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Re: check out my new dash!!
Meh, SilverSpear that's a bit much. It looks good really, just put a different logo there, or none at all. Someone who suggested the regular SVX logo there would be great.
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My thoughts:
I'd re-do the SVX logo on the main piece as well. The font is all wrong. Wetsand and buff the paint on the plastic pieces to take down the "lumpiness" of the coating, and it'd look much better, IMO. From the pics, it looks like really thick coats were applied, and they didn't lay down that well. I'm with mikecg in that I'll reserve final judgment on it until I see what it looks like when everything is finished and reinstalled. I think it could look good, if done right.
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I like the woodgrain myself.... In the 93+ models that is. Dont like the 92 woodgrain
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I repainted all mine black and added a brushed aluminum dash kit, just because it fits with the flow and colors of the car, The car is black and my rims are black with a machined lip and ya.... I'm sure when I post my pics I'll get a lot of haters, but to those who have seen it in person they say it looks very clean and nicely done.
PS: I hated the ugly woodgrain.... and it's a 92, I probably could have left it all black but I like the dash kit.... |
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Yoar car has falled over.
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i just used gray pad on them and that was it. and SilverSpear my car is the pearl with black. or going to be as right now its 3 diff colors the paint i have is dupont premier. all but the radio door turned out great i think.
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But still, your wooden dash would be two tone, the interior is grey and the velour part of the dash is another color. Don't you think this is too much? If you raised this question before you attempted it, I would have told you to get the same number pearl paint and do the entire dash (w/o the black)... But still interested to see pix of the outcome.
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Not my taste, but I hope it turns out well for you.
I too prefer the standard grey interior pieces, or something painted to be similar to that. It did occur to me once to possibly color match the door switch panels, and the spine of the console from the wrap-over vent, down to the shifter to the exterior paint color, but everything to the left of that mold-line, including the gauge surround to be something more muted. I am not sure that a Laguna blue, or Barcelona Red (my two favorite SVX colors) stripe down the center console, and on each door card would be subtle, though, and SVX seems like a car that would befit something interesting, but subtle. My question about painting the dash pieces is... how do people preserve, mask, or re-apply the lettering for the climate control buttons? pressure transfer lettering? careful masking for each word? |
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Otherwise I cannot think of anything else.
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The thing is, if you could match the lettering, you could use the vinyl lettering as a mask, paint, then remove the lettering, and uncover the lit lettering... that would be a lot of delicate work. I wonder if careful work with a very sharp x-acto to cut the paint, or a very tiny fine-grit abrasive burr, with a bright light behind the panel, if one could cut or sand down the paint to uncover the lettering, using the bright light to shine the lettering through the paint layer... I am not even sure that would work... the paint would have to be pretty thin, and well dried, so not to feather and peel. With things like that done, a clearcoat could be applied to protect it, and somewhat seal the edges down under a clear paint layer. Alsa has some very interesting paints, including soft-touch clearcoats, similar to newer interiors. They also have vinyl overlays, and all sorts of stuff. http://alsacorp.com/paints.htm I am thinking about something like that, as the OE soft-touch paint is wearing off in my 05 Legacy's interior... Last edited by BoxerFanatic; 06-24-2009 at 10:30 AM. |
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But there is no harm in trying if you are up to it.
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Just hypothetical... I don't even have an SVX to try it on... and even then I would probably only try it on a spare panel, and keep one original.
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You know, I just got a bulb over my head concerning this... will need some careful work, but highly doable...
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