my factory wood trim on my 98 maxima is starting to fall off....im planning on takin off all the wood and either paint my dash ( http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...howpage&pid=55 )......or buy an aluminum dash kit off ebay.....what do u guys think

 

IMO get the aluminum dash kit. cuz i'm too lazy to take off each interior component, paint them, wait, dry, and put them back on.

 

I just painted mine, and it looks sweet, I'll post pics latro.

Its easy, and cheap. about 9 dollars.
Everything pops out and you can un click all the buttons and trim easily.
Painting is where you want to spend the most time.

about 2 hours then 45 minutes drying time.


If you have to use tape to mask off parts you can't get out.

If you have the manual climate control, mask it with tape and paint it. Don't get lazy, cuz you have to live with it.

 

how hard is it to take the dash pieces out? im worried bout breaking something and not being able to put it back in place if i break a bracket or somethnig

 

I would paint. Just please please please take your time. If you dont, you will hate it.

 

aluminum dash kit would look better than it painted. you could never get that brushed aluminum look (or anything that nice) through paint IMO. even if you want a weird color, you can get a custom dash kit that looks far nicer than painting it. redlinemax.com has a whole section of custom kits

 

i agree...go with the aluminum kit or the custom kits on the site listed above. It will definitely look better IMO

 

you can even get real cf (or opt for fake) it would just look better than a coat of paint on a stock dash

 

bah...if u want to go for a more personalized look, do the paint... all my friends did it and some even added texture effects and such, if you spend alot of time on it you can make it look like nothing anyone else has on their max. I'm about to rip out the dash on my 95 SE, is there something I have to do to get the panels out without damaging them? or do they jus come out untouched?

 

I would paint it if ur interior is black but if it's tan i would do the CF kit.