First of all, this stuff does'nt match the Lightning oem texture. It is a nice alternative thou, you can only tell up close they don't match. From a few feet away they look great.

Here is the process for apply the texture to your project:

1) Apply several layers of SEM texture paint. 3 is plenty as you will be sanding it down. Moving the can closer and farther away from the object being painted will change the spray pattern. Practice on something first before you begin to find your ideal distance/texture.

2) Once dried, sand the texture paint with 400/600 grit paper till you get the look you are going for. This will determine the depth between the 2 texture layers. Try and match the depth of the oem texture on the dash.

3) Cover with desired paint.

 

Looks good. I'd need to see it in person though.

 

If you don't sand it before dying it you get this much texture, which is a lot of overkill. I still need to pull it out and sand it flatter then redye it and clean the dust out of my vents

 

this is how mine came out



looks alot better then your not an inch from it like that picture but i wanted to show exactly how it looked, also i didn't clean it before i took the pics soon as i installed i snapped the shot.

 

Looks stock, that's all that really matters.