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#1
02-08-2003, 02:36 PM
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Heres new pics of my interior!!
Here ya go, tell me what you guyz think!
   
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#2
02-08-2003, 04:31 PM
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daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn that looks hella tight!:bandit: the only thing left is the seats?
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02-08-2003, 05:49 PM
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well, more than that. I'm gonna do the carpets, at least the floormats, and the pillar covers, and hopefully the plastic on the bottom edge of the door openings, and the kickpanels in the corners below the dash...and i'm not sure what else yet. btw, thanx for the compliment!
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#4
02-08-2003, 06:34 PM
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Nice interior! Would love to do mine that way as well, but I think I'll pass for now and stick to what I have.
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#5
02-08-2003, 10:11 PM
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looks sweeet... but your seats just screams "change me"
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02-09-2003, 04:15 AM
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well, i can't really give even a close estimate of how long it took, because lots of things slowed me up, like having to reorder the dye online all the time, plus i had school, work, yada yada yada. I could have done it a lot sooner without those distractions, but overall it took me about..... 3 months....? i actually did the door panels first as testers because i had never done anything like this b4, then i waited almost a month before i started painting anything else.
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02-09-2003, 05:37 AM
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This is cool ive got a few questions.
How much money do you save by doing this yourself as oposed to a shop? How much did the materials cost? And what are some of the bad things that happen when you take when you do it yourself? And where did you learn how to do this? One more :alien: Did you have to strip the car down before you did all of that? Again though good job!
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02-09-2003, 01:45 PM
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Yo man ive been waiting for you to post your pics. Shoot man that looks really sick. Im just waiting for approval from a certain person b4 I order the dye from G2. How many cans did u need for all the vinyl parts? Your interior is lookin TIGHT already I cant wait to see it finished. Try and get a white or red steering wheel cover just to make it look alittle nicer
 . PM me with all the details bout what you used and what to avoid when I do it.Keep up the sick interior work 
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#12
02-09-2003, 03:40 PM
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voodoo, i estimate that i'm saving at least a grand, if not more, by doing the work myself. Material costs were just the dye/paint (varies, depends on how much you use, but i estimate i paid around 100 dollars cause i had to pay for shipping each time i ordered the dye) and then the cloth that i put on the door armrests and center console armrest, that was like 5 bucks. Bad things that happen...well, if you're not careful, the paint will run. If you don't tape things off REALLY well, you'll get overspray on things you don't want to be painted...umm, little flaws show up no matter how hard you try to do it perfectly, guess thats just the nature of DIY. But, it also feels very gratifying to know you did this all yourself. I didn't learn how to do this anywhere, i just took off my door panels one day and tried it, and luckily it worked! I recommend if you're going to paint the full interior like i did, start with the door panel vinyl. if you mess up, a new door panel can't be that much at a junk yard. No, i didn't have to strip the car down. I just took individual pieces out at a time that i wanted to paint. I painted the dashboard itself while it was in the car. I just taped off EVERYTHING very carefully, and went at it. Also, although i used vinyl dye to even paint the hard plastic parts (the instructions on the vinyl dye said that it could be used on hard plastic if you use a primer first), i don't recommend it. I would just use the vinyl dye on the vinyl itself, and then get normal spray paint for the hard plastic stuff. Normal spray paint is a little thicker and doesn't run as much as the vinyl dye does when its applied to hard plastic. Oh yeah, i think I might buy a red racing steering wheel, cause its gonna be tough to paint the oem steering wheel how i want it. thanx again for all the compliments! I can't wait to show you guys the finished product!
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02-09-2003, 03:51 PM
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scarlemthug, sorry, missed answering your question. Um, i'd have at least 4 cans of vinyl dye JUST for the vinyl parts. If you decide to use the dye on the hard plastic too, then order more. 4 should do fine though for just the vinyl parts.
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#14
02-09-2003, 04:59 PM
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Yeah im just gonna use the dye for the vinyl. Im looking into different types of paints for plastics so that it will look as good as possible. PM me with how you took off your door panels cause im stumped
 Im gonna order the vinyl dye soon so hopefully ill be able to start my interior soon. I think im gonna order the silver vinyl dye but im still not sure yet. Keep in touch man and let me know how ur interior is coming along.
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02-11-2003, 03:53 PM
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sigh...yeah that looks good
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