im painting the interior of my car and want to know the best way to go about it. ive already painted the carpet (looks good). ive started to paint the doors and under the dash, but im having a hard time keeping the paint on. it drys and looks good, but it easily scrapes off. could yall please help. i heard someone here on the forum is a pro when it comes to this stuff. i could sure use the help.




dj triXter

mods:
centerforce dual-friction clutch
sprint 2" lowering springs
aem cold air intake w/ bypass valve
hyper-white headlights
red 15" street glow neon lts under dash
(2) blacklight 9" neon behind visors
gts headlight covers
(2) 400 wt. pioneer subs in the trunk
600 wt hifonics amp

couldnt peeps just hit up the interior with vinyl?...thats what i was thinkin about, and if you feel like changin colors its alot eaiser to change...
just my idea, lemme know if it would work

All my interior was redone. It was all GS tan new, but all the plastic trim and pieces were painted and the carpet was replaced and the upholstery was stripped and vynal took its place... Here's a few pics if I can get them up. My digital camera sucks with red colors so they look redish orange :-( but you get the jist of it...





Also, go to a junkyard find an eclipse with black interior or whatever color(if its a color they made) and strip the car of everything you can get, dash, console, etc....

Also, when you paint anything plastic, good rule of thumb is always sand it with a fine grit sandpaper, then primer it good, then spray your apint, then I like to go over it was a sealer or clearcoat, whatever look your looking for, the people that painted my interior just sprayed on paint and its chipping off in high use areas... So one of my next projects(after all the damn engine quirks and tuning) is to resray all the painted plastic... right this time...
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Brad Rickard
98 GS HRC Stage V (nuff said)

yo man, your interior looks BAD ASS!!! PLEASE post up pictures of your whole car, exterior and interior (well, nevermind that since we've already got the interior pics). PLEASE!!! i saw your list of mods in the other post, and i've been dying to see what your car looks like. ps, your digital camera isn't bad at all. red looks red.

Dexter Gonzalez
Parsippany, NJ || PRterk52@aol.com

1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS

Installed:
-AEM CAI
-B&M "The Edge" short shifter
-Borla cat-back exhaust
-Catco hi-flow cat
-Magnecore 8.5mm plug wires

Not yet installed:
-AEM bypass valve
-AFX UDP

Your paint will only last as long as your prep work - just make sure you clean the plastic real good before and after sanding. Sand in a rotational movement. You will need a primer that will fill the sandpaper scratches and promote strong adhesiveness. Put about 3 coats of laquer then 2 coats of clear coat. San Diego has the best weather to paint outdoors. Books can help, charge the library.


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JE
Crower
T04E
Centerforce
Spearco

*off topic*

Ummm, I won't post pics to the list, but give me 2 weeks or so and I'll whip up a website for my car... I am rather busy with work and school but I'll make an effort to sit down one night and bust out a decent website for you all.

Anyone have a server I can have like 10 meg on? MAby a weee bit more if I decide to bust out the digital camcorder.. I want to get some good racing footage, burnouts, etc but I don't know if I will have the time for awhile...
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Brad Rickard
98 GS HRC Stage V (nuff said)

I found the trick recently. Get some old boards or something and sit them out in the sun. Now, in a vented, non windy area, sand the plastic down with fine sand paper and blow off the dust. After you rough it up and smooth it out, wipe it with a wet towel. Dry it perfect. now, spray color on lightly until the color is solid. After you have the color looking even and how you want it, clear coat the hell out of it. I probably sprayed about 3-4 nice coats of clear. I need to re-do my older pieces now that I have the technique down better.

here's mine! :) I still need to do more tho. Any suggestions? I think an all red with all red interior would look weird. neone?











"Kaptain Mike"

http://www.heavenz-not-0verflowing.com/KaptainKillgore/index.htm
theblueghost@hotmail.com
1997 RS

Hey Mike, that sprite can really sets your interior off. I'll bet it adds some serious HP too. :P

Yo trixter
your ride just told me that you need some clear corners with some blue bulbs :)





1995 RS
16x8 Momo's
CAI
4-2-1 Headers
2.75 in Tenzo cat-back exhaust
carbon fiber s%^t
2nd gen altezza's
GTS carbon look headlight covers
Apex-I Super AFC
Eiboch lowered
Momo pedals
Indiglo gauges
Autometer gauges/pillar pod
Front, Rear, upper and lower strut braces(neuspeed)
Clarion auto pc with navigation sytem
Clear front corners
Ported throttle bodie(55mm)
Racing stripes (one 2" one 6" side by side down the passenger side)
Custom front grill
"mitsubishi inside" sticker (my favorite)
I got lots more mods but Im tired of typing :)

I have been looking into this alot lately. Use SEM's interior paint. Wash it realy good two or more times using soap you are trying to get silicon off of the part/s you are painting. I am hoping to start doing my entire dash, either gloss black or white with red inserts, this weekend. I will post how it goes, but will not have any pics.

Good Vibrations Performance & Audio
For all you cars needs
gvperformance@hotmail.com

Installed- Aem CAI, Apexi Megaphone Dunk cat back, NGK plugs

Sitting in room-Neuspeed race springs
More to come.....

why would i want clear corners with blue bulbs




dj triXter

mods:
centerforce dual-friction clutch
sprint 2" lowering springs
aem cold air intake w/ bypass valve
hyper-white headlights
red 15" street glow neon lts under dash
(2) blacklight 9" neon behind visors
gts headlight covers
(2) 400 wt. pioneer subs in the trunk
600 wt hifonics amp

Dude, you have the ILLEST interior I have ever seen in an eclipse! You are doing exactly what I am planning to do (tan to black)

Looks incredible!!!!

-Nick

Hey Mike, aren't those turbo indiglo's?
If you wanna see another sweet interior look for RO's car, i think his name is VxRovX

javi d
vroom n' boom

how do we paint the dash..I want my dash white to combine it with blue. NE1??

Daniel
'96 GS-T
A.K.A. "HONDA HUNTER"
"DON'T HATE....PARTICIPATE"

I need NOS...and Harry, I need it by tonight!!!

yesh...it i do have turbo gauges. Why? Cause the tach on the nonturbo indiglos are wrong, dats y, foo. :)

"Kaptain Mike"
http://www.heavenz-not-0verflowing.com/KaptainKillgore/index.htm
theblueghost@hotmail.com
1997 RS

ok....i have another question. where do i get all this paint. do i need to get it at pepboys or autozone, or can i get it at a hardware store. i got vinyl paint for about $5 per can. someone on this post said something about lacquer paint. whats best. also, how long should i let the stuff dry. i dont want to drive around without all my panels on. i dont want to spend an arm and a leg, but i want it to look great and last a while. let me know what yall think.... i hope to do all this stuff this weekend. thanx in advance!!!



dj triXter

mods:
centerforce dual-friction clutch
sprint 2" lowering springs
aem cold air intake w/ bypass valve
hyper-white headlights
red 15" street glow neon lts under dash
(2) blacklight 9" neon behind visors
gts headlight covers
(2) 400 wt. pioneer subs in the trunk
600 wt hifonics amp

dj triXter

mods:
centerforce dual-friction clutch
sprint 2" lowering springs
aem cold air intake w/ bypass valve
hyper-white headlights
red 15" street glow neon lts under dash
(2) blacklight 9" neon behind visors
gts headlight covers
(2) 400 wt. pioneer subs in the trunk
600 wt hifonics amp

use enamal on the plastic and vinyl/fabric paint on the vinyl. the most important thing is to make sure it's really clean, you don't want any armoral or anything, because it will make the paint bubble up.

can i use krylon spray paint from a hardware store



dj triXter

mods:
centerforce dual-friction clutch
sprint 2" lowering springs
aem cold air intake w/ bypass valve
hyper-white headlights
red 15" street glow neon lts under dash
(2) blacklight 9" neon behind visors
gts headlight covers
(2) 400 wt. pioneer subs in the trunk
600 wt hifonics amp

i did

"Kaptain Mike"
http://www.heavenz-not-0verflowing.com/KaptainKillgore/index.htm
theblueghost@hotmail.com
1997 RS

http://members.home.net/xtatdsm



hey super20G

we have the same seat covers, well sorta :)






Ported TB and Intake manifold ** ported and milled head ** PT rockers and lifters ** Crane Drag cams #16 ** Crane valve springs and retainers ** AEM cam gears ** Hotshots headers ** Greddy Cat back ** Iceman CAI ** S-AFC ** and the usual handling mods

Well I did my dash this weekend. I got some pics and will post them once I get them back and scanned. The only problem is that the paint scratches of farly easily. I do not reccomend anybody attempts this unless they are good at taking interiors apart and have a day to do it. It took me aroung 3-4 hrs just to take it out and put it back in. I now have a black car with a bright white dash and red inserts :) the rest is getting done over winter with everything else.

Good Vibrations Performance & Audio
For all you cars needs
gvperformance@hotmail.com

Installed- Aem CAI, Apexi Megaphone Dunk cat back, NGK plugs

Sitting in room-Neuspeed race springs
More to come.....

Yeah, your seat design is just like mine, just diff color.. Now you just need to have the mitsu logo embroidered into the headrest and we'll be twinkies, lol.
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Brad Rickard
98 GS HRC Stage V (nuff said)