fiberglass look

i was watching nopi. and there was a guy with a 2nd gen elipse. his dash totally had a orange fiberglass look, but he said he just sanded and primed it. does anyone have any experience or comments with this, before i totally screw up my interior!

i was watching nopi. and there was a guy with a 2nd gen elipse. his dash totally had a orange fiberglass look, but he said he just sanded and primed it. does anyone have any experience or comments with this, before i totally screw up my interior!

Lol, I just saw the same thing. He said he sanded it ALL the way down. The plastic parts are kinda rough and bumpy. I guess he sanded it for a long time, primered, paint, then clearcoated it like a mofo.

Did you see that Brent Rau clip with the white ACT eclipse? Freakin 7.75 run! Crazy.

Did you see that Brent Rau clip with the white ACT eclipse? Freakin 7.75 run! Crazy.


Yeah, I think I had a chub after seeing that. :lol:

yeah man i saw it. have they aired the finals yet?

There's two ways you can do that. One is to peel off as much of the factory cover as possible before you sand or you can sand it all off. IMO you would be better off peeling the original fabric off first. Once you've peeled off the top layer, start sanding with a rough grit sand paper (like 120 or 240 grit). After sanding the whole thing you now have another two options. You can attemp to paint the factory plastic or you can use a body filler like bondo or duraglass to make the paint stick better. I would use the body filler. If you're just going to paint the stock plastic then continue to sand the plastic slowly changing the grit to a finer grit (240 to 360 to 410 to 550 to 660 or something like that). Don't go over 700 grit or you'll make the surface too smooth for the paint to stick. If you're going to use a body filler apply the body filler but keep in mind that you don't want to change the size of the dash. Once you've applied the body filler sand like I mentioned before. When you finish make sure to use an air compressor and blow off the excess with low psi (for those who sanded the plastic, clean the surface with warm water and allow to dry before you paint). All that's left now it to paint. Remember to keep even strokes the entire length of the dash to keep a uniform look and to reduce paint build up.