dash panels
Pro
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 637
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From: Slovenija
Hi.
I painted my center console last year. It turned out quite nice and looked stock.
I had to sand of the rubber coating and then spray it with a primer paint and then with a mat black.
The sanded down panel
The primed panel
The painted panel
Reinstalled panels back in the car
It looked great for about a month but then the paint started to bubble like there was something evaporating from the plastic. I don't know what happened. I think that the surfaces were well sanded and cleaned. We also primed the plastic very well with primer made for plastic so I don't think it was anything in the processes.
Here's how it looks now
Some parts of the plastic show more distress than others. The flip has a lot of bubbling and the center console has some. But the radio and info display panel has almost nothing.
I don't know maybe it has something to do with the sun or heat since the car was never roofless in the sun for long.
I think I'm gonna have it repainted in a shop once when my friend will be spraying something black.
Good luck with yours.
Bye
I painted my center console last year. It turned out quite nice and looked stock.
I had to sand of the rubber coating and then spray it with a primer paint and then with a mat black.
The sanded down panel
The primed panel
The painted panel
Reinstalled panels back in the car
It looked great for about a month but then the paint started to bubble like there was something evaporating from the plastic. I don't know what happened. I think that the surfaces were well sanded and cleaned. We also primed the plastic very well with primer made for plastic so I don't think it was anything in the processes.
Here's how it looks now
Some parts of the plastic show more distress than others. The flip has a lot of bubbling and the center console has some. But the radio and info display panel has almost nothing.
I don't know maybe it has something to do with the sun or heat since the car was never roofless in the sun for long.
I think I'm gonna have it repainted in a shop once when my friend will be spraying something black.
Good luck with yours.
Bye
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 5,866
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From: Hellinois
Finalist 2020 C4 of the Year - Modified
You might want to watch this thread, http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...-breadbox.html a number of forum members have pics of their interiors and what they've done. I am doing my breadbox delete panel right now & am posting pics of my progress. I will be finishing the panel with black carbon fibre wrap. I have already done the rest of my interior pieces with this wrap and I will include pics of the interior when I get the panel installed.
