Rich260 Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 After being inspired by some of the great interior's I saw at the Ace cafe meet I thought I'd give mine a refresh. I sanded down the textured finish of the centre console and gave it a coat of paint. 3 Quote
MDMetal Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Nice! Talk us through what you did a bit Quote
Rich260 Posted October 12, 2015 Author Posted October 12, 2015 Thank's I'm very happy with it. I think once all the other parts are done it'll look spot on. I sanded it down with 80 grit sand paper to remove the texture then worked my way up to 800 to leave a smooth finish. Applied 3 coats for plastic primer Flattened off with a wet sand. Applied 3 coats of paint (bmw sparkling graphite to main and nissan black to the pods) Applied 3 roughly 3 coats of lacquer. Quite a time consuming job but I would say well worth the effort. Easy enough for a DIY if you have experience with spray cans Quote
Rich260 Posted October 12, 2015 Author Posted October 12, 2015 Thanks for all the comments guys I'll get some more pics up once every thing is painted and fitted. Quote
Rich260 Posted October 14, 2015 Author Posted October 14, 2015 Next piece done. Just the cubby door to go but I ran out of primer last night. Doh! Should get it all finished this evening. 1 Quote
niz Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 class - post pics of it all fitted up . I'd consider this as it's not too expensive Quote
Richie94gts Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Looks good, brightens up the interior a bit! Quote
Vlad Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Did you use cans or spray gun mate? Any info on what brands you've used? (Primer, paint, lacquer). As thinking to spray some bits in the near future Quote
Vlad Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Oh just read it again and looks like you used cans Just info on the brands will be appreciated Quote
valy Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 looking good bud,keep updatind this post once you have put them in the car to see how it looks. quite a few options in your local Halfords Vlad,I got mine there and very pleased with they way all looks now Quote
Rich260 Posted October 17, 2015 Author Posted October 17, 2015 Cheers for the comments guys! It's all back in and I'm very happy with the results! Will get pics up shortly hit it's difficult to get the proper effect with my iphone camera. All the rattle cans were just halfords own brand Quote
niz Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 massive improvement! well done :thumbs: You didn't happen to come up with a way to make the cubby hole lid less floppy? Quote
Rich260 Posted October 18, 2015 Author Posted October 18, 2015 Haha no, it's still quite floppy! I sprayed he runners with some silicone sprays and it opens and and close's better than it did but it still feels a little cheep! Quote
Ricey Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 For the love of God if you use silicone sprays do it AFTER you paint. Death destruction and pain will ensue if you don't. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote
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