, originally posted by engineertwin2 »Watch out folks! He's not painting the dash - he's wrapping the entire upper half in leather or vinyl! that would be totally boss to see. and wave, thanks. now i just need to get a small enough sample in to the store to have matched. maybe i should just walk in with the whole dash. XD.