Painting door panels?

Jaym14

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Has anyone here painted their door panels successfully? If so what paint and prep work should I use/do? I'd really like a new set but I'm not too keen on dropping 400$ for a set. I'd like to paint them black and install black carpet along the bottom (map pocket area), new black arm rests, and new black speaker panels. Any advice greatly appreciated!!

Here's how they currently look...

 

Jaym14

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no one??

 

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eightyfivefox

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I've painted some before wasint worth it at all good thing they were junk u can prob pick up a mint used set with everything for about 125 that's what I usualy sell them for

 

Boosted92LX

It's only an inch or two. What's the big deal?

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I've tried to paint interior parts and it looks good until the paint comes off. Then it looks really, really bad. Check craigslist.

 

Jaym14

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hmm I kinda figured it wasnt the best idea.. I suppose I'll hunt for a deal on used ones... Thanks for the input..

 

1991notchbackLX

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Jay, I think if you hit those with a solution of Simple Green and water and then shampooed the carpeted sections, you might change your mind and keep them. They just look a little dirty to me.

Anyway, I scored a mint black set of door panels on ebay for $200 when I was building my '91, so deals are out there. If it comes down to it, SEM products are the only way to go to paint/dye interior parts. It's all in the prep too.

 

Jaym14

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1991notchbackLX said:

Jay, I think if you hit those with a solution of Simple Green and water and then shampooed the carpeted sections, you might change your mind and keep them. They just look a little dirty to me.

Anyway, I scored a mint black set of door panels on ebay for $200 when I was building my '91, so deals are out there. If it comes down to it, SEM products are the only way to go to paint/dye interior parts. It's all in the prep too.

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The cleaning and shampooing was going to be my next step before I decide what to do... the door panels aren't too bad.. maybe a little warped and they need new armrests and speaker covers for sure.. they definitely can clean up with some tlc...

I kinda wanted to go black though.. thats why I was looking to paint but perhaps I'll just clean em up and stick with them for now...

I'm planning on pulling them soon and installing new lock actuators and window motors also...

 

stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.

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I like spraying to spruce up some faded parts, but a total color change only looks good till the paint dries. after that it tends to scratch and flake off.

Have you cleaned the originals yet? if you can get the vinyl clean you can make your own black inserts to go over the tweed and carpet portions.