how long did you wait before you installed the trim pieces. did you let them sit for a while.

 

heres mine. the pic of the side of the glovebox there's a spot where the door kept rubbing on the paint and rubbed it off.
I also did the pillars black and i thought they came out great!

 

odd.

 

What's odd?

 

good job on the painting. personally thats a little too much black for me but hey to each their own

 

Too much black? Can never have too much black. Jk. It actually looks really good once you see it personally.

 

at least someone has the ***** to do it, i think it looks alright from the pictures i saw, but i'd like to see more with a more full lit view of the interior. I have a black balt and also can't get enough of the blackness.

 

very nice but i love mine better

not big fan of krylon paint, i opted for base coat & clear coat, color matched the car

 

so i figured since everyone else was painting their dashes just the exterior stock color i would try to be different. Although i absolutely love the way that everyone else's turned out i had to take yet another step in the "i gotta be different" column.

Now my mission was to figure out exactly that... how do i make it anymore different... i mean its just a couple of dash pieces.... till the answer stood out right infront of me... i'll just let the stripes appear to flow into the dash onto the pieces that we are all ever so addicted to painting....

so i bring everyone up to speed on project "striped interior"



well for some reason the other pics wont load... so here is my cardomain site and on the very bottom are some more pics...
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2992217

 

how'd you take off the shifter???

 

is that painters tape or what?

 

for now lol yeah... untill its painted yellow with the black stripes lol

 

dude that looks sick, I give you props on originality.

 

oh **** i never saw the completed thing. looks pretty badass now to do the rest of the dash

 

im doing mine now,

how do u remove the sterring wheel pieces?? i have a 2.2 ls

 

Disable the supplemental inflatable restraint (SIR) system. Refer to SIR Disabling and Enabling . (Basically pull the airbag fuses)
On the sides of the steering wheel are 2 openings. Insert a small blunt-ended punch, or equivalent, through the access openings on the left and right of the steering wheel.
Push the spring fastener inward through the access hole. Repeat the step for the other opening. Disconnect the wires from the airbag module and put it someplace safe, metal side down. Remove the screws from the trim pieces.

 

what he said but i disconnected my battery, and the little push clips inside the 2 holes are a pain the first time to get. and i just left my air bag attached and just moved it side to side and then rested it back in place until i was ready to put my trim pieces back in.

 

appreciate it fellas

 

It looks like outtamymind and toofknloud did a great job on theirs.

 

well i can't take all the credit i did the prep work for mine i had a buddy who works in a body shop actually do the painting and clear coat on them.

 

i totally fucked mine up haha. I did the radio bezel perfect (exactly how I wanted it) but the small pieces are fed up becuase I wasnt thinking and i let it sit on a bucket with some thinner and it like messed the plastic up. I have to sand it all super smooth very very carefully now. but I do really like the way the radio one turned out.

 

edit: worked on fixing it yesterday. I took ALOT of extra work but its all set now. Theres only one flaw, in the piece on the left of the steering wheel i touched it pretty hard while it was wet. oh well ill fix it later.

 

did mine this weekend crappy quality pics. but i loved the results!





Ignore the seat stains

 

Quick question with step 1 are you sanding the pieces till the original paint is removed? or is it just supposed to get it roughed up a little bit.

 

just rough them up a little bit and use a good primer. never cheap out on the primer as any flaws in the base coats will show through to the final product