ellisinseoul

before

now...

xseveredveganx

Soooo, you molded the dash kit.

Good job.

ellisinseoul

that is exactly what i did.....alot of work!...sanding the clear was a pain in the ___!!......painted the clear like 3 times to get the surface like glass........the plastic pieces have cruddy surfaces!

xseveredveganx

Did you use a cyanoacrolyte glue or more of an epoxy?

I've been seriously waiting for someone to do this. If I had a double din unit, I would've done this.
Definitely looks good!

w1ck3d714

very nice....i like it!!! how did u get your headunit to sit so flush? mine sticks out a bit and im too lazy to mess with it haha

ellisinseoul

the headunit, i redrilled the metal brackets...2 holes and flattened the large hole on each side...pretty easy, just have to line up the holes......

ellisinseoul

I used crazy glue...cause i had it laying around and plus i had a bunch of the kicker stuff so that i can get it to stick instantly!!

w1ck3d714

i will have to give it a try but im so lazy lately. feels like im working 15 hour days. had the unit out the other day too lol

ellisinseoul

took me about 2 hours to drill align and hammer out the bumps on the metal bracket...

ellisinseoul

do you guys think that i should paint the steering wheel black as well?

w1ck3d714

i figured about an hour or two. seems like forever when your lazy. i will prob do it when i install my stereo system

chaka_222

that looks awesome! did you just use black paint and a clearcoat? if so, what brand.

ellisinseoul

i used pure black ppg paint and ppg clear coat!

chaka_222

amazing outcome! what is "ppg" paint? Also, you mentioned that you had to sand the plastic. Did the paint have difficulty adhering to the surface?

ellisinseoul

paint does not stick very well to abs plastic or the heat treated paint on the oem pieces....

you need to sand with 400 grit sandpaper to get some bite to the primer and then wetsand the primer to 600 grit and paint/clear the whole thing....

ellisinseoul

ppg is a brand of paint like dupont.....