Tan to Black VHT Painted Rear Bins $9.99 y0
 

I used 1 can of VHT Plastic Paint (Satin Black). To prep it, I just used some Armor All wipes to clean up the grease and dirt.

1 VHT Plastic Paint Can costs $9.99. I'm sure it would've looked a lot nicer if I had more patience and applied 1 more coat but I ran out of paint. Not bad for $9.99 :) After I let it dry for 1 hour, I applied a plastic UV protectant to give it a slight shine.

Also, I accidentally dropped the rear bins on the ground and there wasn't a scratch (This is after 24 hours of curing), and I believe it takes up to a week for it to fully cure.

The after results look so amazing (It matches the dash and all). Tooo powerful! BAM!

Before:

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After:

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what does it feel like, the texture i mean?

like stock?

thanks
Bryon

looks really good. Let us know how it hold up.

It feels just like stock. It doesn't have a "sticky" feeling to it like other paints. :icon_tup:

I'm going to wait for at least a whole week before I test it out and try to see how it holds up against scratching :icon_tup:

That looks good, but next time I would scuff it very lightly with fine paper and then wipe it down with mineral spirits. That way you know for sure it has a good clean base for adhesion. I have not used vht for plastics but I have used other brands and it held up very well. I changed the spice plastics in my old jeep to black and they never scratched. only draw back is that it takes time for it to air out to where you do not smell the fumes of the paint still curing, but my top came off for that though.

let us know how it holds up six months from now. By then you should know if it is holding up well and if it is worth it for the people with tan plastics. by the way, good job so far:icon_tup:

i wonder how this would look on already darker plastics, like the, ugh, red, blue , etc...

i think i found my solution for a black interior lol

Risen, what sort of UV protectant did you use?

Looks good however i woulda just sold the tan bin and bought black.

It woulda been much easier to maintain and its the real thing.

I gone through what you went through. I did my whole tan interior and switched it up to black with the jdm rear seat.

Im soo glad i got rid of the shitty ass tan interior, its soo ugly when i think about it. Nothing like a nice all black interior, especially in our cars.

The black bins are expensive and shipping the bins is $. I don't mind having sprayed black bins/plastic parts. But for the door panels, I'm buying black ones.

There's one by Armor All, but I bought the generic version by Advanced Auto. Same ingredients. Don't buy the petroleum based ones because they'll eat up the paint :icon_tup:

Anything by Armor All = crap.

How do you like peanut oil on your skin?

looks a thousand times better! if i had a tan interior id definetly do this instead of buying over priced black pieces

I dont think the purpose of his thread is to talk about what you woulda bought. Anyone can just BUY something. kudos for you painting your tan.

oh, a recommended step for those of you who choose to follow in RISENS's footsteps. Go over your plastic with a scotch brite pad and a good degreaser, let dry, apply adhesion promoter such as bull dog or something and then add the color. it will definatly stick better.

Well like any other thread on any other forum, people have their opinions and the right to say whatever they want.

I already acknowledged the work he put into his car, i just added my 2 cents right after it.

I mean forums would be pretty boring if all the replies were...

"wow looks good"

"cool"

"great job"

"nice"

always up to no good rob

Well i didnt say anything wrong.

Not like i bashed his work saying its crap.

Unless he has tan interior which could be the cause why he went PMS on me.

A tan interior is a piece of shit though :D

1QWIK7 is gay.

lol leave him alone. i just wanted to let him know that its common sense to buy something that appears to hard to take care of. And yes, i had tan interior.

No way would I ever prep the surface of anything with mineral spirits before paint. Rubbing alchohol is about the best thing you could ever use. a nice tooth brush and some isopropal alchohol. then wipe with a clean microfiber towel.

Where did you buy the paint?

Dude get on aim. You're never on aim anymore.