I am looking for pics of the radio trim, center vetns, and the fog light/cruise/mirror piece that have had the texture sanded out and then painted silver with a black interior. Anyone done this yet? I have seen them just painted but not sanded smooth. Also how did you do it.

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99 Eclipse RS

"Can't we all just hit a Bong"?

its called fiberglass silly.

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Fiber cares me. Never used it. Did you do it or have it done?

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99 Eclipse RS

"Can't we all just hit a Bong"?

my interior's not black but this gives you an idea at least..
i just sanded everything. make sure you sand lightly between coats too. that way it'll have a silky smooth finish when you're done. i didn't clear coat b/c i didn't want it to look that shiny. the silver's shiny enough. kinda almost gives it a brushed aluminum look.

sanding's a PITA but comes out looking 1000x better IMO. i painted it w/o sanding the first time and quickly decided to redo everything.

-marc

GOOD Gawd Thats Sick! I need to do this like yesterday. How did you sand it, what Gritt did you use?

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99 Eclipse RS

"Can't we all just hit a Bong"?

umm i can't remember off hand... just do a search a lot of people recommended what grits to use an stuff. i just followed that i think. it's the first sanding that takes the longest. it's a major PITA getting rid of all the texture - especially in the tiny spaces. my interioir trim pieces were actually out of the car for almost a year b/c i kept getting lazy everytime i'd start sanding. once i got it sanded painting was easy. couple coats of primer and a couple coats of paint and you're all good. just sand lightly between coats. it should feel silky smooth after each time.

-marc

nitro glaze spot putty and start with a 400 grit then may be go to a 600.....spot putty is way more forgiving if you never used fiberglass before and you don't have to mix it.

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Im doing my pannels right now, and Im using 40 grit to start, then I think 80, then 220 and 320....Use the 40 just to rid texture, then the rest to smoth it down....Also I think its best to use a sandable primer, they fill small cracks a lot better then a regular primer, then just sand and paint....

http://www.cardomain.com/id/95dsmrsproj
...look at page 2

for pics look at my thread I posted here: http://forums.2gnt.com/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=7&topic_id=76995&mesg_id=76995&page=2

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