White on White - Complete Interior Swap

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Damn! I love the doors, I wish I had the time,money and confidence to change my interior color like that.
 
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That looks simply amazing BOSS! You did fantastic work there.

Gracias...I'm still working on it....the seats are in, carpet is cut better with double jute, dash is painted and baking...damn it's alotta work

I'm still checking on the Houston thing, not sure if it's still on bc of the impending weather but i"m trying my damndest to finishbbbbbbbbbbbb

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Man that looks awesome. All of it. Cant wait to see it all come together. Making me want to change my tan to black.. Keep it up.
 

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This has got to be one of the best mods ever! Boss, the pictures of the door panels iv'e saved and look at them every day and continue to build up the courage (and money) to do this to the caddy. Question: what made you go with sem products and not anything else? Iv'e been searching paints, dyes and stains for vinly, plastic, leather, carpet and of course the they all claim to be ''the way the truth and the light '' as far as changing the colors of these surfaces permenatly. All i can see is that as with any paint job it comes down to prep and that i love how yours is turning out. ps I want permission to use blend ratios.
 
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So I tried like hell to get this interior together but the weather didn't cooperate with me..the SEM Surecoat is a water based paint, so when it's fresh it is very sensitive to water drops. Basically I was painting right up until leaving Dallas for the Houston meet, so the fresh paint and rain scared me and I didn't bother trying to put the plastic in the truck while it was raining..

The seats look kick ass, I'll post up some pics soon when I get back to Dtown

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This has got to be one of the best mods ever! Boss, the pictures of the door panels iv'e saved and look at them every day and continue to build up the courage (and money) to do this to the caddy. Question: what made you go with sem products and not anything else? Iv'e been searching paints, dyes and stains for vinly, plastic, leather, carpet and of course the they all claim to be ''the way the truth and the light '' as far as changing the colors of these surfaces permenatly. All i can see is that as with any paint job it comes down to prep and that i love how yours is turning out. ps I want permission to use blend ratios.

SEM EVERYTHING. They are hands down the best products to work with.

By all means use the ratios...the key is the prep work. Don't skimp on the prep at all. Do everything by the book.

On the ratios, once you get the plastic painted, it will have a texture to it and feels like dust has settled on it. That (I believe anyway) is the flattner. You have to wait 2-3 days for the paint to really cure, then knock down that dusty feel with a micro-fiber towel (no other towels should touch this paint when you're done) very delicately with some Maguire's Quick Detailer as it has a high libricant type of quality to it and won't leave water spots.

Anyways I'll post up a nice how-to soon

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Will have a full album of the entire completed swapout by end of the week...here's a preview..

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i cant wait to see the whole truck!
motivation LOL
how bad does it smell like new pain inside the cabin
or is it not that bad
 
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i cant wait to see the whole truck!
motivation LOL
how bad does it smell like new pain inside the cabin
or is it not that bad

SEM Surecoat paint doesn't smell at all after about 3 hours...the truck smells brand new, especially with the leather.

HOWEVER.....the Lloyds mats have a rubber bottom that is actually a fantastic molding, but it stinks like shit for some reason...not sure how I'm going to handle that yet. I might just paint the bastards :waytogo:

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I never realized this thread was so popular...there are over 4k views, and 2k of them in the last 3 weeks.....WOW, that's amazing as hell! Motivation for me to do a really good write up for you fellas

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Damn! I love the doors, I wish I had the time,money and confidence to change my interior color like that.

You know ....I knew nothing on how to "do" this mod last year when I announced it. If you read through the history of the thread, I was even considering blasting the plastic which is really a dumb idea now that I think about it!

Now? I've got it down to a science....alot of hard work and patience but I think if I can do it, you can do it...sounds cliche but read the history of this thread, I really didn't think this would come out the way it did...it's just pure sex inside the truck now, I am always here for questions and a phone call if you want :waytogo:


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its coming along great B - cant wait for the album and the detailed write up!
 

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It looks awesome, they should have done that from the factory. I love it and would have it done to mine if I could afford it.

Damn that looks goooood! :)
 

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LOOKS GREAT!!!

I don't know how GM didn't offer this factory....Boss should join GM R&D lol
 

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