Spraying interior (vents, centre console etc) possi blue

13th October 2009, 22:23

I'm planing on spraying my centre console, vents and door cards possi blue then laquer them. Does anyone have any pictures of this so i can see what it looks like? I know it must be pretty common but would like to see a few pics beforehand

Also how would i go about taking the centre console and vents out? I got one of the vents out by yanking it however the other one wont budge, is there something i need to unclip behind it or what? Andd no idea about the centre console

Thanks in advance

13th October 2009, 22:36

Mcinabout has just done this, check his progress thread for pics, he's in the process of refitting iirc

Centre console has 2 screws under the stereo slot, one just above the coin tray and two behind the blank buttons at the top, obviously you need to remove all the buttons and your headunit and then disconnect the heater and cigarette lighter wiring looms to completely remove it, these bits then unscrew once the whole thing is out.

And iirc the heater vents just pull out, then have a lug either side to release the fascia.

James

13th October 2009, 22:38

the vents should just pop out mate, and for the centre console there are 3 or 5 tork screws two that are hidden behind two buttons where your hazard light switch is.

13th October 2009, 22:42

Ahhh thanks for the comments. Yeah the right vent i got out by wiggling it however the left one is jammed into the bit at the back i think. Opened up the slot with the fuses and poked my hand in and feels like the vent had been pushed back pretty far into the bit pumping out air.

13th October 2009, 22:45

The ducting is usually soft and flexible and should just pull off the back of the vent, maybe a lug has got stuck somewhere, see if you can get in to look at it and have a feel about for anything catching, and therefore stopping the vent coming out.

James

13th October 2009, 22:46

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Originally Posted by Jim-Bob

Mcinabout has just done this, check his progress thread for pics, he's in the process of refitting iirc

Centre console has 2 screws under the stereo slot, one just above the coin tray and two behind the blank buttons at the top, obviously you need to remove all the buttons and your headunit and then disconnect the heater and cigarette lighter wiring looms to completely remove it, these bits then unscrew once the whole thing is out.

And iirc the heater vents just pull out, then have a lug either side to release the fascia.

James

Cheers Jimbob,its nice to hear that people actually look at my thread

Yeah its easy to do man,,the venst should just pop out,and the centre console, there is a screw at the bottom,two in the centre, and two under the last two blank button

And yes ive just got to refit my centre console securley as it was getting too dark lol and could see. But i will have pics fitted tomoz

13th October 2009, 22:50

Cheers guys, yeah now i've looked back at your thread Mcinabout realised looked at it before, you've got the same ideas as me so it seems, just you had them a while before i did, hah

Spraying my mirror caps black this weekend and looking into getting some angel eyes in the future, however my car isn't a complete twin of yours as came with a VT bumper kit with body colored bumpers on it, wouldn't want it to be too similar

13th October 2009, 22:57

the mirror caps do make it look alot better thou mate although i sprayed mine green lol same as my interior also did the speaker grills and fuse cover.

13th October 2009, 22:57

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Originally Posted by Ryan_

Cheers guys, yeah now i've looked back at your thread Mcinabout realised looked at it before, you've got the same ideas as me so it seems, just you had them a while before i did, hah

Spraying my mirror caps black this weekend and looking into getting some angel eyes in the future, however my car isn't a complete twin of yours as came with a VT bumper kit with body colored bumpers on it, wouldn't want it to be too similar

Haha yeah the only posi blue bits inside the car are the vents and centre console as sometimes it could be too much blue inside, but the rest is all black

Oh right cool,,im going to be keeping it a flatarch for now until a couple of years time and then i may even consider put a 'S'Lump in it or just get a VTS lol.

13th October 2009, 23:02

if you want to see some door card components painted check my progress thread! page 4 i think!

13th October 2009, 23:09

Yeahh i love the blue and black look. When i bought it the guy did the wheels, front badge and back badges white, and had lexus' and wasnt my thing. So i just put all of that black and bought standard lights and tinted them dark black

I keep on thinking my car isn't actuallyyy a Forte, as it came with that VT kit plus i dont have the LOVELYY yellow interior, it's all blue

I'd like to put a blue pinstripe around the wheel but haven't got a clueeee how to do so, anyone know that one aswell? Yeah seen your progress thread before Eldrige, cheers for the help

Those pics of your car on that windy road look mint, must be alot of fun like

13th October 2009, 23:13

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Originally Posted by Ryan_

Yeahh i love the blue and black look. When i bought it the guy did the wheels, front badge and back badges white, and had lexus' and wasnt my thing. So i just put all of that black and bought standard lights and tinted them dark black

I keep on thinking my car isn't actuallyyy a Forte, as it came with that VT kit plus i dont have the LOVELYY yellow interior, it's all blue

I'd like to put a blue pinstripe around the wheel but haven't got a clueeee how to do so, anyone know that one aswell? Yeah seen your progress thread before Eldrige, cheers for the help

Those pics of your car on that windy road look mint, must be alot of fun like

I hated my standard interior,,ive stil got to do the doorcards as its stil clown interior and mulit coloured seatbelts lol,,but thats not as bad as the seats lol. I have a blue lip on my alloys and thats just vinyl,but it took 5mins for the bloke to do around with the vinyl as he was doing the roof in vinyl for me too

But you can just go to a local bike shop and thye sell it in there and that comes with a applicator irrc but i havent tried it.

13th October 2009, 23:18

Oh right, cheers man. Yeah from pictures i've seen Forte interior looks horrid, so thankful mine somehow didn't come with any of it. Reg documents still say Forte though so i'm puzzled really.

14th October 2009, 18:50

I fitted my centre console today

i think it looks good,pics are on my progress thread.

14th October 2009, 19:02

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Originally Posted by Mcinabout

I fitted my centre console today

i think it looks good,pics are on my progress thread.

Looks spot on mate, i read your progress thread earlier, (not normally keen when the outside colour comes in, i prefer silver, looks more subtle and modern imo) but yours looks great really finishes off the the interior nicely

Would have done the speakers grilles too though if it was me

James

14th October 2009, 21:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim-Bob

Looks spot on mate, i read your progress thread earlier, (not normally keen when the outside colour comes in, i prefer silver, looks more subtle and modern imo) but yours looks great really finishes off the the interior nicely

Would have done the speakers grilles too though if it was me

James

cheers mate,,i think the speaker pods are a bit too much bu thats just my opinion and hopefully the doorcards and that are going t be done in leather after christmas so ill see what that looks like,but should be good

14th October 2009, 21:57

That sounds good Mc, will look real nice when it's all done

I'm planning on painting mine in possi blue too, the whole door card that is. Will have some pictures up this sunday on my progression thread hopefully

14th October 2009, 21:59

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Originally Posted by Ryan_

That sounds good Mc, will look real nice when it's all done

I'm planning on painting mine in possi blue too, the whole door card that is. Will have some pictures up this sunday on my progression thread hopefully

Oh right sounds good mate,shall keep an eye out for the progress

14th October 2009, 22:19

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Originally Posted by Mcinabout

cheers mate,,i think the speaker pods are a bit too much bu thats just my opinion and hopefully the doorcards and that are going t be done in leather after christmas so ill see what that looks like,but should be good

Got them done on mine, but it was like it when i got the car, just looks more complete with them done i think but its ur motor you do what you want to do

Looks great as it is though!

James

19th October 2009, 02:16

Little late but here's mine....

Not Posi blue.. Rover Blue but I prefer this colour!

19th October 2009, 02:25

Looks nice mate im thinking or doing mine but not sure on what colour to go yet.

19th October 2009, 09:41

Yeah that's look good mate. I've sprayed the side vents and am now in the process of taking apart the centre console so i can spray it. I've got all of the bits out bar the top vent, the heater power knob and the cigerette lighter, any advice as to how to get these out? Thanks.

19th October 2009, 10:28

looks nice i doin mine in possi blue it looks mint goes with the colour of the car

19th October 2009, 16:06

Honestly... I left the lighter bit in and just filled in the hole with one of those sticky-pads that you fix to the bottom of chair legs to keep them from sliding. Fitted fine.

Failing that.. Find something that's the same size as the opening, it just means that my cigarette lighter doesn't light up any more. Which doesn't really bother me at all!

The heater knob just needs a bit of force... As for the top vent.. I'm sure that just needs a little bit of a wiggle. Not 100% it's been a while!

19th October 2009, 18:05

Yeahhh finally did it, forced the knob out and the heater has 2 pins you need to remove at the back

For the cigerette lighter i just ripped up loads of masking tape and put that over it, and a big one for the opening, done the trick

Will have pics of that, the side vents and my glove box handle up on my progression thread in the next few days

19th October 2009, 21:09

posi blue y0

19th October 2009, 21:25

Looks good luke

This is mine

I rubbed down the positive and minus symbols too)

19th October 2009, 22:14

Ohhhh rubbing down the plus and minus', didn't think about that

2nd November 2009, 21:59

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Originally Posted by Ryan_

Ohhhh rubbing down the plus and minus', didn't think about that

Haha yeah i rubbed them down as it would look smoother and i thought the paint might get trapped around the minus/Positive and may have ran,but it just a small touch

2nd November 2009, 22:10

there u go
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