Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior DASH PROJECT COMPLETE!

My first fiber glass project, a lot imperfections, but then again, my 1st time working w/ fiberglass. Spraypainting sucks ass

If you get that professionally painted it would look sweet!! or just try to paint it again yourself

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ha, no more painting, I hate painting. how much would this cost if professionally done

umm i made thread about console paitig and they said 90- 120

yikes!

wow! that's a nice console! i wanted to put my gauges IN the "shit-holder" as i call it hehe, but that looks much cleaner...any way you can hook a fellow celica owner up?? $$$

edit: no painting required...im really good with rattle-cans

i like it

yea, it may take some time thought. I'm in high school but I go on a 2 week christmas break in 2 weeks.

looks nice man!

looks cool.. what do you use so you don't paint the part that glows through.. seems like it'd be a pain to tape.

yes yes please tell us

I think it looks really good. Cant beat that for the first time working with fiberglass

nice job

Those are stickers that an n c member makes.

right??

lookes like you missed some steps.
Should have put down a couple primer coats of paint and then done some fine grit polishing with sandpaper. Then i would have used Krylon Fusion Paint. 7-12 light coats. Then 4-6 coats of clear. Then Wetsand or Polish rag the final product till glassy smooth.

Yea i would sand the hell out of that with high grit put about 5 coats on it and then wet sand it to get that orange peal look out of it

But it still looks pretty sweet! Maybe i'll try it! Nah!

thats a great job

yea the AC things are vinyls from N Celica. I 1st painted the climate control piece and it turned out horrible due to bad paint. I tried taking the short cut and used polyurethane paint striper "bad idea". Ate the whole damn thing. so I patched things up w/ body filler and wood filler and put like 10-30 layers of cheap spray paint "short cut". well after it dried it was soft and by that time my frustration level was at max and I just wanted to get the project over w/. I may sometime in the future get it pro painted. and FUSION PAINT IS AMAZING

Looks nice, even with the DIY paintjob. Shiny!

Don't you have to primer before you paint? Help the paint stick better to the plastic. Then clear coat it so it looks more like a professional paintjob. Excellent work with the fiberglass.

He removed the dash before painting it.


Nice work man

thats awesome

sweet!

Very nice work. If this guy would have just done the 2 gauges instead of 11, in probably would have looked a little better.

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What the fuck do you need so many gauges for? To know when you need to take a shit too?

wow i love that caronb fiber dash, loosk fing awsome. minus the 30000 gauges. I am new at painteing, and i read through the paint your dahs thread, btu waht exactly is wet sanding.w aht grit do you use??? do you jsut get it wet. after doing that do you thne clear coator out another coat on? I painted my mouse for the ocmputer. did 3 light coats then 1 heaveir coat, then i held the car really close and did a really havey coat. it came out nice and glossy w/o orange peal look.

eh, I did wet sand but not throroughly. I think you should use 2000 grit and just wet the sheet.

that looking goods

Dude just sand it some more. It should be very easy to paint. Especially where it is so small. Just remember the more coats the better!

what if I just wet sanded it w/ 2000 grit and polished it?

A gauge to know when you need to take a shit. Now THAT was funny. I still laugh when I read that.
mrluilou, you are definitely welcome to ECelica. Thanks for the good laugh.

no I just think they are all tachs so he can beat Vin diesle to the rail road tracks