is that tan or silver???? anyhow it looks pretty cool... did you paint it your self or what? If i do that i would fill over that dumb clock that seems to never work....

 

Satin silver...Yes painted it myself, my clock works fine..

 

i would have used a darker (more gunmetal) paint color, but the fact that you painted the shifter cover makes it 10x better than people that leave the shifter cover black.

 

It looks much better in person, the camera kinda exaggerates the "silver " effect..I want some white face gauges now..

 

nicely done

i see that switch is on power...


what are the expected hp gains?

 

100hp..

seriously though, i keep it on power to lessen slip=tranny lasts longer..

 

Haha, nice. I remember when this was all the rage back in the day. I had my original ricey blue VE auto painted the same way but it was white. I even painted the plastic on the doors and the glove box handle. Had a big wing too

 

I keep mine on comfort in the city and power on the highway..i guess im doing it wrong..

and because i need motor mounts, it shifts pretty hard so thats the main reason i keep it on comfort..lessens the shock.

but back on topic -
looks good mang i wonder what else i planned for it

 

Heh, i seen a thread a few weeks ago with matt's interior pics, he had his dash parts painted silver, i thought....hmmmmmm, looks pretty good!

I wanted to freshen up the interior a little, ya know, some different scenery i might paint the door thingy's too

 

i never much cared for matt's interior, but given a) his contributions to the 3G community and b) the level of custom stuff he's made for his car and others, he can do any damn thing to his interior he feels like!

i actually might see how i like it with my spare dash pieces off the parts car... to paint them sort of a gunmetal color cuz i have the same color dash and everything. still gonna keep the black leather shfiter boot, but i would paint the plastic trim ring around it.

oh and if you do the white face gauges definitely get a set of those super-sexy chrome rings that Pearl93ve has.

 

Looks perty good!

 

I didn't do it for you guys, i done it for me. I could care less who likes it, and who don't like it, just thought i would share my work/ideas with the 3rd gen guys.




Actually, i don't care much for the chrome rings.. but I'm definitely gonna look for some se gauges..

 

Not too bad for a DIY!
(Holy crap, it's been awhile since I've been on here!)

 

there's probably a few SEs at the JY near me. last time we went we were looking for 77-89 ZX's, but i did take a spoiler off a gray VG SE last month. so whenever i come back for the fix-er-up parts for the white car, i can bring it with me, if you want. might be getting a job this week so if you don't find any white face gauges before, say, june, lemme know and i'll grab one for you.

 

I'm just going to grab one from pull-a-part next time i go to k-town..

 

Yes....the point is it looks professional and even. Did you use a HVLP Spray Gun, or Siphon Spray Gun to make it look that consistent...or just spray paint? It's hard to see in the photo.

 

that looks real good bro! i did some of my panels the same color a few weeks back. gives it a brushed aluminum look, nice mod.

 

just rattle can..i don't have any pro painting equipment..

ooops! It's Nickel, not silver..

 

how did you take that plastic around where your headunit, cup holders etc. off??? I may go ricer myself and put a push-start button in where the cig. lighter is

Oh ya, and i have that same laptop btw. lol

 

2 or 4 screws depding (i think) if you had bose or non-bose. 2 are on the bottom recessed pretty far in, under cig lighter and under ash tray. the other 2 if you have them are angled upward a bit, above the headunit but under the climate control

 

ok cool. friend sellin S2000 push-start buttons for $5 lol. Wish me luck!!!!

 

start a thread on it if you get to work, others may want to try it.

 

nice, wayne. you may not care for Pearl's chrome rings, but I think they look good. it would compliment the "nickel" pieces, and (soon to be) SE cluster nicely.
(and when Pearly announced the chrome ring addition, at first I was like "chrome? "
then I saw it and was like "")

 

Dude, where you been? And I thought I was never on here much anymore

 

lol isnt that a altima steering wheel?

 

ntrly..

 

lol!
noobs ftl

 

Altima uses the same wheel though... you can find some pretty decent condition wheels on Ebay if you search for old Altima, then just scan for the leather wrapped one's

 

I did that about 4 years ago. I also did the door parts as well as the air-duct grill surrounds. I still like how it looks. A little contrast is never a bad thing. Now if you go with a bright color, like say yellow or pink (seen both on various Mustangs and Saturns) that doesn't sit well for me.

 

use a different photohost.

 

Well done!

 

Better?

 

89-91 has 4 screws
92-94 has 2 screws
there already is a thread by MrGone back in they pushbutton heyday IIRC.

 

yes but now i really don't want to see the rice out interior

 

That actually looks better than I thought, I seen others do this mod but it didn't look this good. Might just be me. I'm tempted to do this myself too.

Off-topic, How much would SE gauges go for at the JY? I asked a local jy, and was told $100. I think, and hope he just misunderstood what I meant.

 

i would say if you got it out your self....20 bucks but if you get them to pull it out... 50-75 bucks...

 

If it was a little darker I feel it would look better. Overall, B+ job.

 

I searched for it, and didnt find anything... Is there any way to narrow down the search??? Cuz ill put somethin in, and 90% of the time i comes up wit somethin WAY off-topic

 

looks really good, I plan on doing the same to mine but in gunmetal and would like to know how you did yours