i did this a couple of weeks ago but been lazy about posting it up and it still needs another coat but as i said. im lazy lol. here are some pics of how it looked before with an ugly aluminum aftermarket trim. this is not a real write up but the pics say it all if you want to do it.

i used satin black krylon fusion paint. this stuff works magic im even thinking about painting my grill with it. well i bassically pulled of the trim with pliers, used goo gone to soften the glue and factory paint job (the factory paint turns into mush after all those years). then used an sos brillo pad and some fine sand paper to smooth it all and painted it.

edit: exactly what i didnt want to happen happened scattered pics. keep scrolling down for the rest theres a bunch more.
before:





After:

 

i dont see any pics

 

Looks great! JK I can't see ****.

 

like he said he was lazy lol

 

 

I could never do this to my wood grain <3

 

i could paint my woodgrain in a SECOND but id rather trade it for the SE trim...any takers LOL ...sorry for threadjacking but you got no pics to prove your point so i might as well make some use of this thread HAHA

 

sorry guys major malfunction with the pic sizes i cant resize these suckers, i would wait to post after i resize but im afraid one of you guys will murder me in my sleep. lol

 

Looks good. I did the same in my maxima.

NOW...paint the trim around the gauge bezel

 

also i broke the center vent taking it apart

 

heres a couple pics in progress and 1 of my car(ok maybe 2):

 

are you talking about the speedo cluster?

 

looks great.
i can also vouch for krylon fusion. ideal for plastics

 

Yeah.

I painted mine inside and out

 

I know everyone loves pics so heres a couple more

 

o that looks good my little brother told me to also, but i dont know what color considering its already black?

 

Looks good black. Would this type of paint work on the grill, Im thinking bout painting mine

 

I'm guessing it would since the grill is plastic. I'm going to do it and post some pics

 

What did you use to fix then vent? I sanded my vent but after I painted it there were grooves in it. Even though the plastic was smooth before painting the paint or something ate away the plastic. Can you fix this with bondo or is there something better for plastic?

 

can you guys tell how the parts come off....don't want to break anything. I need to paint my trim also. the paint on all my trim has turn to mush. Thanks

 

Looks much better

 

Good Job looks just my console (black stock).

 

A word of warning about that Krylon paint: it chips REALLY easily. You might want to clear coat (Tremclad etc.) the console pieces in the future to prevent the paint chipping and looking bad.

I used the gloss black version of the same Krylon paint to paint my OEM bumper's grill last summer. The paint goes on well and looks good; just make sure you clear over it if you use it to paint your grill because it WILL chip like crazy.

 

Looks real good!!

 

sorry to bring back an old thread, but I was wondering how you disconnected the vents from the vent housing before painting the housing... I've been trying to seperate the two, but with no luck.

 

looks good ... may be some clear coat?

 

Looks good bud

 

Clean work, nice job!
Looks like that crack took a lot of time to repair....looks very good though.

 

looks really good thinking about doing same for my I35

 

Thanks for sharing, I will definitely be trying this out!

 

OP, that looks world's better- GJ!

 

from 2010.....sweet bump Kayla.....

Does look good though.