Anybody Paint Their Interior plastic parts???

[Cancivicd16]

I have a question for you...

I have a 97, how do you get the vents out? Not just the ones on the front of the dash by the doors, but also the little ones on top of the dash near the windsheild. I'v tryed removing screws but nothing budges. Do you just yank them out? Why doesn't anyone paint the center console? Does it come out?

[sagedismal]

here is a pic of my interior.

[j.fuggi]

Originally posted by Cancivicd16
I have a question for you...

I have a 97, how do you get the vents out? Not just the ones on the front of the dash by the doors, but also the little ones on top of the dash near the windsheild. I'v tryed removing screws but nothing budges. Do you just yank them out? Why doesn't anyone paint the center console? Does it come out?

i don't know about on 97's but on 95's the little bents just pull out with a little wiggling.

[sagedismal]

I have a question for you...

all you do is just pull them out. they are not secured by any screws or anything, just one of those clip things like under the dash, and i painted my center console and it turned out fine. i'll have to take a new pic and post it on here soon. the thing is you have to disconnect your stereo in order to take the center piece out and that can be somewhat of a pain, but after that its fairly easy to do.

[auke1]

One guy around here (and damnit i forget his name, maybe he was a PH'er) had his Yellow DX done in ALL tellow, with Black and White accents inside. unfortunately, i dont know how to post pics here on the site, but if you email me ([email protected]), or hit me up on AIM (Auke5) i can send you all the pics of his car that I saved, and you can decide if ya like it. I personally think it looks okay...I wouldnt do it to my own car, but i think it looks decent.

[jeffseby]

my color civic is BG-29p Aztec Green, i was wondering if the Dupli-color or whatever import color spray will work on spray painting the interior plastics. Because paint made for that type of plastic will not match my car at all. Please give me some techniques>>>>

[esp]

back from the dead wow that is an old thread. not sure on if it will work or not because the duplicolor is exterior paint not interior however it did use it to paint my eyebrows on my civic and the paint hasn't chipped yet and the eyebrows are abs plastic i believe.

[khead717]

Originally posted by jeffseby
my color civic is BG-29p Aztec Green, i was wondering if the Dupli-color or whatever import color spray will work on spray painting the interior plastics. Because paint made for that type of plastic will not match my car at all. Please give me some techniques>>>>

I used Dupli-color on exterior and it worked great! but when i used it on interior piece, the paint won't stick to the plastic piece... so i had to get another brand from pep boy and respray it and it 's fine now.

[jeffseby]

thank you that is exactly what i needed to know, but what exactly did you buy at pep boys?

[khead717]

Originally posted by jeffseby
thank you that is exactly what i needed to know, but what exactly did you buy at pep boys?

I used Plasti-Kote paint. I would suggest you sand the surface before you paint too.

[honciv1]

Since i can never find plastic paint for my color of choice i took craft paint and then going to cealr coat it. I will take pics when i get a chance!