I am thinking the red surround on my interior (around stereo & shifter) is too much red. I liked it at first , but?? I am thinking of repainting to either a factory grey or perhaps a matt black to match the instrument cluster. Suggestions please.

 

wow, 28 views and no opinions!

 

I like it,

What kind of paint did you use and where'd you get it from?

 

pics are way too small to make judgement

 

Do what looks good to you...to hell with everyone else...

 

I say gunmetal grey, or do what Directfreak did, check posts on CF surround..

 

pix are way too small...but from what i see changing it would do it some better...you are right...too much red...i personally like how pam's looked with the glossy black...

 

wow that glossy black looks amazing any idea of how she did it? What kind of paint? What kinda preping? looks awesome

 

^^^ I agree DO TELL!

 

I used normal krylon spray pant to get mine glossy black (ignore the stupid ricer e-brake handle, it's now black as can be seen in the pic with my white gauges)

 

Where'd you get this from? I tried using high temp blue paint on a panel peice inside and it melted it sort of....

 

Try the Rust-oleum Hammered Metal paint. The silver is close to the stock color and gives the illusion of some texture. Also come in several other colors including one that looks charcoal black.

 

Pam was the name of the car...person who owned her is Manntis on this forum...maybe he'll pop up in this thread to explain what paints he used to do that...

 

I think the black looks much better, looks like I'll be making a change.

 

oh yeah, go back to black, or grey.

too much color looks just so cheap imo.

small hints of color here and there are classy, but
too much just looks bad.

my car is yellow, and to hint the interior, i've ordered a black leather
shift boot with yellow stitching, and i plan on using a steering
wheel with a hint of yellow (either on the grip, or hub area), but
that's it.

nick

 

mmmmmm I think my dash would look amazing gloss black heres a picture of it currently... I just dont want it to look like ***, how can you tape off the push button and other stuff so it looks good?

Edit: The more I look at the picture the more i realize how the current color matches the rest of the interior I guess painting the panel isnt for me =(

 

Your color looks fine. My grey plates were a little scratched from where the previous owner apparently kept his cell phone all the time. To paint them, you have to remove them.

 

Here's a quick chop job of your interior with the black panel

 

What I did here is have the centre console panel, ash tray panel, HVAC vent slats, instrument bezel, and switch plate (by the parking brake) all sprayed with the same metallic black and clearcoat as the exterior of the car.

When I had Pam repainted the shop did this, and the instrument gauge bezel, for nothing as they already had the pain set up, etc. and I disassembled the dash pieces for them. I took out the clear bit of the ashtray drawer, so when it was reassembled there were no masking lins in the clearcoat or anything.

The 3 layers of clearcoat give it a 'wet' depth that a simple gossy paint lacks. When it was all assembled again my car was even more often mistaken for a brand-new vehicle. I cannot emphisize enough how using real body colour/clearcoat on accents like this enhances the look.

I agree, though, that red painted plastic with a red interior doesn't have the same contrast. The black goes nicely with the shifter boot, HVAC controls, etc.


Damn I miss that car...

 

Always a work in Progress:

 

^ I never get sick of that......it is perfect like it is.

 

I love the look of the cd player with the gauges under it.... Remind me where you got it? But the problem is I dont think I need that many guages in my n/a

 

i like Directfreak's interior, but i'd have to say go with a replica of Manntis' interior for your car simply because i'm not sure how well your red would carry off the carbon fiber.

Directfreak ~
on a side note - what is that? are they full CF replacements or some sort of adhesive? looks great, man!