Int. transformation has begun.

Old Feb 19, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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Since I'm not trying to match any colors, I'm using Duplicolors vinyl & fabric spray paint, flat black. It's working real well. I know they don't make factory matched colors if that's what you need. I heard that your local Ford dealers body shop may be able to get the correct in a rattle can though I never looked into that myself.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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I feel a little like Dr. Frankenstein. Check this out, I've been looking at the brushed aluminum dash pieces for a while & no doubt they aren't cheap. So I wondered if I could paint the pieces with an aluminum color paint. I tried to get the brushed look but that didn't work so I just painted and cleared them. I'm not sure if I really like it or if I should try something different. Whatcha think? Don't be shy, be honest. But be kind, I bruise easily. lol



 

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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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My opinion...I think it looks really good.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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Very nice work. I have a few questions if you don't mind. What did you do about your headliner? Did you replace the tan carpet you had? What did you do about your seats, and did you paint the steering wheel? Reasons I ask is because I have a 00 f150 H.D. and I did opposite of you. The ALL black interior in my truck wasn't working for me because its so dark and really hot in summer. So I painted everything a gray like the FX4's use and I accented everything with red. The dupli color for vinyl (red) absolutely did not work. Its peeling right off the vinyl on the door panels. I first washed everything with soap and water, then used the dupli prep spray and the prep rags. The gray I have no problems with, but the red isn't holding up. I'm wondering if I did it while it was too cold out. I am going to change the red areas to blue, but going to wait till its at least 70 degrees for at least 3 days in a row. I'll post pictures once I clean up the red.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by mikeyss
Very nice work. I have a few questions if you don't mind. What did you do about your headliner? Did you replace the tan carpet you had? What did you do about your seats, and did you paint the steering wheel? Reasons I ask is because I have a 00 f150 H.D. and I did opposite of you. The ALL black interior in my truck wasn't working for me because its so dark and really hot in summer. So I painted everything a gray like the FX4's use and I accented everything with red. The dupli color for vinyl (red) absolutely did not work. Its peeling right off the vinyl on the door panels. I first washed everything with soap and water, then used the dupli prep spray and the prep rags. The gray I have no problems with, but the red isn't holding up. I'm wondering if I did it while it was too cold out. I am going to change the red areas to blue, but going to wait till its at least 70 degrees for at least 3 days in a row. I'll post pictures once I clean up the red.
Thanks for the comps. I haven't started on the head liner yet but my plan is to pull off the existing material and replace it with black suede. The carpet will be replaced with new black molded carpet I found on some web sites, not too spendy fortunately. And yes the steering wheel was painted just like everything else. The seats will be recovered with black leather/suede inserts. I'm taking my time with this project but I'll post pics as I progress. Thanks again, I'm glad somebody likes it.
 
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