Interior Color Change
 

Well today I offically started to change the interior color over. I didn't do the same method that was done on civicforums. I actually was planning on doing it, but decided what the hell and to do a test try with some duplicolor viynal and plastic spray i found at autozone. I did a test piece with a panel located in the area where the pull down seats are located and it turned out better than expected. With that said I started pulling out interior pieces and starting little by little to get the interior changed over. I will post some pic's as I progress through the project. It's going to be a while before it's all done, but it's all steps in the right direction and hopefully in the process i'll get a chance to learn more about my car and it's interior setup.

post pictures.

pictures or death!!!!
lol yeah man pictures, are you changing your int to black?

I am changing the Interior color from the ivory to black. I can't stand looking at it the way it is anymore and it's been driving me nuts since I bought the car. It's time for a change finally. I really didn't get much done today, just like 3-4 pieces. Tommarrow I will be picking more paint up and starting more aggressively.

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Ill take a few pics when I put this last piece in for the night and upload in about an hour or so. It's really not much done tommarrow will be a bigger day after I get my stuff done at advanced auto.

Note that the side piece is not unpainted it's just the way the light is hitting it. Added pics too

looks good man

I'll be doing more in the am when I wake up making sure I get a few good coats on each piece.

i have always wondered how durable the color is.

and STP fucking rocks!

lol totally didn't realize that was there hahah yea I was listening to it the other day.

crazy man. you gonna dye the carpet?

Thinking about it. Either dye it or pull some from an em2 in a junkyard if I can. depends

so is it dye or paint?

paint

the civic carpet is actually on sale right now $109


so this stuff can scratch off then

when i have more money ill give it a shot. Also it seems pretty durable I've opened and shut the door a few times to simulate some wear and it seems to be holding up. At this point I kindda don't even care it's a quick fix to keep me happy till i gut it.

Looks man

Waiting to see how you tackle the dash. lol

^^^ x2

what are your ideas for it?

just a fyi that paint is not a permanent thing i did the exact same thing and after a while it started to peel off in little pieces and when the dash gets scratched it really stands out, and yes i did prep the surface enough too, i say just get the interior out of a different car, will be much better

well I finished up the can today got quite a bit done. I'll post pic's up in a bit. I did about 3 coats on the parts that I put in. If I notice any problems with chipping or peeling or anything then ill go from there. I think this stuff is more like a dye though because of the fact that you can use it for carpets and so on. If it was paint it wouldn't work right on carpeting would it?

Btw rufus i'm not looking forward to the dash at all lol. I think for the dash i'm going to have to plastic the whole car and spray from there. Tape the front windshield and so on.

car is kindda dirty right now, but the black looks good so far. I'm going to watch and see if I get any weird flaking or anything like that in the next couple weeks, and i'll go from there to finish up the interior.

I was deciding wether or not I wanted to wrap them. they came out really good in the diy for interior change on civic forums, but i'm not totally sure yet. Thanks for the idea though. Also picking up a couple cans of Sem color coat next weekend to try and do more. Should be the same color as what I put on now and if it's different ill sand and respray what i've done so far. this should change the color all around since it's dye based, but to be honest i'm happy with the progress so far. Soon the em2 won't have that shit tan colored everything.

it looks like its coming along nicely...keep us updated on progress :)

definitly will do man. I'm really excited to get this project started honestly i've wanted this more than just about anything i've been wanting to do to my car. Only thing that would be better is if a pair of si seats came around.

ill keep an eye out for you...did you try club rsx?

nah only forums i'm on are 7thgenhonda.com civicforums.com azht and clubcivic.com

looks good man keep it up