Shitty Series 1 R34 Interior Plastic Paint

[Jack88]

Recently i did all the plastics for my mates 34,heres some pics for you guys that wanted to see what a black colour would look like.its called saturn black its also heat and chemical resistant. theres some befores and afters in there too.

[DECIM8]

Nice work dropping in white under the black gives a great base coat. I went black pearl looks mint with slight gold flakes in the paint.

[Wacky Dee]

has anyone done this on a r34 with the popup screen? What extra steps are involved if anyone knows ???

Also does anyone know a good shadow silver/charcoal paint colour? I don't wanna do it up in black so as to leave a bit of contrast (like the original)

Oh and does anyone know if you can replace the led/light inside the radio/AC Unit ? my dash leds are blue and the radio/ac are green so I'd like to change these to blue as well when I take all of it out

Jack, any chance of taking a couple of piccies of your mates interior now with all of it back in place? Good work by the way, wish I had mates like you Cheers

Edited December 1, 2008 by Delta Force

[666DAN]

has anyone done this on a r34 with the popup screen? What extra steps are involved if anyone knows ???

Also does anyone know a good shadow silver/charcoal paint colour? I don't wanna do it up in black so as to leave a bit of contrast (like the original)

Oh and does anyone know if you can replace the led/light inside the radio/AC Unit ? my dash leds are blue and the radio/ac are green so I'd like to change these to blue as well when I take all of it out

Jack, any chance of taking a couple of piccies of your mates interior now with all of it back in place? Good work by the way, wish I had mates like you Cheers

In my first post I've got a recommended colour for the plastic, go to supercheap and check it out, it's a good match

[Marco-R34GTT]

Recently i did all the plastics for my mates 34,heres some pics for you guys that wanted to see what a black colour would look like.its called saturn black its also heat and chemical resistant. theres some befores and afters in there too.

So you sprayed them all white as an undercoat, and then used the saturn black as a 2nd coat??

[MyR3408]

What about those duplicolor brands.. are they any good? they have the pewter color that matches nissan sonic silver which the guy from autobarn showed me from the book.

Do you Guys spray clear coatings after applying the paint?

[DECIM8]

Yes clear coating is a must for shine.

Make sure you spray in warm weather no rain. no humid.

[Yo-Yo]

I used 3 coats of clear coat on the trim parts I painted. A bit overkill and when the sun was out the gauge cluster would reflect a bit onto the windshield

would probably need 2 coats max for the gauge cluster, put as many coats as you like on the rest

I posted these somewhere before but here's my effort:

I used powerplus paints too

Edited December 22, 2008 by Yo-Yo

[MyR3408]

I need help.. I cant remove the cigarette lighter.

[dori34]

hey guys, how do you take off the aircon surround??

hmm okay i had a look at it,

aircon is gonna be a tricky one to do with the red & blue temps around the dial which i want to keep.

ill do everything else tho.

see how i go

good to do over the xmas break

Edited December 26, 2008 by dori32

[MyR3408]

did u guys replace those black felt-like tape on the side or just totally removed it?

[MyR3408]

Finally I've done mine. Didnt paint the aircon and the vents.. have to use different colour maybe like a charcoal one. but anyway, Ive managed to do the others. Ive also painted the P,R,N,D,3,2

[Wacky Dee]

looks very nice .. I'm gonna do the same to mine but do the vents and aircon and perhaps the top lcd cover (I have that popup screen) in black. Then find some nice silver pedals and a silve bezel insert for the console and the car shouldn't look so 1998 anymore (maybe a bit more like 1999)

Speaking of which I'm going to go and rip out my (broken) lcd now ..wish me luck!

Edited December 28, 2008 by Delta Force

[Wacky Dee]

ok whatever you do don't use SEPTONE paint/primer .. this shit is just evil, I wasted 4-5 hours only to realize the paint itself is a POS. Will go looking for Powerplus paints tommorow.

[Wacky Dee]

also matt black with clear coat looks the gay ... the clear makes it too friggin shiny. Gonna have to redo the whole thing in gunmetal grey and no clear coat.

[ashneel]

i wanna do mine but the only thing that worries me is the AC controls. the blue and red thing around the knob did you guys just tape it up and spray painted the whole thing???

and can some one provide a step to step process and dismantling the ac unit???

[Wacky Dee]

the whole centre console (ac, stereo etc) slides out .. it's just 4 screws holding it in there. The blue/red on the AC is piss easy, just take them out as well as the clear plastic and spray the rest. Then glue them back in afterwards, it's no big deal trust me.

[ashneel]

cool. so the climate control bit to dismantle and take the face of it off is it all just clipped in???

[Wacky Dee]

yeah it's all just clipped in ... the only thing you should be careful about is removing the vents - use a thin screwdriver from the left hand side and they'll pop out too. Make sure to protect the corners with masking tape to avoid accidental scratches when poping out vents and sliding out the console etc

To reveal the 4 screws holding it all in place, remve the gear shifter surround (pops out once you remove the screw behind the ashtray) and the vents - don't try removing any other fascias whilst the console is still in there. The vents will reveal the remaining 2 screws.

Edited January 2, 2009 by Delta Force

[ashneel]

sweet thanks mate. will give it a crack.