Some notes on how I did my interior.....

This was copied from a private message I sent to a user on 2gnt message boards. (http://www.2gnt.com/forum.html)

I used Duplicolor spray vinylpaint all over the entire car. Left everything in it while I was painting, except for what u see in white, i took out. I also took out the rear 1/4 panels cuz I didnt wanna spray on the triangle windows. I didnt sand OR prime either.

Its been holding up fine, looks stock. However, I do have a few chip places but I will fix those soon at a later date. All I advise is that you tape your windeshield up REAL good and dont forget to tape up your vin # metal plate either

Now, for the doors and dash itself i covered the steering wheel with a tshirt, and removed the gauge bezel and gauges (unplugged the whole thing) and stuck little bent pieces of cardboard over the a/c controls and radio.

Spray FAR AWAY! U use a lot of paint this way, but fuck it, it will be even, and that's what counts. If you spray 2 feet away, to where a fine mist covers the areas gradually, that is how you do it properly. If you spray too close, ie., 6 inches to a foot away, you will have horrible flaking and bubbles, etc., very uneven and it will look hideious. It will take about 4 cans for the dash. 3 cans per door. 2 cans per 1/4 panel in the back. 3 cans for the center console piece. (sorry, which i also took out.)

All screws or pieces pop out with a flathead and few screws are easy to find are phillips head screws. I attacked this project very vaguely and knew nothing when I was getting started. It's very easy to find all screws to take out in order to pop other pieces out. The sunroof control slides back and then pops out, for examnple.

You just have to play the game and solve the little puzzles to how pieces get removed. The seatbelts are tricky, for removing the rear 1/4 panel. You have to pop the cover off with a flathead at the bottom right or bottom left of each top piece. I then had to use vice-grips to get the loc-tite bolts off to eventually remove the upper seatbelts.

For the carpet I left the seats in (i know, R I C E hehe) and sprayed the carpet twice with black Duplicolor spray. (Dont forget to vacuum hehe) and It's held up nice. Its starting to turn grey a lil where my feet always are...after putting some black rit dye over this "semi-black" carpet it should stay for good. hope all this helps you out in your conquest to a custom interior.

Oh also be sure to wipe everything down with antibacterial cleaner ( i used some lysol antibacterial spray bottle cleaner and a brillo sponge to get it all nice and clean. Note i said sponge, and not an actual brillo pad with steel wool. Note furthermore that I also have had several car washes and used armor-all over the entire dash and doors and it shines it up NICE and dont chip the paint either....





whew!

-myke 4-16-2002