Dash

[AleroDrime]

im wondering if anyones tried removing the vynil from teh dash and doors and sanding them to paint?

im wondering what kind visual effect this could produce in an interior and am perdicting it could provide an alternative to getting a wavy or peeling dash repair,

is this possible or a dumb idea

not shure if fiberglassing would be needed, but im figuring theres plastic somewhere underneith the black material under the vynel that could be preped to paint>?

[sburke]

There is plastic under the vinyl, but you would be better off to just glass it and pain it.

[AleroDrime]

so it is possible? has anyone done it without glassing it and have pictures?

also would nail polish on the light inside the dome be effective at turning it blue

[heineck]

uhh nail polish? dude just buy that ebay colored tint, its like 23 bucks

[AleroDrime]

no money litteraly, and now im bored wiht havent done nothign but put a 5 hour energy drink as a ship knob for a while, makign the interior light blue would be a big noticalbe change

[AleroDrime]

i think im gonna try it, whats the difference if i mess up, those bulbs are like a dollar to autozone

[heineck]

oh paintin the bulb i thought you were talkin about the housing, lemme kno how that works out for ya

[Misuseofyou]

It's going to cook the nail polish.

[AleroDrime]

It's going to cook the nail polish.

was wondering about that, its why i chose to ask, but you can buy blubs that are tinted blue like i have in the center, why doesnt that blue melt off

[heineck]

thats not paint man thats stained glass

[TheEdgeofSanity]

the dash isn't perfect and the vents don't fit right without the vinyl on it. somebody tried it before and it looked dumb and they regretted it after. just stick with the stock look for now, unless you want ur car to look like a gutted house.

[sburke]

so it is possible? has anyone done it without glassing it and have pictures?

I have never seen or heard of anyone doing that. The plastic that is underneath can't really be sanded. It heats up and kind of peels, I know this because it does the same thing as you cut through it.

[AleroDrime]

crud that shoots down my two ideas

[AbHeLlRaZoR]

paint the trim and vent's.

[sburke]

I've got some black painted vents that still function I'd sell you. If you don't want them, be careful when you paint yours, if you're not real carefull you won't be able to turn them anymore

[heineck]

how much u askin for them vents if he doesnt wan em?

[Eric Neal]

i have a friend that wanted to change the color of his interior light to red. so he bought some clear-see through red tape and then taped this around his bulb up there. now his interior light gives of a red glow and its pretty f-n sweet. its been like that for over half a year and nothing has happened to it

[cherrington17]

gah. just replace the bulb w/ the led version.

www.superbrightleds.com

do it right the first time...

[AleroDrime]

The light has been done u painted it, turned on let get hot
When the burning smell came I hit it with a cold blow dryer
Now its fine no burt smell or anything and I also added an extra blue 194 bulb looks great but I can't get the glow to show up well in pictures

[cliffordwoeller]

i have started to learn being cheap doesnt get you too far and most times its just better to put the money in to get good quality items, cause for me in the end the probs with the cheap equal the value of the good stuff when its all said and done

[cherrington17]

getting it to show up in pictures... you need to use "night" mode. w/ a tripod or a REALLY steady hand. It holds the lens open for like 3 seconds, to get enough light exposure.

[AleroDrime]

dont have a fancy cam though, usually use my blackberry, it has night mode though ill try

[Redog]

As for the dash.

I bought a dash cap on eBay. Works pretty good, but the vinal underneath is statring to wave in one spotbecause the dash is comming up in just that one spot. Meh, I'll fix it later.

The guy's eBay name is az*bob, kit's like $150

[Fi-Alero]

Something like this will work ;) :
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/4/560012.jpg

[KenshinZero]

the dash isn't perfect and the vents don't fit right without the vinyl on it. somebody tried it before and it looked dumb and they regretted it after. just stick with the stock look for now, unless you want ur car to look like a gutted house.

I tried it, and then recoverd it because It looked like crap, no to mention the glair from shiny plastic, I wasnt the fist im sure tho.