Celica Forums General Discussion Interior Painting the interior

I was wondering if anyone here has painted/dyed the interior of their car...like the door panels and such...not just the center console...b/c i have a 2000 gts, got it in 99 so its almost six years old and the interior is fading cause i live in an apt with no garage; as you might know the 2000 dont have the dark gray interior like the newer models they have a light gray that has a purple hue that becomes even more aparent after sundamage...so i want to merely paint my interior black but i dont know how or what will work appropriately esp considering the texture of the panels

yah i want to paint my interior black because that grey/purplish color is

gts drifter unfortunately this post was lost due to the server crash...but to sum up what was said before...krylon fusion is awesome for this...i used it and will repost the pics as soon as i go back to my school apartment next week

haha yah i remember seeing the pic of that piece you painted from the trunk. It turned out great

the things im worried bout is taking out the dash so i can paint that. i dunno how much work itll be and if its possible to finish over the weekend... if its more work to complete in the weekend i might do it over this spring break... but then ill have to cancel on my spring break plans which i dont want to do because i was planning on going to the chino meet

I am on the way too paint my interior here is some pic's

did you or r you going to paint the dash too? Is it hard taking out the parts to be painted?

I resently painted my center console and lower dash I think it came out ok.

here is another

what do you guys think?

ehh i like overlays better. real carbon fiber

why ia that neon tube chillin next to your seat?

i dyed mine a long ass time ago.

only pics i have online:

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mukalicious--thats looks awesome

mukalicious, Im luvin it!

Is this something that's tough to do? I really want to do this over break.

dang what the heck that looks really nice man. It gets me thinking how stupid or drunk toyota had to be to give us some purple interior on a sports car. Anyway, is this hard?? i never took apart my interior before.. The only thing i did was remove the console for the JDM console but that's it. Also, how do you dye it? Mukalicious, can you write up something for us cause i really want to do this! Thanks

I dyed mine black also last year but now I'm giving it that fiberglass look to it.. heres a before pic, and then after from last year. Sorry about my foot and leg in the pic.. I was too lazy to move.

After...

It took me about a week to do mine cause I didn't know where all the screws were located and I had mono haha. It wasn't that bad, just time consuming... Also, it helps to know where all the screws are located and I think there are some pics of that in the gallery section, under technical.

Now what about the headliner, a-pillar, and side panels? I want to paint my whole interior.

this is something I've been wanting to do for awhile...

I left my headliner alone but you can change the fabric to a different color.. the pillars and side panels were all painted at the same time and are just as easy if not easier. The hardest thing for me, was the dash removal.

Think you can post up some more pics of the rest of the interior?

Well, those were the only ones I had of my interior.. I would go and take more but I'm redoing the interior again. I'll have those up in a month or so.

If you look past the girl, here's a shot of my interior. Did mine two years ago and the paint's still good!

nice interiors guys... my idea for mine is just all black with carbon fiber trim? Wut doya think?

nice veilside and mukalious.
i was wondering wut paint you used and wut was the technique?
clean, paint, wet sand, paint again??

Veilside Celica GTS your after pic of your interior is hawt!

Why would you do that??

veilside thats shit looks hype!

how did you go about painting? sand before? what type of paint? flat, semi-gloss, high-gloss? any clear? did you wet sand in between coats? and how many coats did you use?

sorry about all the questions, but i only want to do this once ya know?

That is the look I am going for except for the center console being real carbon fiber.

Sweet interior guys! Wish mine looked like that

damn Julia, thats awesome. how do you actually "dye" the pieces? let it soak in the color?

hey veilside...what kinda paint did you use for the center pieces, because i want my dash that dark...and the paint i have on now, isnt the right blue for my exterior color

i need to do that...only hope for my shit brown interior

yup. how the hell yall did that? Does it looks messy in real life? cus it's looks so good in the pics.

veilside i need info help

Those pictures of the dyed interiors looks amazing. I think I'm going to try this once it gets warmer here. The process looks so easy.

I figure the hardest part would be removing all the dash pieces and cleaning them really good.
The dye is just like a spray can or can be brushed on depending on which kind you buy.
A couple of light coats with some wiping between coats and that should be it.

There are many different dyes, I wouldn't know which is better or the best.

I would still love a write up on this, what products were used, and how you prepared the surfaces.
SEM Aerosol Dye [autostyles.com]
Leather World [63.251.139.218]
diy interior [diynetwork.com]
LayitLow.com [layitlow.com]
VHT Penetrating Vinyl Dye [store.summitracing.com]

The hardest part for me was the dash removal but everything else was pretty easy. This is the process I did, removed pieces, cleaned, sanded, applied adhesion promoter, then I applied the Duplicolor vinyl dye (flat black). And yes I sanded inbetween coats and applied a few more coats of whatever it was that I was applying. For the dye I think I put about 5-8 coats on, just to be sure. Also, for the center console, I used the original cars color. You can buy aerosol cans of your cars color from an Automotive Sherwin Williams or you can buy them at etouchup.com. And those are decals for the AC/heat controls that I bought from [email]b0x@4sided.com.[/email] Here's a pic of "how messy" it can get.

It actually doesn't look like anything has changed but the color.. it came out perfect for me. But this is what I'm working on right now. It's going to have that fiberglass look to it. Here's two pics with flash and without. It looks better in person.

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B-E-A-utiful!!!

holy shit, get more pics!

That's all I have done so far. I'm finishing up on the driver side door actually. I should have that done by tomorrow and hopefully the other door will be done on Monday... but thanks!

can someone make a guide on removing the dash? I think its more complicated than I thought.

GTSdrifter, I PM'd you.

what do you use to smooth the texture?

Bondo???

i really want to paint my interior black and so i started and finished the trunk plastics. They turned out great and I will continue to paint more of the interior as the week progresses.

I sanded the texture off and then painted. I didn't apply anything to it.

I was working on one of the pieces from the trunk and i noticed that there are a couple of dots that refuse to stick to the paint. What is the proper technique to fix this? Any help and suggestions would b greatly appreciated

i havent had this problem but it sounds like there was just build up on the piece before you painted it...i would sand...its the key to fixing all painting mistakes...