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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 10:27 PM
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Doing the body work to repaint my car when I realized that I really didn't have all that many color choices.... Seems as though with a red interior all that really matches is red. Anyway, I was considering the possibliity of dying my dash and a few other parts black. Is this a bad idea? Whats the most effective way to change the color of your interior? Do I need to change the dash or is their some sort of way I can effectively change the color using some sort of special product? I've painted Dash's before and it always seems to look tacky,... especially when it chips off over time!

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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 10:39 PM
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you could paint it black w/red interior, looks pretty nice
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 01:39 AM
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you could paint it black w/red interior, looks pretty nice
That's what I plan to do.
Throw some red on the calipers and I think it'll look great.
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 01:42 AM
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i know my dads dyed a ton of interior pieces on my vette. i think my dash pad was originaly green, and the passenger side map holder was baby blue if i remember correctly.

they look great, you could never tell they were ever another color. even 20 years later after he did it.
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Old Nov 13, 2005 | 07:25 AM
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My 79 is black with red interior, and I think it looks damn good. It's also got red pinstripes to set off the black and match the interior.
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