How to: Dye Plastics/Take apart overhead console

[Timmy]

ok. first, you don't wanna dye your lights, so you gotta take them out.

take a razor blade knife or something sharp and cut the mushroom tops (circled in red) between the black and the top.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/amest33/overheadconsole.jpg

then do the same thing for the pocket, again, circled in red in the above picture.

those will just pop out and.

go into the kitchen, shop, etc. and find a bottle of dawn dish detergent.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/amest33/dawn.jpg

wash it really good and then dry it.

take it outside and use your dye. i chose the duplicolor for now.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/amest33/can_vinyl.jpg

the color i chose is charcoal.

i put a couple of light coats and a couple of heavy coats after that and it turned out really good.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/amest33/P1010081.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/amest33/P1010082.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/amest33/P1010083.jpg

this works with any plastics and matches the 03+ charcoal.

to reassemble, you can use some SMALL screws with washers
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/amest33/P1010086.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/amest33/P1010087.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/amest33/P1010088.jpg

[Sepiroth]

Hmmmm, reminds me of an episode of Unique Whips.

Remy used rattle cans to paint an entire dash. IIRC, it started to flake almost immediately.

Im not typing that will be the case with your stuff.

[Timmy]

i only did the OH console and everything on the headliner. it's been in my truck for 3 months and all is fine.

actually, i have an escalade console that i dyed and i tested the dye with my key and it didn't scrape off after 2 months.

[3blackchevys]

Hmmmm, reminds me of an episode of Unique Whips.

Remy used rattle cans to paint an entire dash. IIRC, it started to flake almost immediately.

Im not typing that will be the case with your stuff.

was that the blue escalade?

[Rollin Thunder]

how did you get that out. I need to remove mine to run a new CB antenna wire. I want to move my CB up there.

[Timmy]

one screw in the back (towards the windshield) and then two clips in the front.

[tast101]

one screw in the back (towards the windshield) and then two clips in the front.

Exactly, MY sub rattled it loose one day, was funny I was driving and bam it flopped down on me.

[Rollin Thunder]

NOW WTF. I have a sub at 1000W and nothing like that ever happens to me.

[Timmy]

me either. haha.

but i think it was already loose or something.

[MikeTheApeman]

Here's a question for you - once you pop the caps off to remove the "guts", how are you getting everything to stay in place when reassembling?

[Timmy]

oh wow. just realized i didn't post that.

i found some SMALL screws with washers and where i clipped the mushroom caps off, i just screwed it back togethed.

[Rollin Thunder]

write up threads> timmy.

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well im going to sign off and go try it. Im curious to see if I can mount my CB up there.

[Timmy]

write up threads> timmy.

---------- Post added at 09:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:50 PM ----------

well im going to sign off and go try it. Im curious to see if I can mount my CB up there.

it was in the other thread, just didn't copy it over. lemme know if it works

[HitandRunDriver]

Thats legit, i was actually looking to do the same, i have the exact same color on my dash trim and a few other pieces to accent it, one year and no flaking problems at all

[Rollin Thunder]

I got the cb hooked up (for the most part) I need to run the CB wire, but im going to either have to drop the head liner, Or move the antenna to the front (most likely what im doing), but it fits in there great. I used self tappers to put the stuff back in there.

[Timmy]

I got the cb hooked up (for the most part) I need to run the CB wire, but im going to either have to drop the head liner, Or move the antenna to the front (most likely what im doing), but it fits in there great. I used self tappers to put the stuff back in there.

good deal

[lilsolo68]

Exactly, MY sub rattled it loose one day, was funny I was driving and bam it flopped down on me.


this happend to me when i first hooked up my 2 15" L7's. except it was the front overhead that rattled loose and i actually caught this before it fell. that screw was a pain to get back in there.

[Timmy]

this happend to me when i first hooked up my 2 15" L7's. except it was the front overhead that rattled loose and i actually caught this before it fell. that screw was a pain to get back in there.

that it is, my friend, that it is

[J-Will]

i have 2 15" L7s pushed by 2000 watts and i had the same problem. the screw came loose and surprise! movin down the highway bumpin away and my overhead panel for by the windshield fell on my drink. scared the hell out of me!
i think ima try doing my plastics in a diff color. hope it doesnt flake