Re-doing interior. Paint or Dye?

The Green GT · Nov 10, 2006

I know the dye will last longer, but Ive also heard thats it really hard to work with. Does anyone have any experience with either one of them? Mainly the dye.

EDIT: and what will match the black already in my car best?

Adam95GT · Nov 10, 2006

well ive done painting... a full interior actually... it was a pain in the ass... taped off the windows and everything and left the dash in the car... the problem with painting is you will be finding paint for the rest of your life... i really couldnt tell you how red paint made it from my garage to the basement... the AC filter for the house was red too... painting is a pain in the ass...and if your not to careful you are always doing touch ups... i say you just go pull an all black interior and swap it out... that would look best.... i think all black looks clean....
My interior for reference...

ProKiller · Nov 10, 2006

dye is going to give you better results IMO. Best though would be like adam said, swap it

The Green GT · Nov 10, 2006

Adam95GT said:
i really couldnt tell you how red paint made it from my garage to the basement... the AC filter for the house was red too... painting is a pain in the ass..

GoodGod how close were you to the house?

I would love to pull an all black interior, but thats way to expensive for me.

Anyone know how hard it is to pull the dash and whats involved? Maybe a walkthrough.

Kornnut · Nov 10, 2006

Use the SEM paint. Also use an adhesion promoter that helps alot.

Adam95GT · Nov 10, 2006

adhesion promoter didnt help that much on the probe... it just made things messy

urban96 · Nov 10, 2006

50resto sells a spray on dye

Blackened302 · Nov 10, 2006

take everything that you can take out out of the car and spray lots of thin coats.

replace things with original OEM black parts that go through the most wear--steering wheel, door sills, kick panels, door handles (the handles that actually open the doors).

i spent about $200 converting my interior to black, including a black leather-wrapped steering wheel off a 98 cobra, door sills, door handles, 01-04 center console, black arm rest for console, a 98 cobra black leather shift boot, and all the paint/supplies.

trav_19 · Nov 10, 2006

The Green GT said:
GoodGod how close were you to the house?

I would love to pull an all black interior, but thats way to expensive for me.

Anyone know how hard it is to pull the dash and whats involved? Maybe a walkthrough.

What color is your interior right now? tan?

The Green GT · Nov 10, 2006

trav_19 said:
What color is your interior right now? tan?

Tan and black

Anyone know about how many cans Ill need to spray the car?

diablostang · Nov 10, 2006

Adam95GT said:
adhesion promoter didnt help that much on the probe... it just made things messy

It sounds like you need to learn how to paint correctly.. I painted my complete interior in my car. I removed all peices I could, but sprayed the dash inside the car. No mess, no paint where it shouldn't have been...

As far as paint or dye Green GT, dye it if you can. That should be a little sturdier I believe.

The Green GT · Nov 10, 2006

I ordered 4 cans od the dye from 50resto.com

That should do me pretty good. Ill worry about the dash and door panels first, then Ill tackle the back. I should have enough paint for it all. Hopefully. It was like $50 for 4 cans of that ****.

turbogt · Nov 11, 2006

Kornnut said:
Use the SEM paint. Also use an adhesion promoter that helps alot.

+1

95Vert · Nov 11, 2006

Punisher302 said:
take everything that you can take out out of the car and spray lots of thin coats.

replace things with original OEM black parts that go through the most wear--steering wheel, door sills, kick panels, door handles (the handles that actually open the doors).

i spent about $200 converting my interior to black, including a black leather-wrapped steering wheel off a 98 cobra, door sills, door handles, 01-04 center console, black arm rest for console, a 98 cobra black leather shift boot, and all the paint/supplies.

You forgot to mention the seats, queer!!

Blackened302 · Nov 11, 2006

95Vert said:
You forgot to mention the seats, queer!!

hehehehe, yeah--the nice, comfortable black seats.

how do you like your tan one???

95Vert · Nov 11, 2006

lol, not funny queer. I'm gonna get you drunk tonight and let "el chango maniaco" take care of you.

ghetto5oh · Nov 11, 2006

i had the black/ tan interior and painted it, now im regreting it because any little scratch will show up tanned, i have to retouch it almost weekly so it can look decent

The Green GT · Nov 11, 2006

ghetto5oh said:
i had the black/ tan interior and painted it, now im regreting it because any little scratch will show up tanned, i have to retouch it almost weekly so it can look decent

Thats why Im going with the dye. Hopefully it wont scratch like that. I think Ill do something replaceble like the door panels, ride it out for a week or so and see how it holds up.

1TallMF · Nov 11, 2006

Subscribing...

one way or another, I'm re-doing my interior this spring. I've got the same tan/black, and was thinking of just resoring it, but I was also toying with the idea of going all black. I wanna see how your turns out first

Adam95GT · Nov 12, 2006

just save your cash and slowly swap parts over... buy a wrecked parts car or something

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