Painting interior VS

[JSTCOZ]

Hey,

I was thinking of using the ' Complete VN,VP,VR,VS,VQ,VG Headunit Guide [56k warning] ' and possibley paint my head unit (edit: and centre) another colour.

Any suggestions on what i'll need and brands recommended?

thanks

[96vswgncommodore]

do you mean paint your head unit or your centre console that hold head unit and stuff cause ive done to mine using plastic primer, then 3 light coats of touch up paint (more colours to choose from) then 3-4 coats of touch up clear coat. looks sweet and not peeling at all. ive tried rubbing on it hard and even scratching it a bit. it on there. check it out

[JSTCOZ]

do you mean paint your head unit or your centre console that hold head unit and stuff cause ive done to mine using plastic primer, then 3 light coats of touch up paint (more colours to choose from) then 3-4 coats of touch up clear coat. looks sweet and not peeling at all. ive tried rubbing on it hard and even scratching it a bit. it on there. check it out

Just looked at your car (pretty nice lol) and yes that is what I'm thinking of. Not sure what to colour to do it though? I got a dark green car and it now has green LED sticks inside it too. I was thinking maybe just a nice glossy black look?

Did it take long to paint it all bro? also what cost am I looking at for paint?

[ozyprd]

hey mate i did mine with the vht vynal dye and i think it worker well but u have to claer coat it of it faleks and marks this is how mine came up

[neet_wagon]

^^^^^^ uuggghhh! My eyeballs.
There is WAY to much white in there!



PS. you can hardly even see the silver

[JSTCOZ]

^^^^^^ uuggghhh! My eyeballs.
There is WAY to much white in there!



PS. you can hardly even see the silver

not a fan of white much myself. But i'm only looking to do the centre & headunit of it, not the rest

[96vswgncommodore]

not a fan of white much myself. But i'm only looking to do the centre & headunit of it, not the rest

i guees i will have to agree with that. you should have used a darker colour instead of the silver to compliment the white and so on. anyways great job doing it bro if you like it thats wat matters.

since i done the back and all that 2 i have used 3 big cans of clear and 4 green. if you just want centre console done...

get 1 big can of plastic primer, 1 bottle of wax and grease remover, 1 can of color and 1 can of clear. if you need some more buy somemore. 1 can of each should nearly get you there if so get a small can to finish it of...

1st you take all parts to be painted of and clean so there is no dirt and grit.

2nd wipe it very properly with wax and grease remover you can just let it dry on the parts as your going to paint it anyways.

tape of any parts you dont want painted

spray plastic primer and let it dry. sand it if you want smooth surface i personnally think you dont have too if you spray evenly

do 2 or 3 light coats of your colour of choice making sure you wait around 10 - 20 minutes between each coat.

then 2-3 coats of clear coat wait 10 - 20 minutes between each coat and on the last coat let it dry for at least a hour before putting back on to make sure its dry and you dont f=== it up while your trying to put them back on. this works good on plastic.. DOES NOT WORK FOR YOUR RUBBER BITS>>>> found out the hard way ended up scraping paint for hours.

HOPE YOU GO GOOD MATE. LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GO AND SHOW US SOME PICS

[ozyprd]

yeh wnen u see the silver in person it shows up but the missuses car and she wanted white but is getting changed to bone when it is retrimed proply

[JSTCOZ]

i guees i will have to agree with that. you should have used a darker colour instead of the silver to compliment the white and so on. anyways great job doing it bro if you like it thats wat matters.

since i done the back and all that 2 i have used 3 big cans of clear and 4 green. if you just want centre console done...

get 1 big can of plastic primer, 1 bottle of wax and grease remover, 1 can of color and 1 can of clear. if you need some more buy somemore. 1 can of each should nearly get you there if so get a small can to finish it of...

1st you take all parts to be painted of and clean so there is no dirt and grit.

2nd wipe it very properly with wax and grease remover you can just let it dry on the parts as your going to paint it anyways.

tape of any parts you dont want painted

spray plastic primer and let it dry. sand it if you want smooth surface i personnally think you dont have too if you spray evenly

do 2 or 3 light coats of your colour of choice making sure you wait around 10 - 20 minutes between each coat.

then 2-3 coats of clear coat wait 10 - 20 minutes between each coat and on the last coat let it dry for at least a hour before putting back on to make sure its dry and you dont f=== it up while your trying to put them back on. this works good on plastic.. DOES NOT WORK FOR YOUR RUBBER BITS>>>> found out the hard way ended up scraping paint for hours.

HOPE YOU GO GOOD MATE. LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GO AND SHOW US SOME PICS

thanks bro, shall follow those instructions you gave. very good detail! Hopefully get this done within a week but will bookmark this page for the later date. thanks. btw i think ill go with a glossy black