Painting dash

[Mattde]

Hey all, just looking for some general opinions.
I currently have an all grey VX interior: handles, vents etc.
but iv seen a few write-ups on painting door handles/ dash parts.
most ppl paint their's silver but i was wondering what everyone thought of doing some parts black?
so this would include:
- cluster surround and gearstick surround
- front windscreen vents (the small long bit that also covers the tweeters)
- door handle surrounds (not the bit you grab)
- Air Vent Surrounds.
- and probs some of the door too? just to be fancy. (so the middle gap between the two grooves where the manual winders usually sit)
oh and probs the speaker grills also.

So colour will be matt black (as matt as possible cos glossy will be too reflective n look melty)
second colour is the obvious silver..
thoughts?

 

[Killr6]

i did all mine in matt black with a coat of clear in the end, stands out from the rest of the shitty grey looking parts. and for parts like your door use vinyl paint, i used it and came up good.

 

[Mattde]

sweeet! do u have any pictures of how yours looks now? did u do the entire thing or jsut parts?
so just plain acrylic paint is good enough for the hard plastics and such?
also can u get vinyl paint from supacheap or bunnings?
(sorry obut all the questions!)

 

[TXB-409]

I got vinyl die from autobarn, was about $12 for the can from
memory, one can did my dash fascia and cluster surround, came up good

 

[Killr6]

nah no pictures as i Dont have the car any more.

yeah just plain cheap ass acrylic paint is fine for your plastics, also with your plastics get some wet/dry sand paper like 1500grit (i think) and sand the plastic make it nice and smooth, then get some cheap wax and grease remover eg: prepwash. to remove any crap left on the plastic, and read over the How To's to get a nice end job with your spray painting.

and yeah vinyl from supercheap is 18$ a can in matt black.

 

[Jonesy484]

yeah im spraying the auto shifter surround black as well as my ac surround and taking the fascia off my electric windows, the rest of my dash is silver, i got a little chop of what black and silver looks like

 

[Killr6]

looks good jonsey

 

[Kunu]

yeh go the VHT vinyl dye m8 its the best for that stuff, also some primer/cans of paint n clear coat for the plastic and will come up awesome...afew of the VT/VX lads on here have done it and makes a crap load of difference and is pretty easy but make sure the weather is decent n warm though..heres my one

 

[Kunu]

yeah im spraying the auto shifter surround black as well as my ac surround and taking the fascia off my electric windows, the rest of my dash is silver, i got a little chop of what black and silver looks like

that is tidy as bro

 

[Mattde]

woa, nice guys!
im really likin the silver, but dont want it too bright in my car, and i think the blue is a bit vibrant for me, though it would def suit the blue footwell LED's and cluster i have
im still gonna go with black, got a week off after next week so ill do a show crapload of painting then n try n post wen i get round to it
any prep work for vinyl besides grease remover?