painted interior parts

[tybardy]

I thought there were a few dudes with painted interior parts on their trucks. I cant remember though.


I am going through mod withdrawl and I like projects. I want to paint something.

Anyone painted their interior and have pics? Maybe some prep tips? Product tips? And tips so I can do a project and maybe even a write up...

I need my fix GD it but Im too poor to buy something ultra sweet

 

[dropmech]

Please, if you decide to paint your interior, please please please don't go crazy. So many people make their interiors look so tacky when they paint them. It reminds me of people who go and buy a flame sticker and put it on their car just because they had $5 in their pocket.

 

[tybardy]

Well, you know that the interior is mildly two toned as it stand right?

I want to paint the top (darker color) black throughout and paint the bottom (lighter color) a dark grey color. I just HATE the tan interior color and would love to get things darker inside

 

[tahoe7689]

I would love to do that too, I am just afraid it will look like crap

 

[Young28]

If you plan on painting your dash i would watch out for black. The only thing that sucks about painted dashes is the reflection. I have windshield tint so it helps. My dash is painted a gray like the interior, and from the airbag down is painted black

 

[tybardy]

hmmmmm.... There has got to be a paint that is super flat. I live in AZ so sunlight is frequent and often blinding. Reflection is not an option

 

[Narco]

suede?

 

[tybardy]

pictures?

 

[BOSS]

I cant give away any pictures yet but painting interior is no easy task if you want to do it correctly...it's taken me several pints of dark greys and blacks to get the color JUST right. I've gone through 200mL of spraying paint and 60mL of flat to get the color I wanted...if you want to get accuracy, you can't just mix up 10mL of paint as the room for error is much higher and each color mix will come out just slightly different from the previous.

Not to mention, removing the top layer of mold release agents and years of garbage is ridiculously tedious. (It's like removing shalack coating from wood with Acetone if you've ever done that before) I'm not trying to discourage you but moreso trying to give you an idea of what you are up against. Painting a couple smaller pieces is one thing, but if you are going to do the dash and some larger pieces be ready!

The dash is painted plastic, while 90% if not all the remaining tan interior pieces on the Tahoe's are molded plastic - so the color of the plastic itself is tan.


B O S S

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hmmmmm.... There has got to be a paint that is super flat. I live in AZ so sunlight is frequent and often blinding. Reflection is not an option

Let me know if you have any questions. For flat black, I'm using a 30% mix of flat with just the straight black surecoat toner from SEM. It's not really flat, it's more of a muted black with no glare.


B

 

[laydouthoe]

I fiberglassed and painted the dash in my s10. I used a flatning agent in the clear. It has some gloss but not a lot of glare. The dark spot you see is something on the windshield.

 

[jomulk56]

I watched an episode of Gearz on Speed TV the other day where he painted some interior parts. He cleaned it with TSP (tri-sodium phosphate) then wiped it down with grease & wax remover. I know SEM and Duplicolor make spray paint just for interior pieces.

 

[BlackDenali]

I believe Brndns_hoe painted his interior plastic black and did suede accents on the doors

 

[brndns_hoe]

yessir, pics are in my album. actually i was trying to find the how to on the suede door panels for someone, but i can't ever find the thread I want

 

[kickitandholdit]

Please, if you decide to paint your interior, please please please don't go crazy. So many people make their interiors look so tacky when they paint them. It reminds me of people who go and buy a flame sticker and put it on their car just because they had $5 in their pocket.

agreed keep it simple i had a friend with a white truck that painted all the pop out stuff in his interior air vents dash trim ect and he went crazy and now his interior looks tacky as hell and to get all new parts is expensive.. ooks kinda like a cow or something.

 

[BOSS]

agreed keep it simple i had a friend with a white truck that painted all the pop out stuff in his interior air vents dash trim ect and he went crazy and now his interior looks tacky as hell and to get all new parts is expensive.. ooks kinda like a cow or something.

Funny.....I saved myself from doing JUST that. I was originally going to do white leather inserts on the door panels to match the white leather seats...welll...I got to putting everything down with the paint, got the carpet in and headliner completed. Once I started visualizing it with 75% of the pieces done side by side, I realized how effn tacky the white trim pieces and white leather dash grab handle would look.

Thank god I figured it out before I did that....god bless the imagination LOL!

B

 

[kickitandholdit]

Funny.....I saved myself from doing JUST that. I was originally going to do white leather inserts on the door panels to match the white leather seats...welll...I got to putting everything down with the paint, got the carpet it and headliner completed. Once I started visualizing it with 75% of the pieces done side by side, I realized how effn tacky the white trim pieces and white leather dash grab handle would look.

Thank god I figured it out before I did that....god bless the imagination LOL!

B

haha i hear ya!

 

[fatnlowtahoe504]

all ive done was this soo far, as far as painting interior parts go..