how can i paint my whole interior black?

like everything.

all the door pannels the dash the sats.

i just got an 88 ef sedan but it has an ugly brown interior.

what can i do?

 

fabric paint and plastic paint, or buy an si interior

 

SI interior is for hatch, this guy has a sedan...

You're best bet is to hit up a junkyard if you want legit black panels. Some sedans will have black, some DX and EX models will have black. Not all red EX sedans come with black interior, even though most people will tell you that.

OR

You could get Duplicolor's Vinyl and Fabric paint. They have an assortment of colors, but is specifically for auto interior. For your own sake, DONT use it on any carpet because it will turn crunchy, but here is my interior that I did a while back.




Everything you see in the pics (except the steering wheel), was painted with the FLAT black color of the Duplicolor stuff.

 

wow that clean.. well ima try to paint it. i dont really wanna spend money on interior.

 

Its like $6.50/can. To give you an idea of how it spreads, I was able to paint my dashboard with two coats and still have some left over from a single can.

Before you paint, you need to take some dish soap and a scrub sponge thing and get all of the grease from Armoral off the panels. The paint dries to the touch in about 20 minutes, but be careful handling it...you will have to touch up every few weeks if you have heavy traffic coming in and out of your car.

 

If I may suggest something that's a little bit more executive looking and cleaner then paint..do what I did. Now I'm pretty good at upholstery, but it's not rocket science and if u can be patient and save up your money it would be Easy to have your interior pieces Wrapped in vinyl (Black).

I've wrapped my entire entire in black leather (Near BMW quality, so it's expensive) and upholstered my seats with Black JDM Bride Material..it's DUMB easy to do and if you really wanna take this route I wouldn't mind walking you through it or making an instructional for you. When I get back home i'll take pictures of one of my cars interiors to show you what i'm talking about but it's absolutely beautiful, and i've accented the interior pieces with chrome (Interior Door handle, shift ****, bezel surrounding the HVAC vents..not to much just tasteful applications), gives the cars interior a major refinement upgrade for decent money. I charge 300 to upholster an entire interior (Cost of materials is on the customer) so if you want it done man holla at me.

 

thanks man ima deffinatly try this. so you pulled your dash out?

 

i'd like to see that

 

oh btw.

how is a dash removed?

is their a step by step here?

 

ohh and what steering wheel is that?

i like it

 

i painted my eg dash in my ef(check my thread) and it came out pretty dam clean. but i used the adhesive contact applicant before i actually laid down the paint. there are alot of products you can use but i found the plastic fabric paint or the plastic paint works the best. usually they can be had for anywhere from 5-7 bucks at your local parts store

 

well ima try a couple things.

im really to lazy to pull the dash just to paint it

 

I dont know if there is a tutorial, but its pretty straight forward. 5 or 7 10mm bolts hold the thing down.

-1 or 2 on each far side of the dash (open each door, and remove the plastic panel on the far end of the dash to expose the bolts)
-1 behind the glove compartment
-1 near the underdash fuse panel
-1 in the dead center, right next to the windshield

First gen prelude steering wheel.

Oh and yes i took out the dash in order to paint it. Its not that hard to remove the dash itself, its the wireharness and steering column that are a bitch to get around.

 

then you do not need to paint it. if your gonna do it, do it the right way

thank you

 

dupli color makes a fabric and vinyl paint it works great im in the process of doing the same thing to my 91 CRX carpet came out lookin brand new and the trim panels look awsome it comes in a bunch of different colors if u have some junk interior pieces layin around id say pick up a couple of colors and see what looks good for u

 

well ima try to remover the dash of my parted 88 hatch. just as practice.

ima use all the parts from that hatch to do the 5spd conversion on my sedan

 

YESS!!! thats the name of the company who makes the product. i was almost tempted to go look on vatozones website lol

 

what did you use for the carpet?

yeah i have a couple peices ima experiment on

 

Did you guys even read the thread? I posted that stuff, with pics as the first post in the thread.

 

DO NOT paint your carpet, seats, or fabric inserts on the door panels. You will regret it. They will turn into a very hard, crunchy fabric and will eventually flake and fade.

Try really hard to find some black sedan carpet, or at the very least, gray. Look around tho, you could find brand new carpet for your sedan.

http://www.accmats.com/Commerce/summary.aspx

 

didnt read your post just scrolled over your pix. nice wheel btw

 

haha alright!

Too bad i dont have that car anymore

 

i painted my carpet and had to fold it up for storage for a few weeks afterwards til i installed it and its still looking fresh and had to do a lot of maneuvering to get it in the vehicle and still no rub off or fading

 

I would love to see a write up/FAQ on we-wrapping door panels. this is something I've always wanted to do.

I am in the process of doing this right now to my wagovan, because most sedan parts do not fit.

For the interior plastic I have found this works the best. It looks the least like it was painted and seems to hold up the best.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...lor+trim+paint

I have tried a krylon plastic paint that wasn't very good and a duplicolor vinyl paint that seems strong, but looked too much like it was painted for my taste.

I know some people say don't paint carpet but I did anyway, I had nothing to lose as my carpet was in really bad condition. I found this worked the best (I bought black)

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...1969&ppt=C0171

It is $10 a can though. I have used 3 cans on my carpet and its been drying for 24 hours. I probably could have used 2 cans but before it dries it doesn't look as good as it does now.

Most people will say just use SEM brand in landau black. It has the best reputation by far but its approx $12 a can shipped online.

 

ive used both vinyl and plastic paint, and the vinyl doesnt stay on too well. anyone have suggestions?