Yeah, I just started on mine today...i took off my door lock rings, and my a/t gear shift ring. sanded 'em down, put primer on em and then put white paint on there. HOWEVER...the white paint didnt stick to the primer? WTF did I do wrong? PLEASE HELP

 

there was no need to sand and no need to use primer. you can just spray the plastic if it's clean. my guess is the paint you're usind isn't compatible w/ whatever primer you used

 

do you think regular spray paint will work? cuz i've seen that "Dupli-Color" Interior Spray...i used something like that.

 

Use alcohol or any other cleaner that leaves no residue, then just spray with color of your choice. Some clear coat over the top will not hurt.

Plan it out first, and going crazy "highlighting" everything that sticks out just looks cheap.

 

cool. i didnt think of rubbing alcohol...but yeah, i have it planned out. it'll look phat. thanks dudes

 

trust me...you'll get tired of it real quick

 

Amen to that..I ask myself what was i thinking everytime i see my yellow interior. Hopefully wont be like that to long though. Im in the search for a full black leather interior.

 

 

I didnt get tired of mine. I loved it, made it better by adding different effects and shades. I repainted it every two months to keep it looking fresh. Do it right and you'll be proud of it.

 

NOT rubbing alcohol that has glycerin in it and it will leave a coat of oil. Just straight Isopropyl alcohol is what you want to use.

 

hmm...I didnt use any alcohol or anything to paint mine. I just used a paper towel to wipe off any dust.

 

 

ive got a fully black interior with leather seats every things black except the roof on the inside of the car got to my website to check it out

 

use some thing to clean it if there is any amarol or old shine adder on it the paint wont stick

 

Got it.




Make sure you feel very comfortable and like a lot whatever color you will use.

 

that would drive me insane

 

yeah, i'm not going that extreme. just a few parts

 

ain't that tha truth....had mine red and after a month, i was at the salvage yard pullin out original black peices again and now the old painted interior is in the closet....i guess i could sand it down and pain't it over wit another color.....but like some said, you'll get tired of it after a while and you'll want that all black interior again...........unless you have that doodoo brown leather color!!!

 

I have yet to get tired of mine. I just retouch the paint when ever it needs it.

 

Very Nice Nissan-R!!!! Get the shades out!! J/K

 

that doesnt look that nice, looks kinda cheep, whats with the auto meter sticker? where are the auto meter gauges

 

How about this?

 

 

DaBoxSe's pic doesnt look too bad at all, it actually looks quite good. wont do it to my interior thought, i have black leather and stock wood inserts, so silver doesnt really go :P

 

 

 

 

I did mine body color a while ago, but now that Ive gotten the car painted it looks like ****, but I had my gauge bezel painted with the car (pearl and clear too) and it looks great, so Im gonna have the body shop smooth the dash pieces that have that pattern on them and get the rest of the pieces (what the bigger dash kits ussualy cover) painted body color too, when its done it will look like the exterior finish all smooth and sleek looking. Im also gonna get the door inserts fiberglassed and painted body color.

 

I am trying to decide what I'm going to do with the interior of my current car. I loved the silver im my last car, but it was high maintinence and I need to do something different in this car. I have already painted it dark grey, but its too dark. I think I'm do something different with the paint and then add some carbon fiber parts to it. We'll see when It gets warmer.

 

Jason, are you talkin about door sills? or an insert that goes on the door itself...where it's carpeted?

 

the leather insert, I probably wouldnt do the carpet part.

 

here's my old interior..had some stuff on the doors painted too

 

ohh, right above where the arm rest is...i see

 

That's what I'm doing to my Dodge right now. Taking all of the interior trim that I want done out so that the shop can paint it for me. I would do it myself, but it's too cold and I don't have a heated place to do it at and want it done before spring .

 

are yo having them smooth the surface out? or is already smooth, and I would to it myself also but I dont think I could do the pearl real well.

 

The interior is smooth, not rough like in our Maximas. You could do the pearl just fine, I did it on my Maxima. It's just like the base coats except for the sanding. You have to wet sand in a very small cross-hatch pattern with an extremely smooth grit sandpaper.

If you have a gun, compressor, and the paint then you're in business (assuming you have a good place to do it ie: VERY clean environment/ heated area/ proper hood ventalation and respirators - you know the drill ).

 

I did mine. Not everything though. Just a couple things here and there. Pics are on page 3,4,and 5 on my cardomain site.

 

chris...you were right - i got tired of it SO fast, (on my gear shift ring) now i'm attempting to take the paint off w/ acetone... and it wont come off!

 

, buy liquid sand paper it will melt the paint righ off.. but then it starts eating into the stock color.. but it works..

 

best thing to do is to replace the parts you painted