White on White - Complete Interior Swap
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When I get the doors done today I'll post em up. I'll try to include some better information as I go with how this is all done with painting etc.
The doors are vinyl, they're very hard to recover due to all the curves etc. I'm prepping the vinyl and painting with the same semi-matte black that I used for the door panels.
First thing's first, going to clean/prep/paint a tahoe door I got at the junkyard to make sure I know wtf I'm doing
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The doors are vinyl, they're very hard to recover due to all the curves etc. I'm prepping the vinyl and painting with the same semi-matte black that I used for the door panels.
First thing's first, going to clean/prep/paint a tahoe door I got at the junkyard to make sure I know wtf I'm doing
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I saw at Kragen the other day some vinyl paint.. is that what you are using?
sorry if you posted it
I want to see the outcome because like you said its hard to recover the door because of the curves so my next plan was to paint all the tan to black
looking good so far
sorry if you posted it
I want to see the outcome because like you said its hard to recover the door because of the curves so my next plan was to paint all the tan to black
looking good so far
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I saw at Kragen the other day some vinyl paint.. is that what you are using?
sorry if you posted it
I want to see the outcome because like you said its hard to recover the door because of the curves so my next plan was to paint all the tan to black
looking good so far
Thanks, I'm using all SEM products mixed to my preferred specs of flat, specifically SureCoat paint. It took me several pints and about a dozen mixes to finally get the color where I wanted it..alot of fun to see the final product out that's for sure
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Took a break to eat some lunch...here's a couple cool pictures:
Panels Drying - you really should use a heat gun first to gradually dry them out, it takes me a bout 15 minutes per panel on 800 deg. Move around alot to avoid heating the paint up too much - it will bubble, learned that much already! I also suggest putting in a portable heater too as I did in the drying room, it will help the paint bake into the plastic a little more.
Couple panel shots:
Paint booth is an absolute mess now, BUT free of dust and paint in the air, which is the key so you don't cross contaminate any plastic with the previous spray:
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Panels Drying - you really should use a heat gun first to gradually dry them out, it takes me a bout 15 minutes per panel on 800 deg. Move around alot to avoid heating the paint up too much - it will bubble, learned that much already! I also suggest putting in a portable heater too as I did in the drying room, it will help the paint bake into the plastic a little more.
Couple panel shots:
Paint booth is an absolute mess now, BUT free of dust and paint in the air, which is the key so you don't cross contaminate any plastic with the previous spray:
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A Vegitative State
My summer project, gunna hurt the pocket book but man I can't wait. I'm going to completely pull the interior and do all the plastic prep myself to save on some of the $. Edit: I decided to paint it myself so I picked up a large air compressor and some paint guns.
I'm not dreading the interior removal, the install or the prep work....I'm dreading buying the new visors, seatbelts and a couple other parts that you simply cannot avoid replacing if you are going to do what I'm planning. I actually bought this white Tahoe with this interior mod in mind. So with that, I present my biggest project on this hoe!
-Black Molded Full Carpet (Ultra-Plush pile)
-Black Mats (Lloyds plush)
-Black stitched headliner
-Black Leather seats w/Pearl White inserts from Katzkin (gathered, full leather option w/ "BOSS" stitched in front seat leanback)
-Black Perforated vinyl inserts (gathered) on small door panels front/rear
-Pearl White leather steering wheel wrap
-Painting Entire interior semi-matte black
(I'm kinda "branding" the word "BOSS" like it's an after-market custom name
I still haven't figured out this part yet, but I want to cut out the word TAHOE in the door sills. Then maybe install a white piece of plastic film under and over the letters with LED bulb underneath. Any ideas, like where to buy a solid door sill that fits the Gen2 Tahoe that isn't ribbed would be appreciated!
BOSS
How about using plexiglass, not sure what thickness but scuff it up and it will take on the color of the bulb, they did something similar on unique whips
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I actually found the kick plates with LED options since I posted this last year on carid.com man 
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