How to get interior like this

Does anyone know how i could get my interior to look like this or know what exactly this person did?

paint everything, replace carpet, recover seats in vinyl

----elmer funds voice------

and be very very careful........

WHITE IS A BIA-ICH to keep clean. he must have just got it done.

:)

Is that dash painted or dyed or recovered? Im gonna shy away from using white and keep the interior colors black and silver/grey(the two colors in that car). How hard and how long would it take to get something like this done and could i do it myself?

Does anyone know where I can get white reverse gauges for a 98 civic DX auto that is km/h not mph?

It looks dyed, but I can't say for sure. And yes, you can probably do it yourself. My friend dyed his civic interior all himself, here's some pics of it
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/515030177941_4_full.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/297090ckpit.jpg
I also painted my dash, door panels, and trunk, here's some pics
everything that is white used to be cream
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p1eeecf03257fde8d639a9dd5ea081778/fcbfcc53.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/pc4de5f836926b90e781c941286ce0edc/fcbfcc4f.jpg
I still have more to do, this is just what i have done so far
here's the trunk, it all used to be cream also
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/pf834794256abdce511904df94b17176f/fcbfcc5b.jpg

Do you think I could dye my top dash the same color grey/silver as he has on his seats? What is the best processs and materials to use for recovering, dying and painting interiors?

I am planning on doing it all myself little by little. Im gonna keep my colors to grey/silver and black with blue lighting.

I gave up on interior painting, but damn!! that first pic is sweet.

I'm sure you could dye it that color.
check out these two threads
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t13328.html
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t23362.html

Ive read through pretty much every thread that has been started about interiors. There was one where the guy had airbrushed his plastics with white ice pearl. Whats the best kind of primer, paint and gloss to use for plastics. I dont want it to turn out like the stories ive heard about chipping and fading and stuff. Any help is much appreciated.

BTW your friends and your interiors are tight, one day i hope to have my entire interior customized, right down to dying the seat belts:rolleyes: .

What I wanna know is, whats the resale value on a car that has painted interior, I know I wouldnt get a car that had a shitty one, but if it was halfway decent and not too crazy I would go for it.

I saw this part on a car show on speed TV and they were talking about how you can get your car appraised by someone and they take into account for bodywork and all of that so when u try to sell it you get what its worth.

Would airbrushing the plastic parts in my car be hard? I wanna use maybe a silverpearl and black pearl paint:)

hmmm ... I know I sure as hell wouldnt pay EXTRA for a painted interior.

I dont think that I would consider selling my car if i put alot of man hours into it. It would take alot of money to take it away from em

Originally posted by scarlemthug
I dont want it to turn out like the stories ive heard about chipping and fading and stuff. I've seen a lot of interiors fade and crack, but mine hasn't and it's been the same for a long time. I got some paint from k-mart for about $3 a can, it went on better than this other stuff that was $11 a can that I got from a paint store. So I've stuck with the stuff from k-mart, it's called Dupli-color Vinyl & Fabric color. Great stuff.

You used that on the fabrics or the plastics?

Have you tried recovering ur seats in vinyl or leather and if so wut are the pros and cons of doing it and how difficult is it?

I've used the paint on both plastic and fabric
here's some interior parts from my mazda that I did
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?postid=145622
the seat
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/401462Dcp_0092.jpg
and my cousin's interior that we're working on for his civic
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p8fc5d2a55704324e51910754379ff3fb/fcbc9672.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/pec3589d7042d8e1e17500f4019d232a2/fcbc966e.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p21fc757aa6bde16fa77de237c071c99f/fcbc966d.jpg
pros-looks really cool if done right, repels stains and easier to clean than fabric
cons-really cold in cold weather, hot and stretchy in hot weather, is a bitch if you get a cut in it

so for the plastics i pretty much take them out if possible, clean them with soapy water and then apply a couple coats of primer. Then let the primer dry and apply as many coats of paint as i think is needed.....let that dry completely and then apply the finish?

yup

Maybe i should go to a junkyard and pick up some panels from da same model civic and try with different types of paint to see which works best?

what kind and year is your car? and yeah, that would be a great idea, and if they turn out great the first time, just use those ones on your car.

im working on a 98 automatic civic DX. Off the top of your head what are some paitns u have heard of being used to paint plastics?

Krylon is probably the most popular

So ill try out krylon and dupli-color. Any other suggestions?

whats the best primer and clear coat to use?

not sure about those two, sorry :(

Thats ok, the info you have giving me is great. Once i start doing it ill post pics of it. Hopefully it turns out as good as yours. Hopefully someone on here will reply with the know how about primers and clear coating.

cool, can't wait to see the pics. :)

Right now the car is stock black but im hoping to get it painted with like 7 clear coats and match that to the interior and accent it with the silver/grey and use blue neon in the footwells, under the seats and leds in the climate controls and any other lights in or on the car.:D

SEM make some good interior, plastic and vynl paint. its the best.

heres my friends int.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/440453Dsc00583.jpg

and my bros int.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/492221Dsc00504.jpg
the blue spots are panels we took out to fiberglass.:D

In the first pic i posted the guy has his steering wheel colored. Do you think he painted it or what?

Those are some tight interiors man....I like the side vent on the yellow car:eek: . Where is SEM paint available?

automotive paint supply shops, see if there is a terry's auto supply near u

Do you have any suggestions on what to use as a primer and clear coat?

What fabric would be the best to use when redoing my seats?

no primer. sem clear. and vinyl becuase its cheaper then leather last longer then leather and comes in a varety of colors.

Your saying i dont need to apply anything before I apply the paint?

Just for curiosity sake has anyone tried adding like down feathers to there seats?:rolleyes:

Is it hard to recover the rear seats in a coupe?

no you need to prep it.
1.scuff the panels with a scuff pad.
-sold at any discount autoparts store
2.then you need to clean it with sem soap.
3.scuff agian and
4.then whip down with rag and paint.

never recovered seat before.

I didn't use primer on mine either. The backseat is the easiest seat to recover. And I added padding on mine when I did it, not feathers though....that may work though.

do not add featers, wouldnt it make it look wrinkly? and would the glue stick to it?

Does anyone know where in ontario I could get any dupli-color, krylon or SEM paint ?

I wanna add down feathers to the rear seats just to have somethin unique and super comfortable.

Could I use the same paint on the dash or would i have to use something else?

yeah you van use the same paint.

SEM has a website......would it be best to order my stuff off there and what exactly would I need?

yeah why not. do they have a store locater or a dealer check thing. if so look up a place near you.:)

I dont think they have a store locator but maybe ill email them and ask for locations in my area. How much did u py per bottle?

heres a pic of just my door, i'm in the process of painting the whole interior. I used g2 vinyl dye for all of it (g2usa.com), even the hard plastic parts.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid41/p3e4aa19341aa1431c536c233469a663a/fcfad30c.jpg

YOOOOOOO:finger: :finger:

That looks tight as hell man. What do you mean you dyed it? And u can dye plastics?:eek:

I needa find the parts to convert my locks and windows to power man. hopefully i can find some at the junkyard:)

Well, i sprayed the vinyl dye directly onto the vinyl parts with no primer or anything. for the hard plastic parts, g2's directions said that i could use primer and use it just like plastic paint, so thats what i did. My interior is a lot farther along now, i'm just waiting for the pictures to be developed, then i'll post them up for ya. btw, thanx for the compliment!

Once i get started on my plastics ill start posting pics. Hopefully mine turns out good and that it doesnt crack or anythin.

For the top dash part what should I do, Silver/Grey or Black....Im tryin to use that as a starting point for the color scheme:)

BTW.....do you know if it would be easy to get the handles and door armrest thing wit the power windows and locks or should i try and get the whole panel?

cool post.

not to intrude, but what if you have a black interior? will the die still take?

and I think that the primer, or lack there of, is the key in painting the plastic and vinyl. Kicker you said, as well as another post somewhere, that you didnt use primer and your interior came out fine...I wonder if the primer is the cause for cracking in that its not for vinyl like the other paint is, hmmmm

Originally posted by wheel1856
not to intrude, but what if you have a black interior? will the die still take?
I've sprayed white on top of black before and everything was fine, it was paint though and not dye, I dunno if dye would be the same.....

dye is just that. it doesn't actually "stick," but instead goes into the vinyl and colors it permanently. after you've dye'd vinyl, you can scratch it, poke it, even rip it, and the color will still be there because the vinyl is now THAT COLOR. If you have a black interior, and you dye it red, the vinyl will now BE RED. so yes, even a black interior will work if you dye the vinyl. I'm not sure if the original black color will have any effect on the color of the dye, like if its black and you dye it red, maybe it'll come out a little darker red than if the vinyl was originally white, but still, the vinyl is permanently the new color, and there's nothing that is sticking to it.

I dont know if this would be good for your vinyl but maybe if you want your dash red, dye it white first and then white?
MAYBE:rolleyes:

On vinylpro.com they have this "plastic bonding agent" that they recommend using when painting interior plastics. Anyone use it?

i'm sure its just adhesion promoter/primer. They have lots of names for it. I don't think they're all exactly the same, but there basic job is to allow paint/dye to stick to plastic.

oh yeah, in case any of you are thinking about dye'ing your vinyl, one of the most important things to do is get a product called plastic/vinyl prep. brand doesn't matter, but basically it takes out all the armor-all and grease that may have been put into the vinyl in the past. not only that, but it dries the vinyl out like a dry sponge, so that when you apply the dye, it sucks it up like a sponge would water (not literally that much, but you get the point!) i even used it on the hard plastic pieces, cause it also is a cleaner, and it'll get all the junk off pretty much anything you wanna paint/dye. definately one of the most important steps in the coloring process.

What company did u get your vinyl prep stuff from?

i just went to my local auto paint store, they had a can of it. I'm not sure if it even has a brand name on it; might just be generic. Oh well, it works really well. Just ask a paint person for a can of vinyl prep!

Aight so im gonna go pick up some vinyl prep stuff soon and order the dye from G2USA.com and then figure out what im going to use on the plastic parts.

Originally posted by kicker1_solo
It looks dyed, but I can't say for sure. And yes, you can probably do it yourself. My friend dyed his civic interior all himself, here's some pics of it
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/515030177941_4_full.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/297090ckpit.jpg


hrmm hype--- i miss his car....

i still cant believe he apinted tha whole outside of tha car w./ a rattle can...