Interior pieces painted

[Charged 96 GT]

I am having all the smooth trim pieces in the dash painted to match my car(Lazer Red). I have already ordered a white overlay for the A/C controls and a shorty billet antenna. Should I go all out with the billet accesories? Any pics or comments would greatly help with this decision.

 

[mjaggy]

Uh...sorry I can't help you with your question...but painting the trim pieces in your car sounds like a rad idea. How are you getting that done and how much does it cost? Hate to bog you down with questions of my own,but I've got a Laser Red Stang too and I thought the interior could use a little sprucing up!

 

[Charged 96 GT]

Local body shop that is owned by a friend from H.S. is doing it. It is the same process as painting your side mirrors clean them very good, scuf them with sand paper, apply a bonding agent, and paint. As far as the cost I get mine done for cost of materials no labor but it should not cost very much. I also have my side mirrors painted they look great.

 

[Phoenix00GT]

I've got a bunch of the billet pieces throughout my interior and I like the way that it accents the otherwise very dull interior...the painted pieces should do that pretty well too I imagine. I have the Steeda parts, mostly because I wanted to logo in a few places, but UPR has a pretty good package deal going on their billet interior accents right now on their site if you are looking to do that.

 

[Reimann]

You can see some pics of my painted interior by looking at my CarDomain page. <a href="http://www.cardomain.com/id/manicmustangman">Click here.</a> I don't have any billet pieces though. I was afraid they would class with the silver paint job.

 

[Charged 96 GT]

Thanks guys for the input. I am going to hold off on ordering any thing else from upr today i got the white overlay for the A/C DAMAGED! I have another ? what head unit do ya'll recommend I have 2 Pioneer 12's and a 6 channel Memphis amp. I need a good one but not over the top. Thanks

 

[Phoenix00GT]

Alpine's 9835 ($550.00 MSRP) is the one I am replacing mine with once we get them into the shop...I personally think that Alpine has the best head-units on the market. If you don't go that direction I would recommend Kenwood Excelon. The biggest key is to ensure that whatever you get has 3 sets of RCA pre-outs, preferably gold plated. Beyond that you just need to look at the feature-set to see if they have what you want and that they can do what you want.

 

[Stylin Cobra]

another vote for the billet accessories. i have bought all that i can and it really goes well with my black interior and wheels (black spokes with polished lip).

 

[quik87]

i've smoothed every interior peice thats in the car...a-pillars,rear panels all of the dash is smoothed and where the ac controls were.....now resides my cd player.and i cut the part of the console that held the factory tape deck. i used fiberglass to mold it to the dash.....everything is finished just waiting for paint.

 

[Charged 96 GT]

I installed all the pieces tonight. They look great. I will try to post pics after I get the new A/C panel early next week.