Painting Dashboard.

[blackcoffee]

Here's what I've done as a test, the paint hadn't even dried for more then an hour. I took some 800 grit sandpaper, I know really fine. the red paint that I had sprayed on my air vents I was gonna redo them in black, which was stupid because they didn't come out to great. So i started rubbing and rubbing and rubbing and the paint just blemished but it never came off. So it seems to work good. Then I took some 200 grit and shit got ugly ha.

So all in all I think it should hold up for awhile. If it starts flaking and stuff I'm just gonna buy a new one because the plastic is 13 years old and it feels brittle.

 

[Brick]

keep us updated man, really been thinking about doing mine as the stock paint is chipping at this point. really just concerned about the durability and how it holds up

 

[blackcoffee]

Heres how it came out, Wish I had a better camera.




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I thought it would come out looking really ricer, but it actually looks pretty good.
It really makes the double din look a lot more in its place.

 

[Spencer2009]

Looks good man almost makes me wanna do mine but not till i get me a spaare one incase i dont like it.

 

[blackcoffee]

Thanks man. Yeah I'll see how well it holds up, I think I'm gonna go in with a paint brush and touch it up in a couple places.

 

[puckhead]

Looks real nice! You gonna do anything else in the truck?

 

[blackcoffee]

Thanks man. Yeah I'm really busy right now though, the week after next the new tranny / floor shifters going in, and I have to remount the center console elsewhere and lengthen the wires. So I'll probably finish the dashboard paint wise but I'm gonna leave stuff alone till I can get everything situated where its gonna be, I did the HID lights today aswell. I need to remount my rear bench seat and get seat covers for that and the front seats. The spare tire holder is going back in then I'm gonna put some some polyvinyl in the cargo area. Then I'll be broke ha.

 

[puckhead]

hahaha, yeah im already broke so i hear ya. you gonna paint any more interior pieces?

 

[txhoescrapin]

Looks good. Mine has been painted for month or 2 and holding up real well. Did you sand the dash and the primer?

 

[blackcoffee]

Oh ok good. Nope and Nope haha. I put so much clear on it shouldn't matter. I really don't care right now it was sort of a rushed project one day when I was bored ha. I'll focus on my interior more when I'm done mechanically.