DashBoard Painting

=D yep, youll end up with a box full of dusty old plastic intake parts, and have a nice shiny new intake to make the egine make alot better. You can even make it pink if you wished. Thats the great thing bout makin stuff, you can do whatever u want to it, and when it turns out nice, you feel good cuz you know you did it yourself. Haha like the feelin u got when u finished the dyeing of the interior.

^man nottin is better than the feeling of accomplishing something on your own. its the best. thats how i prefer to do everything but with some stuff i just dont have the right equipment for the job so i go else where.

=D haha like alligning rear wheels or bending exhaust pipes? Dam i need connections. Can someone tell me why i have connections in all the wrong places? I mean my old neighbor that moved takes out dings and what not, which really helped when i first got the car, and he has connections to body places the make kits. Buuuttttt I dont plan on gettin any kits till i get it repainted, which is goin to be a lonnnggg while. Oh well, I cant complain, atleast I have someone.

hey you guys... been like 24 hours since on and alots happened since rhen in the thread :)... thanx cheryl for the difference between the painting and dying....i was just wondering if u could send me an email on a step by step on how to do dying... my email [email protected] would u be able to put in the products of wat is need, as in wat brands and wat not :) .... people feel free to add me to msn if you have it lol

cheers Mitsa6

by the way u guys are pretty cool....you's have a far bitta fun in this thread lol i was just wondering if i would be able to stay in this thread coz its heaps of fun and u guys seem to know wat u talking bout :D:D

fanx again Mitsa6

Thanks guys for the ideas. Doing the body work no problem but performance stuff and I am a little out of my league :lol: . But like I said whats the worse that can happen. Might as well go for it. So far so good.

Has anyone tried to dye their parts yet????? Mista no problem I will email you the info tonight when I get home from work.

I guess I will put the leds on then go for the exhaust and intake. What you guys recommend for headlights??? I think I heard of one called a artez (okay something like that) :rofl:

later
cheryl

Haha I think your refering to altezza taillights, which I would stay away from. Personally when I see them I think the person really has no idea what they are doin, and buy the first shiny things they come across. On occasion they can look good, but only very rarely.

by the way u guys are pretty cool....you's have a far bitta fun in this thread lol i was just wondering if i would be able to stay in this thread coz its heaps of fun and u guys seem to know wat u talking bout well i really dont care if you hang around here. depends on what other people think. but yeah i like to think that we have more fun here than any other forums. :lol:


What you guys recommend for headlights??? I think I heard of one called a artez (okay something like that) :rofl: as far as the whole actual headlight assembly these look pretty sweet http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/00-04-FORD-FOCUS-ZX5-ZX3-BLACK-HALO-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHT_W0QQitemZ140013702042QQihZ004QQcategoryZ 33710QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
or these
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/00-01-02-03-04-FORD-FOCUS-HALO-ION-PROJECTOR-HEAD-LIGHT_W0QQitemZ180013095936QQihZ008QQcategoryZ3371 0QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

^dont know what you think of them. or if you dont want to get a whole assembly you could just swap out the bulbs with something like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-04-Ford-Focus-H4-9003-HID-Xenon-Headlight-BULB-02-03_W0QQitemZ230013749071QQihZ013QQcategoryZ36476QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

^with these bulbs instead of having like a yellowish beam it will have a more whiteish blue beam.

EDIT: I KNOW ALL THIS ISNT YOUR YEAR ITS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

I haven't looked at this thread in some time.. and now the topic is ford focus headlights in j-body subforum..unless one of you are doing a foucus front end conversion, lets try to stay on topic here guys.

Haha actually I made this topic awhiiillleeee back about dash painting, and she has really helped out by bringing in new ideas and what not. And since we are cooler than the focus forum, might as well help someone who helped us. You know, we really need an off-topic subforum round here. Would save alot of locks.

I haven't looked at this thread in some time.. and now the topic is ford focus headlights in j-body subforum..unless one of you are doing a foucus front end conversion, lets try to stay on topic here guys.

Will you stop your bitching, we are answering question and there is no fighting lol

Will you stop your bitching, we are answering question and there is no fighting lolwell see now CRJ sorta has the power to lock shit. he is an ''advisor'' now so.....

Haha actually I made this topic awhiiillleeee back about dash painting, and she has really helped out by bringing in new ideas and what not. And since we are cooler than the focus forum, might as well help someone who helped us. You know, we really need an off-topic subforum round here. Would save alot of locks.:iagree:

yea yea yea i'm just picking on him and he knows it.. just trying to stir up some shit lol

yea yea yea i'm just picking on him and he knows it.. just trying to stir up some shit lolhaha yeah i figured. people always trying to stir up shit in this forum. but i really do think we need an off-topic subforum in here.

An off topic already exists. (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=715)

Feel free to whore that up with everyone else on AF. :rolleyes:

An off topic already exists. (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=715)

Feel free to whore that up with everyone else on AF. :rolleyes:no we need one on here. i already knew about that one.

Instant messaging also works well... I see alot of you guys are logged on at the same times during the day, so why not exchange SN names..? I'll see what tim has to say about that.

My aim SN is .... Nity9CavSedanCRJ

^yeah that would work also if my AIM wasnt all screwed up. but if anyone wants my aim s/n its bigzach2199.

work gets kinda pissy if i download to much though lol

^:lol: you shouldnt be downloading porn at work anyway.:nono: haha j/k shit if i had a wife that looked like yours, i wouldnt need to be looking at porn. :grinyes:

Haha I think your refering to altezza taillights, which I would stay away from. Personally when I see them I think the person really has no idea what they are doin, and buy the first shiny things they come across. On occasion they can look good, but only very rarely.


Yes that is what I was referring too....:lol: any recommendations? thanks

I haven't looked at this thread in some time.. and now the topic is ford focus headlights in j-body subforum..unless one of you are doing a foucus front end conversion, lets try to stay on topic here guys.


Seems like where everv I go I get into trouble. Sorry I changed the subject a little bit but no other forums are helpful that I have found. Most want to talk about who the raced and why they could beat anyone. Hopefully though I did bring in some new info about the dye for dashboards.

Catch you guys another time.... chow sorry:frown:

Thanks for the connection. I will do some research and see if it will work. As far as the blue headlights they are illegal in ct. Dont want a ticket. I know I need to make this short or u will get into trouble again. lol later thanks

Seems like where everv I go I get into trouble. Sorry I changed the subject a little bit but no other forums are helpful that I have found. Most want to talk about who the raced and why they could beat anyone. Hopefully though I did bring in some new info about the dye for dashboards.

Catch you guys another time.... chow sorry:frown:
Feel free to ask about anything anytime regardless.

Seems like where everv I go I get into trouble. Sorry I changed the subject a little bit but no other forums are helpful that I have found. Most want to talk about who the raced and why they could beat anyone. Hopefully though I did bring in some new info about the dye for dashboards.

Catch you guys another time.... chow sorry:frown:

Look what you did crj! If there is any reason to have an otf, thats it!

He kinda does have a point, he's not trying to be an asshole. It's like the Cavalier forum is the USA and every other car forum are the other countries that are full of civil wars, so they come to us for refuge and most of us feel the need to help them :lol: So they shouldn't be afraid to ask or shunned away because their own forum is full of assholes.

Automotive Forums - "Connecting the auto enthusiast."

"Nuf' Ced," McGreevy shouted!

Seems like where everv I go I get into trouble. Sorry I changed the subject a little bit but no other forums are helpful that I have found. Most want to talk about who the raced and why they could beat anyone. Hopefully though I did bring in some new info about the dye for dashboards.

Catch you guys another time.... chow sorry:frown:feel free to ask whatever you want. I really dont see what the big deal is.

Thanks guys... but he did have a point. I suppose I could pretent my focus is a cavy but I dont think I would get away with it tooooo long. :lol: Its all good. I just didnt realize how strick they were gonna be. I kinda figured once you had a little group why not talk about other stuff. But its cool.

catch you around the corner
cheryl

be real

If you feel like continueing that is fine, just keep it in this one post if you could. I will see what tim wants to do about adding an Off topic setion to this place.

Well thanks. Dont know who tim is. lol.... but I have found that everyone in this thread has been very helpful. Like I said above I did try in other groups but was not successful. I have given my insight on the dash info I have and what I have done. I posted some pics and gave instructions on how I did the dye process. I may not have a cavy but when it comes to the dash they are pretty much all the same. thanks cheryl

A little late but here but here is the list of products you will need to complete the dye process:

Tack cloth - made by bondo
Adhesion, promoter (dupli-color)
Adhesive, wax & mark remover (3m)
Lacquer thinner (dupli-color) to clean out gun between colors
dye (i used white as the base since my orginal color was black, then the pink.) I used one pint of each color.
paint gun
blue tape for painting

You can get the primary colors in a spray can form but if you want a particular color you will need to have it mixed. I got all the above except the dye from advance auto parts. THe dye I got from west springfield auto parts. If you want the spray cans I mentioned earlier that g2 makes it.

Hope this helps.
chow
cheryl

hey you guys... been like 24 hours since on and alots happened since rhen in the thread :)... thanx cheryl for the difference between the painting and dying....i was just wondering if u could send me an email on a step by step on how to do dying... my email [email protected] would u be able to put in the products of wat is need, as in wat brands and wat not :) ....

fanx again Mitsa6

I sent you the email as well. let me know if you have any questions. You can email me at [email protected]

good luck
cheryl

Heyy if you dont mind, can you copy the email and post it here? Haha I wanna see what the procedure is, might be a good idea for another day.

Well thanks. Dont know who tim is. lol.... but I have found that everyone in this thread has been very helpful. Like I said above I did try in other groups but was not successful. I have given my insight on the dash info I have and what I have done. I posted some pics and gave instructions on how I did the dye process. I may not have a cavy but when it comes to the dash they are pretty much all the same. thanks cheryltim is KustomAce. he is the moderator of this section so he pretty much has the final word on things. CRJ said to keep it in the section so anyother questions you have keep em coming :lol:

okay i will keep asking but if i get yelled at... i am blaming you :lol:

Yes i post the email i sent to mista. as soon as i can. ttyl

Well, I've started sanding the passenger side door panel today and uh yeah, sanding sucks lol. I am doing it by hand tho so that doesn't help. Doing it in my room with the Ac blasting. But I want the glossy fiberglass look tho so it's a must. I feel like just painting it and keeping the stock texture would be taking the easy way out and I want it to look like I put alot of work into it and I don't want people saying, "Ehh it looks cool but all he did was just spray paint it, anybody could do it." Nope, not gonna happen. :nono:

okay u said I could ask so here it goes..... I want to put some bass in the car. Dont want to speak thousands of dollars bec I dont want someone to try and steal it ya know. Anyway I was told to look for either alpine or infinity amp and subs, does that sound right? I was thinking of either 10 or 12 inch subs. Now for first dumb question.... What wires would I need to get? 10 guage 12 or 14 guage? I found a web site I can get the alpine subs but it doesnt say what wires to get. Second dumb quest....:lol: will this be easy... I mean simple for someone who hasnt done it before?

Okay thats it for now but I am sure I have plenty more to come... :lol: as long as you guys dont mind I will keep asking. If so could you email me or if you msn messenger add me? [email protected]

thanks
cheryl

I didnt forget about the directions to post. Will retype a little later. chow for now

Alpine and infinity are expensive, as for wiring, the bigger the gauge the less resistance, the better the sound. I'm with you on not needed extreme amounts of bass so I just bought 2 10" subs made by Dual at my local pepboys and they were good enough for me. They were only $50 a piece. As for the labor, it's not that hard you just have to know which wires are the power, ground, remote, that kinda stuff.

Well, I've started sanding the passenger side door panel today and uh yeah, sanding sucks lol. I am doing it by hand tho so that doesn't help. Doing it in my room with the Ac blasting. But I want the glossy fiberglass look tho so it's a must. I feel like just painting it and keeping the stock texture would be taking the easy way out and I want it to look like I put alot of work into it and I don't want people saying, "Ehh it looks cool but all he did was just spray paint it, anybody could do it." Nope, not gonna happen. :nono:

Well its good that you started the sanding process. Are you going to paint or dye? So in other words you think I took the easy way out??? :shakehead I have to say I would disagree. :lol: Tho the process is much easier and I kept the texture it certainly looks good. I have had a few people ask me to do theirs. It looks like it came from the factory that way. and no one has said that "anybody could do it." :nono: but thats okay I wont take offense to your comment above......:rofl: I take it with stride.......

later
cheryl

lol No, i wasn't saying you took the easy way out, it's just my own preference for my car. I know it would be alot quicker and easier for me to just prime and paint, but I want the fiberglass look more and i know if i just primed and painted then I wouldnt be satisfied. But i'm going to use paint. That Interior paint write is gonna be my bible.

:rofl: .......Okay like I said I wont take offense. Just thought it was funny when you said it was the easy way out..... I didnt want the fiberglass look because I figured it would look funny. I only did the top portions of the doors. The bottom half is leather and if the top was done like fiberglass it would look at of place.

How far did you get? Ready to prime yet???? :lol: What color are you doing??

too hot here to do anything. :rofl:

later

Heyy if you dont mind, can you copy the email and post it here? Haha I wanna see what the procedure is, might be a good idea for another day.


Tack cloth - made by bondo
Adhesion promoter (dupli-color)
Adhesive, wax and mark remover (3m)
Lacquer thinner (dupli-color)
Dye
Blue tape made especially for paint.

I got everything but the dye from advance auto parts. The dye I got from west Springfield auto parts. This process was so easy. There is no sanding required unless you want a fiber glass look. But I wanted it to look factory so I left the texture as is.


Remove items that you want to dye (I know this was obvious lol)
wipe down the parts with the adhesive remover. Get into the cracks. This will remove any armorall and stuff that is on your parts. This allows the tape to stick much better.
tape off the parts you don’t want to dye. Make sure you tape very well. As with the paint gun will try to get under the tape so tape well.
wipe down the areas you want to dye with the adhesive remover. DO NOT TOUCH WITH FINGERS afterwards.
After you have wiped down all the parts use the tack cloth right before you start to remove any dust that my have gotten on the parts in the mean time.
Spray adhesion promoter on all the parts. Let sit for 5 minutes. By the time you get to the last piece the first one should be ready for the next step.
Spray first coat of white. You may see the original color thru it but that is okay. Wait 5 minutes for flash then do a second coat. This will cover and look as a finished product. But its not. Lol
Wait ½ to dry then do the color you want. By the time you finish the second coat, clean the gun with the lacquer thinner, put you dye in the paint gun it will be a half hour. Lol
spray on the first coat, wait 5 minutes for flash then but on a second coat.
That’s it. It will look like it came out of factory that way. I used a semi gloss dye but you can get a glossy dye if you want to. If you have any questions feel free to email me at [email protected] ([email protected]).

Good luck and let me know how you do. The process took less than a day. This was my first time doing it to. They posted my pics above.

Ttyl

Cheryl

If you need anything else please feel free to ask. Even tho Lance seems to think this is the easy way out.........:rofl: only messy with ya................

How far did you get? Ready to prime yet???? :lol: What color are you doing??

too hot here to do anything. :rofl:

later
:cwm27: ...this sucks lol It's not easy not using an electric hand sander, all I have done so far is the passenger side door panel, getting ALL of the texture out is not easy, using the 60 grit like the write said, then i gotta go over it all again with, 100, 150 and so on, but yeah I'm gonna have a red/black scheme going on, it's gonna be shweet when it's done and I can't wait. :evillol:

Well, I've started sanding the passenger side door panel today and uh yeah, sanding sucks lol. I am doing it by hand tho so that doesn't help. Doing it in my room with the Ac blasting. But I want the glossy fiberglass look tho so it's a must. I feel like just painting it and keeping the stock texture would be taking the easy way out and I want it to look like I put alot of work into it and I don't want people saying, "Ehh it looks cool but all he did was just spray paint it, anybody could do it." Nope, not gonna happen. :nono:yeah since you going for the fiberglass look the pain in the ass sanding will pay off big time in the end. i know it really sucks. i sanded all my shit for days. then put coat of primer and sanded yet again.:banghead: so yeah it takes some work but if done good then its worth it

Not to burst your buble or anything....:banghead: but write up were you referring to? I found one that was wrong. Yes if you want the fiberglass look there is alot of sanding but you need to make sure you use the proper sand paper. And I hate to say it... but starting with 60 isnt correct. :nono: And you dont want to use a circular sander either bec it will leave swirls. Also after each level of primer etc.... you will need to sand.

I know you guys probally have done this a thousand times but I got a little nervous when you wrote you used 60 grit. So if I am out of place, sorry.

cheryl

ps. it will probally take you a week or two just for the sanding. so getting a door done today isnt that bad. lol ... well for guy ......(sorry couldnt resist)

I wouldn't know so you're probly right, Here's the write up http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=45&i=70341&t=70341

his quote - "I suggest 60, 100, 150, 220, 320 for prep, 800, 1000, 1500 & 2000 for painting."

Not to burst your buble or anything....:banghead: but write up were you referring to? who are you talkin about?

ps. it will probally take you a week or two just for the sanding. so getting a door done today isnt that bad. lol ... well for guy ......(sorry couldnt resist)....ouch!!! :lol:

do you know anything about polyglass woofer boxes( building)?

do you know anything about polyglass woofer boxes( building)?yeah you know i was thinking about attempting to make a box like that for my sub. just didnt have the money or know how to do it. but to answer your question, no i dont. someone else here might.

cool thx for being str8 up

^ :lol: yeah you gotta be straight up man but good luck with your project. what kind of subs you putting in it?

do you know anything about polyglass woofer boxes( building)?

why not use mdrf? it is easier to work with and cheaper. what are you questions on polyglass?

chow

yeah you know i was thinking about attempting to make a box like that for my sub. just didnt have the money or know how to do it. but to answer your question, no i dont. someone else here might.


to make a box isnt that expensive. and if you make it you can custom it. paint it, graphic it etc.....

I wouldn't know so you're probly right, Here's the write up http://www.j-body.org/forums/read.php?f=45&i=70341&t=70341

his quote - "I suggest 60, 100, 150, 220, 320 for prep, 800, 1000, 1500 & 2000 for painting."

:rofl: thats the same article i read before i starting investing the dye route. :lol: thats toooooo funny. but he wrong and makes it more time consuming than need be.

Man....no one has been on... whats up with this?????? :lol:

if you know anyone who would be interested in a 97 zx2 let me know. I posted it under the focus zx2 forum. I have a friend who is selling his.

Thanks

and where did everyone go???????????????????????????? Did I scare everyone away ?????????????????:rofl:

well im still here. :lol:

Man....no one has been on... whats up with this?????? :lol:

if you know anyone who would be interested in a 97 zx2 let me know. I posted it under the focus zx2 forum. I have a friend who is selling his.

Thanks

and where did everyone go???????????????????????????? Did I scare everyone away ?????????????????:rofl:


list it on craigslist.com

You guys are back....:rofl: I thought maybe I scared you guys from your own thread :rofl: . I will post in the page you said as well. THanks for the idea. I need to sell it for a friend who doesnt want to work on it anymore. Personally I think he is jealous of my car....:lol:


chow
cheryl

you could always list it on ebaymotors as well. just a thought. or in local newspaper classifieds.

I thought of ebay but he doesnt want to do that right now. He wants to see if he can get it sold this week..... :lol: .... I told him I am good but not that good.... :lol: .... So I told him i would put it on here and see what happens. I had one person ask for pics.... so after and hour and a half I finally figured out how to get it done. lol

He isnt patient enough to wait for a newspaper ad. :shakehead nope he aint gonna waitl :lol: