wanted to know how to take paint off the interior plastic without ruining it.
i searched and found a thread about painted tailights,bit i think that plastic might be a lil tougher.

if anyone has bought a car and done this,a few tips would be really welcomed.

 

brake fluid
in a spray bottle or just soak it

 

Sometimes, if you can, its best to just replace them.

 

celulose thinner will take it off but may tarnish plastic, i really dont think it is possible. You could just take it off and then just paint it in a more respectable colour to cover the tarnished plastic.

 

This is going to sound really odd, but take some nail polish remover and put it on a towel, and lightly rub it. I have done this before, and it will take you a while, but it will come off. Do not put the nail polish remover directly on the plastic though, put it on a towel first. Good luck...

 

The brake fluid does work. Just spray it right on to the plastic parts. When you get all the paint off, let the panels dry they might look a little faded just break out the armor all, soak it and let it sit for a few minutes. Then wipe them off and reinstall them. I did this with a hatch I bought a while back. Still looks great

 

so put brake fluid in a spray bottle?
is there a time period i let it soak? or just spray until it starts to rub off?

 

you could do that but i doubt your panels will ever look they way thy used to. i've sanded and painted some panels black and have not had a problem. if you'd like, i can take pics and show you . just shoot me an im.

 

well i dont need it to totally have the stock finish,im gonna have my whole interior professionally done to correct this,i just want an all black interior ,i had had some jdm door panels(black w/recaro arm rests)in mind but cant find the seller on ebay anymore.thats why i want to know how to remove the ghetto paint thats is on them,so i can get them re finished in a fashion like what vtecb20 suggested

 

I had my interior panels done in suede to match up with my JDM ITR Recaros. If you're having them wrapped professionally, why not have them remove the paint? They are going to have to prep the insert to adhese to the padding (not to sure what the material is they use before the suede/vinyl).

I'm not sure how to post pics but here is some shots of my inserts when I got them back.




As far as the ebay seller, I was also going to order the material from him but it appeared that he only used vinyl. Do a search on ebay for "butmore". I believe this is the guy you are refering to http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...=WDVW

The one thing is if you do get your panels done in suede, you'll have to stop resting your arm on the door insert. I'm still trying to get use to this.


Hope this helps. If you need anymore info or would like pics, feel free to pm me.

 

well if i knew what civic had black interior panels(usdm) then id see if itd be possible to swap some of those in.the cloth part on the door is still intact and ill probably look into that ebay cat you suggested into replacing those

 

trying soaking an area in brake fluid for 30mins to see if it works if not.. get some paint remover at home depo.. i used some gel kind and it was perfect.. just wear protection 1 drop on your skin and it will start to burn in 15 seconds.. i learned the hard way

 

i use brake parts cleaner.... like the stuff you spray on the rotor to clean the grease off... that stuff takes spray paint off like nothing... but it goes fast.. i have never heard of using brake fluid tho... it might work if they say so.. try it

 

just get interior paint... and spray over in balck.... the sanding and chemicals not only take a bunch of time and effort, but u need to know what you are doing so that everything is even.

In my opinion, depending on the color that it is already, just get black paint for vinyl and go at it.

 

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Seriously, depending on what type of car it is, door panels are cheap. I just bought 96-00 civic power window door panels for $50

 

Capsule Kid can you post some pics of your painted panels?

 

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Um, why?

 

yeah,uh...i know its on webspace somewhere.but i dont remeber what site its on...let me try cardomain from like 2 years ago.

 

[IMG][/IMG] http://memimage.cardomain.net/...2.jpg [IMG][/IMG] please dont flame,it was merely a stage i am far beyond it now.i just cant take it anymore and wnat it out o site,its embarassing when people come up to me and say nice car!!then i know they want ot see the inside and im just praying itll change before they look inside the screen was just being test fitted before the wires were hidden,but it doesnt matter cuz the jackers got me

 

If your interior is light gray, I can sell you all new (well used) interior parts, like the glove box, and other interior plastic panels.

 

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and if its blue i can sell(give) you all my old ones.

 

brake parts cleaner?is that the name of it?
got plenty of panels to test and find out which works best