so i hoped on the ban wagon and matched my trim to the cars color i would make this a how to but half way through the process i gave up on taking pictures

but this is how i did it
1. sanded with 220 grit then 300 grit
2. primered and cured for 24 hours
3. sanded with 400 grit
4. painted red with several light coats with about 2 mins between coats
5. one hour later applied several light coats of clear coat about 2 mins between coats
6. cured for 48 hours
7. lightly and slowly wet sanded with 800 grit and warm soapy water
8. dried with a towel and hair drier on low
9. generously apply rubbing compound and lightly scrub with a rag for a couple mins
10. remove the rubbing compound from any paint with a clean rag before it can dry
11. waxed with regular car wax and then let it haze for about ten mins
12. then removed wax with a soft clean rag
13. re-install the SS badge with super glue
14. stare at the beautiful paint job you just accomplished!

 

That looks nice, but seems time consuming. Maybe a good winter project

 

looks great and good color match, whats the color?

 

Nice job man i had mine red and just carbon wrapped it today

 

rustoleom's bright red.....i went to walmart and started with krylon and didnt like it when i sprayed it on the shelf lol but then i tried the rustoleom and word to the wise the cap looks like a darker red then the car but when sprayed its identical...in the sunlight my trim matches the cars exterior exact

 

Nice man, looks good!

 

Very..... Original

 

Looks good, I'd get a black HVAC and radio.

 

lol^ but you cant argue with it lookin good with the rest of the stock red, I probably would have dont the radio red and and got a black HVAC as well (the radio faceplate pops off )

 

It does look good tho lol just need black hvac and radio

 

true^ and im curious why the center bar isn't red lol

and probably would paint the Steering wheel bezels and bowtie red or black as well

 

The steering wheel bezels are PITA to get off, probably why he didn't paint them. He could get a vinyl overlay for the the bowtie, thats what I did.

 

Pita....? Really?

U pop the air bag out with small flat head or something, t20 torx( somewhere close to that size I think) to undo the 2 screws holding the trim pieces in place

And the buttons just pop out

 

I wanna paint mine black. The red I think looks rice, but because his seats are in that trim.. doesn't look too too out out of place.

 

Looks good, probably could have spent a lot less time and just plasti dipped it, but to each their own!

 

dude i want them so bad! but dont know where to get it? if i did id paint the airbag part of the radio wrap black

 

well since i havent found a radio face and hvac face that are black yet i decided to leave the air bag part silver so the radio and hvac dont look out of place and yes the steering wheel bezels match the radio for now and until they dont i dont want to mess with my air bag lol

 

Looks good! Ive gone back and forth on doing mine red or doing them black. I have the ss/tc seats but they are the all black ones so not sure how the red would look with an all black interior.

 

Gotcha, but just a heads up.

The radio faceplate pops right off, all you have to mask off is the screen (easy, one strip of 1" tape, perfect) spray it flat black, let it dry, pop it back on and none the wiser

 

I worded that wrong, it's not a PITA. Just something I wouldn't want to mess with because of the airbag.

Same reason I haven't did mine yet. Don't want that thing going off by accident.

 

There's no way for an air bag to go off by accident...? U need the g forces on the airbag sensor

And your not unplugging it u just pop it out and leave the wires connected....

 

Less time and have it flat red not match the other red and IMO look like ****

 

Plasti Dip gloss product.

 

Will never look as good as paint

 

ya plastidip is alright if you want to see what it'll look like, but paint will always look better.