Interior plastic paint colour
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yeah mate, do they work? and are they easy to wire up?
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can you PM me with a price mate, and tell me what each gauge reads. Cheers
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I'm just in the process of spraying up my interior door handles. Halfords had about 4 Honda silvers so I chose the one that looked closest, didn't read about the Vauxhall paint.
I'll stick a photo up when done and the paint name, see how it looks.
I'll stick a photo up when done and the paint name, see how it looks.
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Best thing to do if the interior needs sprucing up is to DiNoc the lot. Looks a lot better IMO.
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Is that the carbon fibre type stuff? I'm after a standard interior to be honest, thanks for the suggestion though.
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The CF stuff looks cool, just dont trust myself to do it, think i wil make a right balls up of it. Cant really justify spending £60 on getting someone else to do it either.
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My effort. Two little issues, 1 the old owner tried using a screw driver to get them out, so the holder and the insert have a huge gap the idiot. Second, messing with a rough bit put my thumb through the primer lol.
Still, looks OK, colour looks pretty good. Have to wait until in the car and compare with the centre console! I didn't bother sanding/levelling or with lacquer, could't be bothered.
Still, looks OK, colour looks pretty good. Have to wait until in the car and compare with the centre console! I didn't bother sanding/levelling or with lacquer, could't be bothered.
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looks pretty smart mate, id definatley lacquer them though, you can get a can off ebay for 3 or 4 quid.
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Cheers mate. I'll see what they look like when in the car, since they're not perfect, but much better than before. If they look good i'll pick up a can of lacquer tomorrow from Halfrauds.
May end up having another pop yet though. TBH though, doubt you can see tiny imperfections in daily use.
May end up having another pop yet though. TBH though, doubt you can see tiny imperfections in daily use.
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i think it will look pretty smart, im pretty tempted to do mine gloss black. Is it pretty easy to remove the dash etc? Definatley lacquer them mate, it will give it a much better finish and wil protect it from getting scratched etc.
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In terms of the dash, mines OK so havn't removed it.
This thread from a quick search has a bit in it:
http://type-r-owners.co.uk/forums/s...e-on-civic&highlight=removing+centre+console\
And yeah cheers i'll laquer them tomorrow. I was thinking of black but I saw a picture of all the interior black and it looked dated I thought. The silver bits make it look a tad more modern imo.
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yeah im tempted to go silver too. I know its a little off the subject but just had my wheels refurbed and done in back, sanded my centre caps down and sprayed them, then i put new "H" badges on then lacquered them. made a massive difference and protects them well. Is the shade of silver you went for different from OEM? cant wait to see pics of yours. Id it easy to remove the dash without snapping clips etc?
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I didn't remove the dash mate, mine was perfect still. Only the handle inserts I sprayed. The paint shade is a little different, I can tell that upon inspection.
However, it's lots better than having black scratches everywhere, you can hardly tell. Looks pretty good. The Iphone4 camera is a little weak some times so the pictures don't really show the shades too well, but you can see they're a tad different.
However, it's lots better than having black scratches everywhere, you can hardly tell. Looks pretty good. The Iphone4 camera is a little weak some times so the pictures don't really show the shades too well, but you can see they're a tad different.
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top job!
ive just did my door handles (slightly different shade but as you say its better looking than scratched)
i currenty have a silver HU which im planning on changing to a black one so im gonna have a go at painting my centre console too.. just stuck for ideas on a colour, maybe cosmic grey to match the car colour ?
ive just did my door handles (slightly different shade but as you say its better looking than scratched)
i currenty have a silver HU which im planning on changing to a black one so im gonna have a go at painting my centre console too.. just stuck for ideas on a colour, maybe cosmic grey to match the car colour ?
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perfect. thats exactly how i want mine to look.