This tutorial was written by Steveo and anything you screw up is not my fault. This is all on you and my guide is a helper. I got a quote on my car a while back before I did this, and it was $7-10k for silver/black vinly, so expect leather to be more.
Ok, you are going to need about 7-9 can's of paint. Duplicolor makes a vinyl paint especially for this purpose. Spray paint for exterior and interior use is only going to crack because of the softness of the vinyl and it's padding. chose whatever color you would like, i chose gloss black and silver.
We will start with the door panels. there are a total of 5 screws in the front doors and 2 in the rear panels. Take out the door handle trim with one screw holding it in, take out the toggle switch for window/locks and unplug it. If you do not want to paint the speaker cover, there are a few screws to take off the second half of the lower section of the panel(fronts only). remove those screws and you will see that the speaker cover is only "bent" into place. Unbend these sides and it will come right out. Clean it with a mild soap/water solution to rid of the oil and such on it. Dry it well as paint does not stick to water either. Then follow directions on paint can. Most of the newer lines of spray can come with a nozzle that "the pros" may use spraying at a vertical pattern. Let dry, Do as many coats as needed. The carpet piece inside of the upper half of the panel can be spray dyed as mine was. I bought a simple black spray dye that you can get at the same store as the interior spray.
The rear is a one piece design with no need to take out anything. Wash and dry as above and follow same directions.
The center consol is held in by 9 screws in their given locations. once removed, it will simply pop out. Unscrew the arm rest by the 2 screws holding it if you want another color for it or even painting. Clean and dry, and paint as directed above.
Now the big piece. The dash. You may take it out if needed, but that will hold up time a little longer. I did not do this, so i have no idea how to take it out. I have a 2-tone color scheme in mine with the lower half silver and upper black. if you would like this, you will have to remove the driver's side lower panel, A/C tubing, and Glove box. Taping off parts is probably your best friend in this situation, so tape off the windshield with newspaper and a strong masking tape the best you can. If not, you will have paint on the windshield and is a bitch to remove. Take out all of the trim(most just pop out). There is the center trim piece, radio bezel, clock bezel, a/c bezel, both sides of the a/c bezels, the gauge cluster bezel, and 2 defog bezel pieces right on top of the dash near the windshield. be sure to "plug" all of these holes so the over spray doesn't get in there. Now you may wipe this down with a mild detergent and dry very well. You can now spray your dash. Be sure to do all even coats because this is the part that will stand out, as it is the largest. once finished, put all trim back in.
Most of the lower trim is plastic so you can use regular spray paint or the vinyl paint you have. follow the given directions on the can.
the a-pillar pieces are the same as the plastics above as with the rear pillar pieces, and seatbelt trim on the side of the front seats.
The trim pieces themselves are very easy to do. You can use the vinyl paint, but i would suggest the exterior paint for this. Sand them down with a high grit because they are already smooth and just need some sort of graininess for the paint to stick to. clean well, dry, and primer them. sand with high grit again, primer, sand. then you can paint, wet sand, paint, wet sand. clear coat 2x, wet sand, clear coat. not very hard.
The headliner, carpet, and carpet pieces in the doors can be colored by a spray dye available in most automotive stores. I used black again on the door carpet and speaker carpet behind the rear seat. The visors, headliner and carpet i did not do. but as many layers as needed to get appropriate color.
Hopefully this covers most of the interior.
My finished product:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...74_17_full.jpg
http://img213.exs.cx/img213/7238/dscf0010small6lp.jpg
http://i140.exs.cx/img140/3606/garage8small5sk.jpg
any questions, comments, etc. email me at
[email protected] or IM me or PM me.
Steve
