ok i search and search most of the topics and really didnt find out what i wanted soo im goin to ask you guys again..
i wanna redo the inside of my car like dashboard,doors,all plastic parts inside of the car. but i dont want to go out of the way n create wild designs rights.. so my question is how do i get all my plastic parts smooth soo it would look like "wanna be fiberglass" =]
plus i dont have a paint gun soo where could i find the paint in a can to spray onto like what website?? what grit would i used to sand down the plastic ? how far should i sand it? and should i use premier before painting it?? and do i need to add a clearcoat? i know i know soo many question but i hope someone could answer =]
and one more thing i have a fiberglass bodykit and fenders. what do i use to make the seams go away? to make it look like that the the bodykit and the car body one of one?
thanks ahead of time for all of your answers
I did this with a friend and it came out pretty good but it looks very ricey so I would advise you to NOT do it. He has a Honda Accord and it looks even too ricey for a Honda. Keep in mind that it will always look better stock than painted. But if you still want to see for yourself here's what we did:
For the bodykit: Bondo and sanding.
For the interior, take all the panels off and wash them free of things like Armor All, etc. Start sanding the vinel and plastic parts down like mad. After it is so scuffed up it's unrecognizable use high build primer. Add many light layers and sand. Don't worry about grit at this point, but you will need a LOT of this to get it smooth. Once you have enough primer that it is relatively smooth sand it down to finer grit and add several layers of paint (good quality spraypaint if you don't have a gun). 4-5 light layers should be fine. To finish it off give it 3-4 layers of very light clear coat.
um i see what if i didnt sand down the plastic and just used something like dupli-color spray paint? would that work better than sanding down the plastic and etc?
and bondo and sanding...wouldnt bondo start to crack around the seams that i repair do to stress and etc? over the years?
what do i buy to get bondo hard?
If you just paint on top of the vinel it will probably peel and will look like doodie IMO (will not get the gloss look). You are probably better off doing other things to your car than changing your interior colour. I have seen people do it, hate it, and have to buy an entire parts car to swap the interior.
haha WOW it changed when I said doodie to "doodie"... cool forum.
I'am working on my 92 mazda protege and all i did was sand the dash down and use a high build primer to fill in the pin holes and stuff like that. After the wet sanding and preping I use Krylon Fusion spray paint for plastics and it came out pretty good I'll post some pics for you later.
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Here's how my dash came out so far....




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