Hi Y'all

Has anyone sanded down and painted their dash? I'm looking at sanding down and painting all of the rice paper looking pieces?

Also, where can I find BSP paint for such a large scale measure?

 

Seriously?????

I'll leave it alone, there is a DIY done by FLEA I believe... and for the paint, try paintscratch.com they sell aerosol cans

 

Y do you say it like that? I have talented people to help me!

 

^Just to clear it up, STNC is referring to the actual dash, not the gauge and bezel pieces. If you got talented people to help you, then I say paint it. If not then suede it in black.

 

Does anyone know where to find non-fading suede? Or does that not exist?

 

Best bet is to ask anyone in your area that does seat upholstery...they're the experts in that area, they deal with suede and other fabrics day in and day out.

 

Indeed

 

paintscratch .com sells it in aerosol and in premixed pint cans.

one big problem you will face with apainted dash is glare on the windshield......even with BSP it will glare....

my Yaris has the waterfall and center top of the dash painted BSP and it glares like crazy.

 

There's automotive grade suede and non automotive grade suede. Make sure you get the automotive one because they're made so that they don't fade as fast as normal.

 

where do i find automotive grade suede?

 

There happens to be a great write-up here. It's done with an xB, but the process would be the same. You can get paint at any body shop or from online retailers.

 

Oh James! How you save me!

Yeah, I've decided to do it! So look forward to seeing more...not soon though...

 

personally just seems like it will be too much but that's just my opinion.

 

Getting rid of all the rice paper texture is a heroic undertaking. Good luck.

 

I will be my cars hero, have no fear

Wanna help?

 

that's gonna be a really hard job. trying to make sure everything is smooth is gonna be crazy. ha ha prolly gonna take a good bit of time and sand paper. ha ha

 

It was definitely a pain to take everything apart, but it was worth it for sure. It makes the interior look alot better then the all black. I wrapped the door panels in the white carbon fiber looking vinyl and had the dash pieces powder coated with the special spray for plastics

 

nice out come ;)

 

where did u get the carbon fiber vinyl?

 

looks good