im going crazy with this half brown and half black interior I have...I have NO IDEA how to take out the main front dash, airbags, etc... Knowing me Id screw it all up trying to put a black dash in...and im pretty sure I dont wanna paint it, I think it will come out to ricey if I did that...Ive heard through the grapevine that EUROMAX???, im not sure what his name is but, Ive heard that he dyed his dash and other pieces white...ive seen pics and it looks amazing...anyone have any experience with this?...where to get it, how it works ?... maybe how to get intouch with Euromax? ...THANK you for any info ... Rick

 

dude the dash is simple to take off......
1) snap off very top plastic piece that holds 2 air vents
2) snap off the shifter trim
3) Ash tray or w/e it is is connected by 1 screw...take it out and slides out
4) there are 4 screws holding the middle dash piece on there...2 up top and 2 down bottom
and YURR dunn

 

rome06 thank you very much for the info.... ... its that easy to take off the dash?...im not talking about the radio/heater-ac/ashtray section ... im talking about the WHOLE main dash/passenger airbag thing .... ?

 

My dash is a nasty looking beige color. Can i paint it black to make it look like everyone elses?

 

no you cant paint it black .........

 

oh shytt thatttt dash lol ahaha umm damn i dont kno i havent fooled with that yet but im sure its easy just takes a few minutes to look at it and unscrew some screws and go slow and easy and u shud have it out in no time

 

get an FSM it should have all the bolt in points on the dashboard and possibly a step by step on removal.

 

how are u trying to dye this??

 

Proffesional interior places dye the dashes so this isnt a bad choice at all. It's actually on my to-do list. But, buy a Haynes repair manual and your good. Just follow the directions.

 

my dash is a dupont vynal paint. its not a dye, I completely removed all my interior and had a bodyshop spray the pieces with this paint. It comes in quarts. as far as my carpet, and seats and headliner, I used the SEM carpet vynal spray paint in cans, but that has since faded a bit.

 

Could that SEM carpet spray work on visors? Where did you get it from?

 

got it from a paint supply store

 

Im actually getting my dash trim done brown. I dont like the black either. I improved the look alittle by making my shift boots brown w/ beige stitching, instead of the ebrake being brown and the shifter being black. Check out my page for a few pics..

 

whats an FSM ? .... I have a haynes manual, I guess ill have to go through it more thoroughly

 

Hey Euromaxima your car is sick, im very jealous, thanks for jumping in the post..... thanks guys for all the input....im thinking ill just take out and replace the dash with a black one....anyone do this?..maybe someone who did this could tell me the basic procedures and how long it took them to take out the dash and put another one in..id even paypal someone MONEY just for some basic procedures ... thanks, Rick

 

bummmmmpin it..

 

dash removal instructions are in the Haynes manual. It's over about 3 pages in the Body section of it. It doesn't look particularly difficult, just tedious. Not really "friends and beer" kind of work, more like "ziplock baggies, masking tape, and sharpie marker" kind of work.

I'm painting mine black. It's been about halfway done for a few months now. School has just caught up with me and I haven't had a chance to finish it. What I have done so far has been with the dash in the car. I want to actually take the dash out so I can do a better job and finish it right.

Pics so far:

 

hey bullfrog I never got to say thanks for sending me those pics a while back....that looks awesome!!!!!!!! ... I thought that you put in a black dash from another maxima and then I realized that you painted it...it looks amazing, like its stock........why do you want to redo it?, maybe the pic dosent reveal any imperfections ..... anyway, it looks great ........... yea you are right I just found dash removal in the Haynes.....what did you paint it with?, any sanding?..is there any fading?

 

Its just Krylon Interior-Exterior paint, Semi-Flat. It is very durable; no fading either, although its just been a few months. I want to recover what I have already done and get around the edges that weren't done perfect before when I did it in the car and get the rest of it finished. I also want to give it a few more coats. I'm just a perfectionist and being **** probably.