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Do any guys in this forum had took out ur dash board and paint to different colour? Im going to take out the dashboard and paint it...but dunno wat colour is suit to my car...anyone recommed me? my car is R33 series 1....yellow car...wat color should i paint to the dashboard? Can some 1 show me ur work?

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My car is painted yellow and has a full white interior. Most of it is white leather with the roof etc done in white vinyl. The dash was sprayed with with white vinyl paint and the plastic around the dash is done in metalic silver.

All I can say is that even though it looks good (well I think it does) this car is pain to drive in full sunlight. The glare from the dash is so bad that without sunglasses you have a hard time seeing. I am getting a custom dash mat made up in grey to match the plastic which I hope will fix up the glare problem.

As soon as I get the car back this week from the shop i'll get some pics posted.

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I've found that White Knight brand spray cans work very well. Start with Super Primer then your color choice then Instant Satin Clearcoat. The satin clearcoat gives a soft sheen finish instead of a high gloss. maxkhor White Night Squirt Metalic Grey would look nice in your car. knore Try matt black with either a matt clearcoat or the satin clearcoat.

Pic is window switch surround 50/50 standard and Metalic Grey with strip of satin clear dividing them satin was put straight on plastic (not a good idea) Brown color is photo error

http://members.optushome.com.au/jay51/Pain...parts%20003.jpg

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