I always liked the two-toned interior look, especially black and red, so I've slowly been transforming my cockpit. Door panel inserts and center console were 1st, then just got around to painting the e-brake cover insert and the steering wheel controls and wheel.
I used SEM Cobalt Red, sprayed with HVLP airgun, then coated with acrylic clearcoat (with a dulling agent), because I was concerned the SEM dye/coating would not hold up. I figure if the clear starts to show wear, I can easily re-coat without pulling the wheel (it's a rub-on clear acrylic coating).
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I'm almost done. Next up is a custom shift knob with threaded M10x1.25 shift adapter, a custom shift boot and saddle bags (using a modified GM OEM saddlebag- modified because the OEM bags will not fit due to the DDM center console.) Then, I'm done with the interior.
Did you paint your door inserts too? Or did you buy new vinyl? If you painted any surface that it continuously touched, let me know how you feel about painting it in 6 months. I had a yellow Mustang with white interior....made the mistake of letting someone talk me into "painting" the leather white again...boy was I sorry!! I would get to work in my black dress pants, especially in the summer and my pants would have white all over them....Hope that doesn't happen to you.
Did you paint your door inserts too? Or did you buy new vinyl? If you painted any surface that it continuously touched, let me know how you feel about painting it in 6 months. I had a yellow Mustang with white interior....made the mistake of letting someone talk me into "painting" the leather white again...boy was I sorry!! I would get to work in my black dress pants, especially in the summer and my pants would have white all over them....Hope that doesn't happen to you.
I used SEM flexible paint (for vinyl), with adhesion promotor. Has held up great so far. Trying to coat leather seats is a bit different, and for that I'd use Leatherique (which I used in the past with great success on my C3 Corvette seats.)
anybody painted their dooe handles to match the car? What do you do about the chrome plating on the plastic? rough it up? sand it off?
Just changed out my old handles for new pair with epoxy poured in to reinforce them. Have repaired the old ones that were cracked at the attachment points and...
I always thought clear side markers would look so much better than orange on my black 07. Because they are no longer being sold, I was prepared to cut my markers in half, make a mold of the covers, and pour clear epoxy resin to make new markers. However, I saw this thread: Side Marker Lights...
May i just say, what a pain in the a&@ to install. But the end results are awesome. Here are some pics. Took me about 7 hours to install by myself.
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I did find this. The tab was bent pretty good. Checked the other side. It had been replaced with the updated...
Would like an honest opinion. found some NACA style ducts that will fit perfectly where the fake duct and pontiac emblem are now located on the fender. Are they tacky? Do they look OK? give me some input please.
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2016 update.
Added an index to this thread to make it easier to find subjects that have been covered when I need to find them. Or if you want to find them. :-)
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