interior colour coding

6th June 2005, 02:46

im thinking about doin a colour change on my interior with the spray you can buy.

bin told that i will need:
cleaner
colour
sealant/lacquer

this right?

plus how much can i expect to do with one can of colour? in all, i want my centre console, heater vents and speaker covers (front doors).

cheers

6th June 2005, 02:54

you'll need to key the surface with sandpaper first, and you might want some wet+dry paper to smooth off any rough bits after your first coat of primer.

6th June 2005, 14:08

one big can is plenty nuff mate,the interior door pulls and steering colum surround look sweet colour-coded aswell,require a bit more sanding though

6th June 2005, 16:26

im watching this at the minute as well.

looks alright. what do ya think?

ebay

take a look at his other items too. hes got the same as above but done in 12 colour flip paint.

6th June 2005, 23:20

you can do it yourself for under 20 quid! buy 2 get one free on the paint in halfords ie.u buy primer&colour and get laquer free!
just need a fairly hot day to do it on 2 get the best results!

7th June 2005, 14:26

bit of a hijack here! but does anybody know how to get the dash dials surround out?. i can see its held in with four screws,but i cant get to the bottom two

....any tips?

8th June 2005, 05:03

I removed my dash a few weeks ago to look at the dials. Those bottom two screws are pretty difficult to get to. The way I did it was to get a really short screwdriver - there's basically no way to get a straight line of sight to the screwheads with a longer one. You have to get your hand round the corner behind the top of the steering wheel. I had my bro hold a torch so I could see what was going on. It took quite a while tho.

Hope this helps, probably not!

Oh and btw when I put the dash back I left those two screws out, they really aren't needed that much and I guessed it would save me a lot of hassle when I come to take the thing apart again...

12th June 2005, 01:15

did mine in posideion blue!! this included door pull surrounds, speker covers, door pockets, fan surrounds, mirror adjust covers, dash console.

I sanded it down with wet and dry, 1 layer of primer, 3 layers of paint and 4 layers of laquer and they look sweet as, well worth the time!