Painted my emblems and dash during Thanksgiving break

Front Emblem


Back Emblem






I know black and red is played out but I've always liked the combination.

Pics are crappy, they were taken with the cell phone.

 

looks good, how did you do the tiny lettering?

 

The painted interior plastics are a little too ricey for my taste, but that's def the best painted emblem job i've seen yet! Care to give us a few tips? I want to do mine the exact same but gold in the middle instead of red

 

^ x2

 

Nice

 

The way i painted it is going to sound weird but you can obviously see the results from it. Instead of using a brush of any kind, I used a toothpick and model paint. Toothpick, because it was the only thing in my house that i knew could fit in the letter spaces. I dabbed the paint onto each letter and did 3-4 coats each. Letting it dry for a day, i went back and clear coated with model clear coat using the same method.

 

Dang that's really interesting, I've never heard of it being done that way! I don't think I have enough toothpick skill to do that without getting big globs all over but congratz! Job well done

 

I'm sure there are better ways of doing it. I just worked with what i had at home lol.

 

what kind of paint did you use for the dash? and im assuming u just used a brush and painting tape?

 

I used a rattle can to paint my dash, Rustoleum Apple Red to be exact, and then i used a same brand clear coat.

 

Did you use a primer and did you sand the dash before painting?

 

only parts i sanded were the smooth area on the head unit dash peice, the ring on the shifter, and the trim on the on the gauges or whatever you call that thing. Being that the other pieces had some texture to it already, i didnt bother sanding those pieces.
Though i shouldve, i did not use any primer. I kinda just winged it hoping it would come out decent, which in my opinion it did.

 

That looks pretty sweet good job.

 

nice i want to find someone to do that to my interior

 

What kind of paint did use for the black on the emblems? And great job it looks awesome.

 

i used plasti-dip for the emblem itself

 

did you remove the dash to paint it like that?

 

indeed i did

 

how did you remove the dash piece on the passenger side of the dash?

im looking to do head unit trim + that to match the car kinda like the new RS XA has

 

Are you talking about the piece above the glove box? If so, just open the glove box, get your finger nails in there and pull straight to the rear. Be sure you remove the piece around the radio first!