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who says you cant drive it with no front panels? Just know for r34 users .. No front panels = no blinkers :S

Neways ..

Yes sand it back to remove all imperfections from the paint make sure you finish with the 2000 super smooth .. lucky you didnt use thinner you would have been in alot of trouble haha.

when its smooth you can either primer it .. i would prob do this just to make sure .. One light coat should be fine, Make sure u sand it back again 2000 grit .. just light sand heavy sand will obviously take it all off .. But the primer also works to remove the imperfections you missed...

as for the crack .. id say best option is to flip it over, use fibre glass along the back to add regidity to the face.. but here comes the hard work .. you going to need body filler.. smear it on let it dry .. sand back. you can use fibre glass filler if you want but its extremely hard to use and hard to stick to plastic!

A simple fix is a soldering iron heating the two plastics together .. do the back first and for the front push the plastic in to make a crevis .. then apply body filler, dry, sand, spray putty, dry, sand, re-apply, dry, sand, primer, paint .. check if its good enough ... if not repeat!

Best of luck dude

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thanks for all the tips you wonderful people. i am through 2 coats of paint at the moment and its turning out gorgeous.. and to think people pay 100 bucks on those plastic dash trims when you can get this done for $35! simply brilliant .thanks to the topic starter and to all those who shared knowledge. Cheers

Finally finished painting mine after endless problems... Sanded back on a windy day so was getting the powder in my eyes. Primed and sprayed just drying over night waiting for gloss coat, apparantly it was very windy as there was a fine coat of bugs and dirt so i sanded it all back and started again. Turned out great though, matches my exterior paint perfectly.

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just waiting on my gear and handbrake gaiters and its all set(mr gaiter on ebay, make sure to check him out, $70 gets you a custom colour design gear and handbrake gaiter set made specifically for an R33)

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300km/h :P

Go to the group buys section, Amec is selling R33 white face gauges for 100 a set

yea ive already got el dials on ... but just 180k ones.. urs looked like it goes upto 300... or is it just not been recalibrated?

yea ive already got el dials on ... but just 180k ones.. urs looked like it goes upto 300... or is it just not been recalibrated?

Because it does go up to 300k :(

Has been calibrated but stock computer so doesn't go above 180

any1 got a pic of what the blue LED 300km dials look like?

Its one of those have to see in person things, i have blue LEDs behind the whiteface gauges but the pictures dont do it any justice. It looks bloody great though :D

Did mine the other day using Tamiya model spray paint. It is designed for use on plastic so no priming etc.

I just removed the coat of rubber from the dash (what a pain!!!), cleaned it with wax and grease remover and gave it 3 or 4 light coats.

For those interested, the code for the Tamiya paint is TS-40 (metallic black). It has a very subtle metalic fleck and cost $12.99 per 100ml can. I used 3 cans in total. Very happy with the results, as I was after a stock kind of look.

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Model paint is actually lexan paint dude .. If you applied a primer it wont stick .. if you didnt it will never come off as it fuses with lexan .. However with plastic im not sure .. Best thing about lexan/model paint is it is heat proof up to about 300 degrees

No, I didn't use a primer. It sprays on beautifully in really nice thin, even coats and isn't too glossy like normal spray paint. I love it. I also did my interior rear vision mirror. That terrible grey colour was pissing me off. Having a black car it stuck out like dogs balls every time I looked at the car from the front.

hey guys im a brand new skyline owner.

was lookin through this thread, some awesome results here and seeing as how my interior is a bit rough i just have to do this too.

ive got a bit of a noob question though... how do i remove the dash panels? i dont wanna break anything so i thought i'd ask first.

I'm thinking a dark silver might go well with a black skyline. What do you think?

thanks!

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