White on White - Complete Interior Swap

[BOSS]

my grilles got scratched easily especially the back doors you think if I sandblasted them it would help keep the paint on them?

Definitely will help to blast em, you should take em somewhere unless you have a pretty powerful compressor to do it. Blasting requires some good compressor strength.

Paint doesn't stick well to old paint. Plus, if you use almost any adhesion promoter on old paint, the promoter can eat into the old paint depending on what type it is. It will definitely eat SEM Surecoat like it was water to sugar.

back doors look sexy!

Thanks

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[BOSS]

Let me just say, if anyone is thinking of doing this be prepared to have a ton of patience... LOL!!

B

 

[nytahoe]

dont know yet they are boxe up and waiting to go back in the car, car has to be painted 1st, hope by the summer its on the road ripping shit uppp

 

[BOSS]

Haven't been feeling well lately, home sick from work even...not sure if I can get to do anything today

Baby and I both have bad allergies ugh


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[skyhighsami]

I saw that yall are having a Houston truck meet. I will be in Houston for TX2k10 during that time frame and I will be in my freshly bagged dually. PM me your number and I will call you when we are out there and try and get up to see what is going on.

 

[BOSS]

I saw that yall are having a Houston truck meet. I will be in Houston for TX2k10 during that time frame and I will be in my freshly bagged dually. PM me your number and I will call you when we are out there and try and get up to see what is going on.

Hey bro, I will send out a mass email tomorrow for this meetup. We are going to stop somewhere in Houston on our way from Austin before heading out to the park so we can all meet each other

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[BOSS]

So I was wrong, you 'can' paint the grab handles


Here's one of the pics that will become part of the write up, it shows how the top layer of wax buildup, years of Armor-All, chemicals and mold-release chemicals have been removed from the plastic to prepare for paint. You can see I only prepped half the piece in this photo....the plastic itself is dulled out, but it's not sanded even thought it looks that way:



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[thehoe92]

so how about I send you my interior and you paint it for me

how did you do the handles?
I wrapped my b-pillar in black vinyl and have a tan handle still, there is NO way I'm wrapping it in vinyl

 

[BOSS]

so how about I send you my interior and you paint it for me

how did you do the handles?
I wrapped my b-pillar in black vinyl and have a tan handle still, there is NO way I'm wrapping it in vinyl

Ya you really can't wrap it in vinyl unless you do sections and stitches, these pieces are heat molded onto the handles with factory vinyl...you have to have some high end equipment that most interior shops dont have.

On the handles there are a couple screws under the plastic pillar piece that hold it on


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[nytahoe]

are you done yet i want to c it done

 

[BOSS]

are you done yet i want to c it done

It's probably like 14 days out LOL! That's the day of the truck meet.... *fingers crossed

I did pop off my 3rd brake light and install the LED version to match my tails:


Also picked up a few exterior pieces that I'm having to modify and paint...not gunna post those up just yet
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[nytahoe]

nice wishd ppl by me did this stuff i would b all over helpin ppl out. gl on the count down

 

[BOSS]

nice wishd ppl by me did this stuff i would b all over helpin ppl out. gl on the count down

Hyell ya, I seriously wished Jeff and I lived in the same town..we knock shit out man

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[solefood21]

I've been lurking here for a little while and like what I see! I have a question: Is the SEM paint you're using out of a can or is it mixed? I thought SEM was only rattle can but your post mentioning the matte mix is what has me thinking...

Can't wait to see more!

 

[BOSS]

I've been lurking here for a little while and like what I see! I have a question: Is the SEM paint you're using out of a can or is it mixed? I thought SEM was only rattle can but your post mentioning the matte mix is what has me thinking...

Can't wait to see more!

Hey bro, the SEM paint is pre-mixed to the color you pick and comes in quarts, pints and gallons. You can order flattner to remove the sheen from the paint, and test the different concentrations that fit the look you want. I personally went with straight black toner, then added 30% flattner to get a semi-matte look.

Once you add your flat, you have to shake the paint - I take mine to HomeDepot for every major spray session, then shake it every time I pour paint out. (Flattner doesn't suspend in the paint so it easily floats) I also added some reducer to be able to spray it, and then added cross linker so the paint holds up against abrasions and chemicals. (AS best it can anyway...so far I'm impressed)

You can contact the guys at vinylpro.com and they are very helpful

In order to do this, you're going to need a pretty good size compressor and a paint gun, and I highly recommend a temp paint boot..the atomized spray has even gotten through my setup and I thought it was pretty damn tight!

Don't forget to get filters for when you pour the paint into the gun's cup, it will keep the fine dust and other contaminants out of the gun. The guys at vinylpro recommend HVLP guns (high volume low pressure) but I oversprayed too much with that one. SO even though a non-HVLP can waste more paint by spraying at a higher psi, I had the best success with the non-HVLP gun. (And they're cheaper too)

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[BOSS]

So the doors are coming together now. Speaker grills were prepped after blasting them and I finally painted them. Should have the arm rests done by middle of the week, really looking forward to the final product! Gunna put on the chrome door handles today after I finish the final plastic pieces for the headliner and install that big basterrrd!



I wanted to put this pic up because it shows the vinyl wrap on the door handle inserts. I figured it would get scratched to hell if I painted em, so I sprayed a door and went down to a local interior shop to pick out some matching vinyl. It took me almost 1.5hrs to decide on the vinyl to match the matte black..


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[nytahoe]

looks good keep it up

 

[Modded]

I'm in anticipation to see final pics!! Those painted doors above look HOT, you're gonna have the hottest interior of all NBS models when its all done.

 

[Effeckt]

Those doors look great Boss. I can't wait to see the final product.

 

[Narco]

my speaker grills scratch VERY easy too...not looking fwd to takeing the panels off to repaint them