Restoring/painting dash plastics
 

So it seems duplicolor flat black bumper paint seems to look work the best. W the duplicolor adhesion paint prior to it.

what I didn’t see or read anywhere though are the graphics of the dash. People peel the stickers off? W a low heat gun. Or some have mentioned there’s a place that still sells them? I haven’t tried the dealership yet. But I would say taping those off would be not very possible due to their size shape and curvature of the dash pieces.

thx for any link or help on those replacement stickers (temp color stickers and hvac etc)

they come out... you dont need to mask them. duplicolor makes a plastic and vinyl paint. theres a picture of an FD interior on the can. use that with the adhesion promotor

+1 on Plastic & Vinyl paint. Look through the thread on repainting the plastics, there is good info about which paint is the best match.

You probably want to use something matte or satin, not flat. Flat will be too, well, flat.

Ok got the white plastic pieces off so now I can see the dials and graphics etc comes off!! Lol don’t need to tape it off haha
looks like some sort of sticky tape holding it in. Probably try it w a low heat gun?


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Is this the one we want to use? People say use duplicolor plastic vinyl but this is the one that comes up
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Check this thread:

https://www.rx7club.com/interior-ext...-810859/page7/

You want satin paint, not flat. SEM is recommended over Duplicolor.

I’m all for doing a DIY, but if you want the plastic pieces to last longer than a year or 2, and have it looking almost factory finished, take those pieces to an actual paint shop. Same one you would take your car too.
These paint cans you buy from the Home Depot or so is fine if you want to touch up something small and most people won’t notice.
In a car however, you want it to withstand varying temperatures and conditions. Get it done properly.
just my opinion. :)

Silicone products like Armorall are commonly used on and around those interior panels. Minimum, I would thoroughly wash them with dish soap and hot water. If you want to be really sure to avoid ‘fish-eyes’ get some ‘final wash’, fast drying reducer from a body supply shop..or, in a pinch, brake parts cleaner and wipe them down completely. Tack-rags are also a good idea.

FWIW after sanding with (IIRC) 320 grit followed by a fine sanding pad and prepping above, I’ve had good luck with black Plasti-dip on a 93 driver’s door plastic. Good adhesion, durable, matches well and it’s got a nice feel to the touch.

Shane Drake has a write up that I've adopted. I dislike the '93 finish, so everything has been refinished this way:


https://www.draklore.com/94-texture-how-to

Use SEM 15013 Landau Black
 

I redid my 93 interior plastics using SEM 15013 Landau Black a little over two years ago.
No complaints at all im very happy with the results. Also has held up great and looks stock.
Here's my build thread, page 3 if you wanna check it out!
Good luck!

FD#3... I finally got my favorite color/trim! 1993 SSM Base - Page 3 - RX7Club.com - Mazda RX7 Forum


Steve