Airbag question?

[BigSkySN95]

I just purchased my first Mustang, a '95, from an insurance auction and the airbags were deployed. My wife told me I had to replace them so I purchased a set off of ebay and the seller failed to tell me they had been painted black and the paint was chipping off to reveal the grey underneath. I got the airbags for the right price but now I'm trying to decide if I should try and dye them or search for new black covers which don't seem to be readily available. Any suggestions?

 

[5.0 from 95]

Just clean them up real good and get some paint from a place like 50resto and they should be like new.


Paul

 

[BigSkySN95]

I'm thinking that will be the quickest method but I was worried about re-painting because the existing paint is peeling and when I did some searches on here people were saying to dye the vinyl instead of paint because it will last longer.

 

[The Green GT]

Get a good cleaner and scrub it with a nylon bristle brush. There is this stuff called Krud Kutter that would be perfect. I scrubbed my interior with that, then wiped it with denatured alcohol when I painted my interior.

And use this.

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/iwwida.pvx?;item?item_no=MET-F 1&comp=LRS

Get the vinyl. The vinyl matches the factory black 100%, the laquer is off.

 

[BigSkySN95]

How has it held up? I just don't want to have to re-do this yearly. Luckily it isn't in a high wear area.

 

[The Green GT]

Holding up pretty good. I scratched the steering wheel air bag cover putting some stuff in the car. It will scratch, but not from normal stuff. The rest of the dash is fine.

 

[go-stang5.0]

Too late now but I would have recommended getting a nice MOMO wheel and an airbag delete cover for the pass. side. THen again I do have a 4-pt harness so the bags arent nescessary for me.

Anyways i bet the dye would last a lot longer since it penetrates into the vinyl. However it will be messy to do.

 

[BigSkySN95]

That's what I would have done if I didn't have my wife telling me to put the bags back in it. I can't complain since she let me buy it and she doesn't care about the mods I've already ordered.