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Ok, so im going to get my seats reupholstered for my birthday, and a nice new steering wheel eventually.
The other day i had a thought, what if i changed the colour of the interior from grey to black?
So i bought some vinyl spray, and tested it and it seems to work (Good for bumperetts!)
Then instead of rushing in to it like i normally would, i hesatated.


Now im wondering what i should do.

Leave it grey, but most likely have black seats (thinking black with an insert)
Or paint my interior Black???

Thoughts, opinions and general advice, much apprichiated and needed.

Cheers Cam

there as a brumby on ebay a while ago with a hot pink interior and black trim

go with a colour similar to what your interior is, and the plastic doesn't really take that well to paint.

TOONGA

I've been thinking about doing the same to my interior for a while but couldn't find any decent information on the vinyl paints i.e. how many coats to change the color of something, does it peel off easily, does it work on all interior bits (vinyl and plastic) So I haven't done it yet.
My interior is/was brown, but now the door cards have faded to a weird pink color in the sun so I wanted to do a two tone black/grey arrangement maybe with a bit of carpet at the bottom as well. Then follow the theme on the pillars and center console.

Ok, yeah the paint seems to work well.
On the can, after desphiering all the Bull Sh!t, i read, it is supposed to be able to work on plastic and vinyl, and hold quite well.
Yeah i saw that brumby, that was a real B & S ute.
The current colour is the dark grey, its in pretty good condition.


Cheers Cam

If you're interior is in good condition I'd leave it the way it is, you'll thank yourself in a year or two!

If you're going to do an interior colour change it's best to get a company to do it. At least for the dash board I know having it re-covered with the vinyl is the best way to do it, the vinyl will stay the colour you want it and it won't wear out/peel like a coat of paint would.

Also, if the paint isn't applied properly it will peel off and wear quickly. You need to be very thorough with your surface preparation!

Cheers

Bennie

Rub back with 400 grit as freddo said be very thorough. Spray With "holts" plastic primer, or anyother automotive plastic primer. Then 1 light coat of 2k Primer, then 2 coats of 2k High Solid (colour).

I wouldnt use that can shit, use 2pac/2k paints all the way.

Here's a pic of mine.

I've since changed the seats to Liberty seats thanks to Guy.

I recon this colour scheme worked OK.

Also changed the steering wheel. Cost was about $120 or less.

i have changed my dash trim to black, took a bit of work and had to wait a few days for it to set so i could do another coat,
black would look good but i am not too sure on when it comes to clean the dash, not sure what products you can use to make sure the paint come off.

good luck with the project

Just remember how hot black stuff gets...especially black vinyl...how hot was it in SA today?

Why don't you do white like some of the "doof-doof" crowd?!! (Am I showing my age again )

Mind you, I remember being burnt on bone-white-coloured vinyl in Holdens in summer in the 70's (now really showing my age)

If you paint, remember that surface preparation is the key. Be ruthlessly, pedantically clean and thorough with it. Pretend you're cleaning your room for a Papal visit AND your mother's going to inspect it beforehand. A good, clean, well prepared and primed surface will make the (correct) paint stick.

Just an opinion, but perhaps a proper reskin as per El_Freddo would be the way to go if you can afford it. At 20+ years old it may not matter how well you paint the interior, if the surface fails underneath you'll lose it (like painting rotten wood).

You could also perhaps paint to highlight parts/areas- e.g. the binnacle, centre console etc., leaving the rest grey? Especially the removable bits... that way if you change your mind you can just pop down to the wreckers for 'new' ones.

Good luck!

pitrack_1 wrote:Just remember how hot black stuff gets...especially black vinyl...how hot was it in SA today?

I had my car parked in the sun last week when it wasn't even 40, steering wheel was too hot to touch...and that's the brown steering wheel! Also nasty shock when you reach for the seat belt and you grab the metal bit