Celica Forums General Discussion Videos, Pictures, and Audio Clips painted my dash

well, not the whole dash, just the dash insert around the cd player & whatnot. let me know what you think, i did it myself!

i think i put a total of 8 or 9 very thin coats of red paint, took me pretty much all day. then i finished it off with about 4 clear coats. i wish the clear coat was glossier, but i guess it was just the brand i got oh well.

a driveway photo of my car to start out w/


before


whoever previously owned this car was a smoker... see all the nasty ashes i had to vaccuum out!


pieces are out


pieces are sanded and washed


first coat (also serves as primer)


second or third coat


laying out to dry (before clear coat)


after 1st clear coat


finished

nice but i would like to be able to see the air conditions labels.

yeeeah, i'm gonna be getting some overlay labels, if i can find some lol

unless your retarded im sure you know left is cold right is hot..

damn! thats hot

damn that looks great. great work

thanks

yeah i know my way around the A/C controls lol... but i'm selling the car this summer so i might as well get some labels so whoever buys my car isn't totally confused...

looks great

for a chick that recently got her celica...i give you props for doing mods yourself

thank you, thank you *takes a bow*

lol.

when i get my GTS i plan on doing most of the mods myself

^ so true... not bad for a girl

Are you getting the 6-spd or the auto because i see your gt is auto. I prefer the manual over auto for performance and its more fun to drive. BTW looks good

buy painting it, doesnt it block the light of the A/C control? wont you have a hard time changing it at night?

nice nice...

thanks

and yes it does block the light for the a/c controls but i know what's what and don't even have to look at it to know what i'm adjusting anymore so it doesn't matter, it looks cleaner without the icons anyway.

and when i get my gts it's definitely gonna be a 6-spd manual. there's no other way!!

as I posted over at TC, great job

good job..

Nice job, I'd say keep the a/c control label on your GTS when you get it, in case you ever sell it, but it'll be your car not mine

well the funny thing is i put like 9 coats of paint on that sucker, and in the dark the labels still glow through a little bit lol

oh well, yeah on the gts the labels are staying on, or new ones will be put on before selling

looks good, i should have done that rather than get the dash kit

thats pretty sick gj
!

good job ashley! looks awsome just wish i could have been there to see it i had to work

hopefully i see it soon, anyway great job

thanks! yeah you'll have to see it sometime soon where do you work?

u should do mine?

hooot.. would you do mine? ive always wanted to do it, but im too lazyyy

oooh job offers eh? hehe
sure, just tell me when & where!

damn, this is for you ->

and this is for your paint job



from your pictures it look so easy to do (not to mention fast) i really like the way it came out.

uncle perv strikes again

Very nice I did mine a while back but masked off my ac controls.




I still have a new set of silver ac decals I never used I could sell you if you want.

How much for the decals...?

what mitch? uncle? im only 20

so i take it you used the paint guide on here, or just did it on you own? looks nice keep up the good work!

LOL you boys are adorable
i actually did it on my own using common sense, i didn't use any tutorials or anything. just took the console off, sanded it with fine sandpaper, washed all the grit off, and did a tonnnn of very thin coats so as not to drip. i just used a can of "touch up" exterior spray paint, and the clear gloss coat in the same brand. like i said i did a ton of coats of each. there are a few little dust particles that settled and got stuck in the clear coat, but you can only see them if you're like an inch away from the console.

can you do me

Nice job.

you? or your car... lol

do me in my car

looks good ash

lol... you're real funny...

ill take that as a no

hey can you tell me exactly what the paint was called and what the clear coat was called, im thinking about doing this blue or black to my car tomorrow, but the problem is i dont kno wut f**king color lol, exact labels would be appreciated man that looks so sick im kickin myself for not doing it earlier!!

bump...

nice job

btw your hot

nice work

btw your hot

looks great for doing it yourself, it looks professional, I was thinking about painting my center console to and i think i might just go ahead with it now

lol
thanks again peoples

LOL Carlos Mitch, now thats "uncle perv"

eeeeww did i get hit on by an old guy?!?!/ lmfao