Painted My Interior To Match!

[2DR4EVR]

Looks pretty sharp. What did you use to paint your plastics with? I'm in beginning process of redoing my interior. I'm looking at doing a KatSkinz leather package, but I want to change the plastic from Grey to a black or dark graphite. They guy at the shop says don't do it because it will peel.

Personally I think he's just lazy after looking at his reaction when I told him what I wanted to do. Problem is if I keep the plastic grey this throws my whole concept out the window because it looks aged and won't match the seats very well.

Any pointers? If I do it myself it will save me a ton of coin.

 

[Brandon X]

It won't peel if it's done right. All I used was some rattlecan primer, gloss and spray paint for plastic. Cheap as hell but looks awesome and works great.

First I sanded everything down really good, washed it, then sprayed 1 coat of primer. Then hit it with 2 coats of white, then a coat of gloss. Really simple, just takes some time and patience. Make sure you wait atleast 15 minutes between each coat, and I let mine dry over night after the final coat.

 

[foreverfalcon40]

Grey and White? Work is Primo though.

 

[drifter666]

That's nice man, one question, how were you able to not paint the little symbols on the HVAC controls and headlight switch?

 

[Brandon X]

That's nice man, one question, how were you able to not paint the little symbols on the HVAC controls and headlight switch?

Those are white overlays I bought off eBay. Also have white overlays for my gauges but haven't gotten around to putting them on.

 

[95slowhoe]

Sweet i like it. I wonder if i did mine in black if it would look decent bc my exterior is black and tan interior.

 

[Brandon X]

Go for it! Black & tan is a good combo.

 

[95slowhoe]

I might this weekend and will post before and after pics. What grit sand paper did you use? And did you sand out the textured part of the plastic?

 

[Brandon X]

I sanded everything using 100 grit I think. I can't really remember. Might want to read some of the other threads on here where people painted there interior. I think some wet sanded and did some other stuff. I just sanded with a really rough grit and then primered and painted.

 

[REAL TEXAS TAHOE]

Looks Good. It stands out