BOSTONCAMARO

Ok so I am doing the interior and my door panels look pretty good, but as I have resprayed everything pretty much such as console sections, inside quarter panel trim etc, should I freshen up my door panels with a vinyl paint / dye or is this a bad idea?

I have one little nick in the panel right around there the inside grab handle attaches, not sure if I should fix that with some epoxy or vinyl repair then hide it with a respray of the panel, I would say the door panels are a 7.5 or an 8 on a scale of 1 - 10, not all broken up or anything, I will be regluing some slight peeling on the bottom.

I appreciate the input, just not sure if the paint / dye or whatever you want to call it will look right, will peel or fade etc.

Pictures of door panels that have been refinished along with paint brands would be a big help!

7T1vette

Using regular spray paint is a BAD IDEA. Using a good quality vinyl dye is a GOOD IDEA....assuming that you properly prep the panels with a thorough detergent cleaning/rinsing/drying before you spray.

I get SEM ColorCoat [liquid] from a pro auto body paint supply store. They can mix it to GM interior color code or to match a panel that you bring in. When sprayed on, it looks just like NEW GM interior appearance. SEM also makes some rattle cans of various colors and those work fine; but the sheen on the surface is a bit more flat than the liquid SEM and/or new car interiors.

BOSTONCAMARO

I did mean, the correct spray can type vinyl dye/paint for random spray paint

thanks, I may do this, need to get my panels in sun, see how good, bad they are...maybe will have some dye mixed up as you suggest...does it simply rub on with a cloth?

Stroh

Hey Boston,

The ONLY interior pieces I didn't re-dye were the doors. MIne weren't bad, but I was afraid that even with the really good interior dye I'd see some rubbing off and be redoing them every year, like I have to do with my seats until I get new ones.

If they're not bad, I'd just clean them up and let them go.

BOSTONCAMARO

I think I am going to leave my door panels as is, they are pretty nice..thanks for the input!

7T1vette

Vinyl dye should be spayed on, for best results. But, you can do that with rattle cans; or you can do that using a liquid dye that is sprayed using your own equipment or with a simple (and inexpensive) gas/bottle sprayer that can be purchased at the same auto body paint supply place where you purchase the vinyl dye.

BOSTONCAMARO

I do think I am going to leave my door panels, but if I do dye them, likely will get the SEM...thanks for the info!