have you guys completely changed colors as in from red to grey? What parts are too tough to re color and would br better of swapping?
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JordanB21
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replacing high traffic areas is usually suggested. Arm rests, center consoles, the lower dash covers because your knees hit it, so on. Those are best done as from the factory colored.
I havent put it back together but it holds up good because its the same stuff they actually do vehicle wraps with and the more the heat gets to the vinyl it softens and is able to match the texture and dimples better and better
I used SEM on all the plastic parts. Held up fine. The longer it sits, the better. I scratched parts of the quarter trims installing them, 2 days later...and about a month later I installed the coat hooks and the screw driver slipped and nothing happened. lol
I used Duplicolor vinal & fabric black paint for the arm rests. The top pad on the drivers side started to wear a little bit where I rest my elbow. Nothing major. It tooks about 3,000 miles to show through. Simply respray it and your good.
I used Duplicolor vinal & fabric black paint for the arm rests. The top pad on the drivers side started to wear a little bit where I rest my elbow. Nothing major. It tooks about 3,000 miles to show through. Simply respray it and your good.
I think you're askin me? I'm kinda lost...
Anyway.... The prep that I provided a link for... I spray it on and let it sit for couple minutes. I use lint free micro-fiber towels to clean the prep from the plastic. Some of the color will begin to come off right away. Once I have it completely free of any remaining prep, I spray it again. I let it sit for just a couple minutes again (5 to 7 tops / I watch it closely for any signs of shape changing).
Micro-fiber towels again and you will see the factory dye begin to wipe off and you'll get down to the bare molded plastic.
Use some alchohol to clean/neutralize anything left behind by the prep. Let the piece sit overnight if it was made soft by the prep.
I used VHT dye and started with a see-through coat and continued to spray that thick for subsequent coats.
that helps. i figured it might take a few coats of the prep to strip most of the old color off. Since going a full color change, i assume that would work best.
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Not ALL of the color came off of every piece. Some pieces (the ones that don't get as much abuse) I just stripped the top coats from. Car is not a DD but get driven frequently. It's been several years but there are no spots that I've noticed where the old color is coming through.
when I painted items I first used laundry detergent instead of soap, really scrubbed it, then used prep stuff, the detergent really drys out the the plastic, I felt it help "take" the paint better. The factory uses paint to make the dash grey so if its good enough for ford
Oh... and the dash needs to come completely out of the car if you want to it right. Great time to replace the heater core with an OEM replacement if you've not done that in several years.
gearheadboy
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I painted mine, both black and the gray while in the car. I had all the trim off the cluster and column anyhow, pulled the glove box and pad etc. Painted dash in car. Taped with blue tape and newspaper. I used adhesion promoter first, then SEM or VHT depending on color. What do you guys mean stripped the paint off the trim? Most of mine was molded in gray, all but the main dash, it was different gray underneath. I used wet red scotchbrite with dawn dish liquid in a bucket of warm water. I found that prep-sol would melt the paint like lacquer thinner.
gearheadboy
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Great. Turn one way full paint that, let dry, change position, paint, let dry...I even went to hobby lobby and bought a like micro detail round foam brush, a bottle of Testors gloss white, and a bottle of thinner. I thinned a cap full in a little container and painted the square and open square symbols. They look AWESOME. The trick is to thin is a bit so it flows a little. It kills the gloss some, 2 coats and it looks factory.
gearheadboy
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gearheadboy
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wow, looks great! I thought that lighter grey was titanium, but i guess i was wrong. Im going with that same color. Well done 
gearheadboy
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I used two types as seen in the small thumbnail. One is for flexible parts. I used it on the dash pad. Works great, matches the other. Titanium has a slightly tan look in comparison to this.
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