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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by godsr4u2
go with a blue but not too dark, i did it to my dash i have pictures, but its more like a dark electric blue. It changes colors depending on the light, in the morning its light an gets darker as the day goes on
do you remember what type of paint you used???
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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 12:50 AM
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Krylon does NOT belong in your car. Stick with Duplicolor.
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Old Aug 17, 2009 | 08:29 PM
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You could always do a carbon fiber wrap
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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 02:23 PM
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Quick question, I've got all but one piece of my dash trim off...
How do you disconnect the FogLight switch (on an `05) from the trim piece?
It appears to come apart, but I haven't had any luck in getting the switch out of the trim.
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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Nevermind, I wasn't being forceful enough with the switches. I got everything out with a bit of help.

I'm all ready to start this project, although I noticed my Primer I bought was for body panels, not plastic, so I'll be making a late-night trip to the store tonight to exchange. Will post pics when done.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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im painting my dash this week same color as the outside rally yellow is there a how to on how ot get the pieces off

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Old Nov 16, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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I tried.
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Old Nov 16, 2009 | 11:49 PM
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Emperorjj1 Im sure u have answered this but where your passenger airbag thing is what is that reading now?
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Old Nov 16, 2009 | 11:59 PM
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i never had the pass airbag light. just the empty piece. the guage is for my voltage
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Old Jan 5, 2010 | 11:40 PM
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going to do this when it warms up
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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uhh so hopefully someone can answer this fairly quickly but..i did the paint and everything finished yesterday and today while i was still in bed my dad decided to start the clear now the paint only finished like 24 hours ago .so he did a coat of clear on the worst piece possible (the radio section) and it went all orange peel , looks like the paint like soaked up half of it for moisture or something really weird..so ..solution????????? and wrong type of clear or what?
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 02:11 AM
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probably u cant mix the two... otherwise he could have done a bad job spraying the clear or it wasn't dry. actual color is easy clear is what ***** up alot
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 03:20 AM
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euro i agree with emperor. if you used 2 differen't brands like one brand for paint and grabbed another brand of clear they don't like to mix very well and you will get really shitty outcomes. what your gonna have to do is sand that piece down a bit, repaint and i would go out and get the same brand of clear coat as the paint your using. and remember do a few light layers not one heavy layer as clear coat is extremely touchy
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by EmperorJJ1
probably u cant mix the two... otherwise he could have done a bad job spraying the clear or it wasn't dry. actual color is easy clear is what ***** up alot
Originally Posted by outtamymind
euro i agree with emperor. if you used 2 differen't brands like one brand for paint and grabbed another brand of clear they don't like to mix very well and you will get really shitty outcomes. what your gonna have to do is sand that piece down a bit, repaint and i would go out and get the same brand of clear coat as the paint your using. and remember do a few light layers not one heavy layer as clear coat is extremely touchy
ya thx guys..i redid the paint and stuff gonna go buy the same for clear now
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 06:29 PM
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im doin my now silver car goin with a dark green. lookin good so far will post pic wen done
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 06:06 PM
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pics

heres some pics tell me wut u think





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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 07:06 PM
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...why dark green?
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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its different, but not bad...at all.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:20 PM
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excatly its different. how many people go with silver n blue or silve n red n wut not. i thouhght about blue too only cuz im a cowboys fan but i thouhgt green would look cooler, ima paint my rims n engine compartment the same color to.
n thank you
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 01:10 AM
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oh if your painting other stuff then its alright. I thought you were just gonna do that green, and then it wouldnt have matched anything and i would think the silver would have been better. but you got things under control
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 01:35 AM
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oh if your painting other stuff then its alright. I thought you were just gonna do that green, and then it wouldnt have matched anything and i would think the silver would have been better. but you got things under control
thanks. ya i got kinda bored wit the silver n figured id go a different route with the color and what not. im tryin to buy dr balts rims(if the otha guys hasnt bought em yet) n paint em too

gestapo u still sellin those rims or are they bought?

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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 01:58 AM
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great how to write up and clean set ups!
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 10:46 AM
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I'd like to do this this weekend. I have Dupli-Color adhesion promoter "clear primer." is that ok? and i'm confused if it is just a clear coat or a primer too lol
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 12:20 PM
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I'd like to do this this weekend. I have Dupli-Color adhesion promoter "clear primer." is that ok? and i'm confused if it is just a clear coat or a primer too lol
adhesion promotor is not a primer or is it a clear coat. Its an adhesion promoter and thats it. Sand the plastic trim pieces, spray adhesion promotor on it, let it sit like 5-10 minutes, whatever it says on the can, then apply your primer/paint. It helps the paint stick to the plastic. If you try to spray it as a clearcoat, your paint will turn very foggy and milky colored
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 12:44 PM
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I'd like to do this this weekend. I have Dupli-Color adhesion promoter "clear primer." is that ok? and i'm confused if it is just a clear coat or a primer too lol
all i did was take a 3m green scratch pad that u see to clean dishes sometimes n lightly sanded it, then sprayed it wit primer, couple coats of paint, then the clear coat
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