I'm sorry, I have no pics yet. I actually read the thread and got motived and re-started my interior. I got the 2 side panels on the dash sanded n painted n it looks like i fiberglassed it. honestly for the time and effort to sand them down, then prime them, west sand it after each coat and paint it then clear coat it, it looks worth it.

 

okay...i guess i fell behind

wheni first joined the forum last summer there were a few threads on suede insterts including a how to, but this is the best i could find thats still around...sorry if it doesnt help much, but atleast youll know who's done it before
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...ighlight=suede

as for paint chipping, thats why im clear coating...im putting a SHITLOAD of clear coat on the bottom pieves by the door (a full can) and another full can split amongst the door panels and the piece below the steering wheel. I actually finished em and theyre currently in the garage drying. ill tell you how scratch resistant they are soon, but i brushed em against a doorway pretty hard and didnt get any scrapes, so its looking good


finally, as for starting in the front and working back, its actually better to do it the other way around....a lot of the pieces in the back have to be removed in order since they overlap. In order of first to remove to last to remove: pieces by bottom of doors, pieces the seatbelt connects to (i need help with the seatbelts btw...i swear they're torqued to like 300 ft=lb)the piece below the seatbelt/above the bottom of the door, and thats as far back as i got since i was limited by the damn seatbelt

 

I just finished painting my glove box, gove box handle, under the steerign wheel and the side molding by the doors, look great I'm adding the pictures now

 

1st time i did myne thAts how it looked (the black i mean)^^^

but i couldnt stand how it was all like shiny and everything. it just didn't look good. So instead i used krylon fusion ultra flat black and now it looks perfect

 

i started a thread today. i did my color inserts red. look for the thread "5k no. color inserts and black interior " . that would be me.

 

hm...i thought it looked glossy due to the clearcoat, not the paint, but w/e makes it stand out for me

the only downside ive seen so far, is it seems to be static-ish or something...dust seems to stick, and is def more noticeable...then again, i havent cleaned my interior since i first did it

 

Freshly painted door panels

 

just did mine this weekend and it came out great. no pics though camera is busted. i still need to do the b pillar and the lower portions by the rear seats.

 

blu3_v1p3r you should take the stock black panels out now and repaint them because the ones you did are a lot more vibrant, glossy, and darker than the stock.

 

Why is everyone keeping their trim around there door handles and door cups gray? Sorry but IMO it doesnt look that good.

I have been thinkin about redoing my door handle in black chrome instead of the silver chrome...

later

 

i'm gunna do the handle and the little peice in the arm rest type thing, but the paint i need i couldn't find, so i'm waiting on it right now

i'm gunna do them also, but my priority is to get rid of the grey

 

What kind of cloth did u use on the armrest blu3?

later

 

I used vinyl and fabric paint, and clear coat on the plastic/vinyl peices, but not on the fabric.

 

I did my headliner in black suede. I dyed the strip around the sunroof black. I also painted all my pillars and other plastic pieces with some black satin paint. I'm still working on the visors but it should all be done soon. I'm gonna get the mesh in the Recaros done with suede as well as the door inserts. My dash is already body color black. It's really dark in my car now, I'm gonna have to do some interior lighting soon.

 

I haven't even tryed my neons with the new black panels yet. I bet they look way brighter

 

I think I am going to do some blue LEDs in the cupholders, under the dash and maybe even under the seats. I'm still thinking about it.