First off, what is the purpose of that rectangular thing on the sun visor that has the slit in it? What is it for? Don't tell me it's a business card holder. What's it for?

Now the real question: Has anyone tried to vinyl dye the sun visors? I am seriously thinking about doing mine. I did my visors in my last car and it worked great. It gets rid of that annoying warning message on the visor for one, plus I think it would look snazzy with my black interior to have black sun visors. Maybe even do the "oh sheet" bars too in black.

Also, does anyone know how to get the sun visor "clips" off? Do they just pop off? or is there a trick to removing them?

For those that don't know, vinyl dye comes in spray cans and is like spray paint except the dye actually soaks into the vinyl/plastic therefore it can never scratch or wear off. It has been used by PC case modders for a long time. I have used it a few times myself with great success. I used to be able to get it at auto parts stores like AutoZone and Advance but now the only place I can seem to find it is Amazon.com

Brian

 

I'm interested in this as well...

 

dupli-color makes the interior colors and is available at autozone and advance auto...etc. i used it to make mine blacka dn no problems and it looks better than the factory color

 

I'll be watching this one too...
low_down, do you have pics of your finished product?

 

I've never seen the dye soak into vinyl or plastic. It sticks really good but doesn't soak in there. It will chip and peel but it is better than paint.

I've used vinyl dyes extensively in the past for kickpanels and other custom fab work.

 

no i dont have any but i can get you some after work

 

pretty cool. i might have to check it out. i wanted to dye my headliner and paint all the grey trim as well so this could help bring everything together. thanks for the tip.

 

my friend did some of his interior awhile back. seemed to hold up while he had it, but he didnt have the car that long

 

Then you weren't using vinyl dye. You can get this stuff called "paint for plastic" or something and it's not the same. Vinyl dye will not come off.

Brian

 

this is just what i wanted to know. i was gonna just ditch my visors after i wrap my headliner, but i guess not.

 

Waiting on pics!

 

i'll take pics tomorrow/today

 

^ Were you able to get the pics?
I've wanted to do this within a week of having the car.

 

Thx...

 

sorry for the delay, ive been kinda busy , just a little busy with about ten other projects in the car, soon i will have pics of that too.......... .......hmmm....... but for some reason i cant get the pics to load right now, ill try again later and see if it works then, sorry[/img]

 

Still waiting on pics?

 

Duplicolor vinyl and fabric dye... Comes in spray cans... works phenominally.
(I did the oh sh*t handles too... but forgot to take pics.

 

How exact is the color match to OEM? I can see it in pictures but is it spot on, in person

 

It is SLIGHTLY lighter in person, and honestly, I really like it now that I see it on the car...

darn close tho.

If you're interested:
Model# hvp111 Charcoal Gray

 

Actually it was vinyl dye. It's readily available through my car audio distributors as I used it all the time when I owned a shop. We used it to colormatch kickpanels, painting anything plastic, etc. The advantage it had was that no primer was needed, but it can and does come off.