Any one know where I can Find Black door panels for a 2006 Cobalt LS. Any Body also know who could do Carbon Fiber?????

 

dont know where to find black door panels for an LS, you could aways paint them with special interior paint. However for carbon fiber contact shane with fibercation at fibercation.com

 

what kind of "special paint"? any specific names (like duplicolor ____s)? and anyone know where i can get a door panel like ours to practice on?

ive wanted a black interior for my balt for so long....one of the few cheap looking parts of the LS interior (and the lack of power windows/locks of course)

 

you could always use vinyl dye, when done properly it lasts and doesnt look half bad
http://www.amazon.com/VHT-SP942-Viny.../dp/B0006HPL9W

http://www.gideontech.com/content/articles/202/1 <-- decent how-to, although for computer parts. same concept applies though

 

i used krylon fusion "Ultra flat" black, and bought some vinyl for inserts

 

i like this stuff..im gonna look for it

anyone know any links to a how to for door panel removals? i remember seeing one once, but what it suggested didnt seem to work and im looking for a second approach

 

just pull it off.... its clips and such like your dash.

thing is the manual window thingy is too much of a bitch too get off and i didn't want to break it so i just left it on

 

Please please don't do this! I ve taken mine off a few times now, and it s quite simple. Tools needed: thin bladed flat headed screwdriver, window crank tool(I got mine at autozone for 3$), Phillips screwdriver.

There are three screws you first need to remove. One is behind a trim piece inside the door handle. The other two are under another trim piece in the grab handle/inset in the cloth insert. Once you pull those three screws, pop off the mirror adjustment trim pieces. They re just held on with clips. Lastly, use the window crank tool to pop off the cranks. It will be a bit tricky the first couple of times, but just be patient and take your time. There is a thin spring C clip that you will actually catch with the tool and pop loose, when that falls out, you just pull the window crank off. THEN you can just pull the door panel off. Start at the bottom and work your way up, but remember, at the top there are no clips, so slide it UP once you all the bottom and side clips free.

Now onto the door panels situation. I would love to do a color change on mine to black. I don't have the extra cash right now, but if I did I would start calling local scrap yards too see if there were any junk 'balts in with good interiors. Or, you could go the SEM vinyl dye route.

 

hmm that dye seems MUCH easier then painting plastic... that might be my next project lol

 

Ill have to ask my painter again what it is and where he got it. He had to repaint part of my center console when he did the painted the trim around the shifter for me.

 

you can get them off a LT or you can paint it

 

Does anybody have any interior pictures of black interior? I have the light grey interior and want to do make the conversion to black. so much cleaner looking and nice imo. and also it doesnt get dirty as fast like the grey.

thanks people.

 

if you have pictures, i will love you...good write up, but im a little lost on how the manual window tool will work...

 

i think i may have to give that VHT dye a shot. They make good products and its a hell of a lot cheaper than buying new panels. I looked the cost up online and they are like 167 a piece

 

Maybe when the weather breaks I ll do a write up, although I think there may already be one in the how to section.

 

sorry i forget the screws and mirror....
i just ment in general, its no big deal...

 

the manual window handle tool is simple. its this big flat thing and you just slide it between the door panel and the window handle and push and the thing will pull right off. all it does is remove the clip that holds the handle on so you can pull it out.

You can get them at any automotive parts store.