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Finished painting interior
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:30 pm
by Schultzy
Hey guys, not sure what you'll think but i quite like it. I still need to get floor mats maybe in the red chequer plate or similar. The gear-boot is hand made by ME and i love the Mazdaspeed knob, very comfy
Anywho let me know what you think! (any tips are appreciated)
P.S. What switch is the end pic of. Fog lights?
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:34 pm
by Schultzy
ummmmm not sure what happened there with the images....... worked last time i posted.......sorry guys
Re: Finished painting interior
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:36 pm
by StanTheMan
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:51 pm
by RG.net
shame about the picture quality but looks the goods! i want to do something like that, how long did it take? did you sand before you painted? gimme some insight
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:58 pm
by Schultzy
no sanding required but could help. Use a wax and grease remover first to get rid of any impurities and go for your life doing light, even coats. If you do 5 or 6 coats you wont have a problem with it scratching off and having a clear over it to prtect it looks way too shiny.
I went through 3 cans of vinyl/plastic paint that cost $15 each. Pretty damn cheap makeover with only a minimal amount of work!
Schultzy
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:51 pm
by Alex
I still need to get floor mats maybe in the red chequer plate or similar
Instead of buying some make them yourself, should turn out alot better, I got my material from Clark Rubber, not sure if you can ge them in red though just look around I guess
pics
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:02 pm
by Schultzy
they look fantastic mate! I like the way they just tidy everything up
Also i think the rubber ones might be a bit better as they wouldn't be so slippery as the autotechnica or similar ones from autobarn are.
Schultzy
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:05 pm
by Schultzy
by the way has anyone got any idea of what the switch is for that is pictured?? My guess is foggies but none are fitted
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:14 pm
by Alex
Schultzy wrote:they look fantastic mate! I like the way they just tidy everything up
Also i think the rubber ones might be a bit better as they wouldn't be so slippery as the autotechnica or similar ones from autobarn are.
Schultzy
yea I borrowed a set of the premade ones but they were too shiny and annoying for me and the fit wasn't great either, also they were selling for $40 and I only needed the front ones
mine don't move around at all but I'm not sure if that's because of the stock anchor for the mx5 mats or because of material, $26 for materials and 10 mins of cutting
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:57 pm
by RG.net
Schultzy
how did you get the top vents out?
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:30 pm
by Schultzy
just use a very thin flathead screwdriver to pop them out from the front.
If there is an easier way that someone knows of please correct me.
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:46 pm
by Old EmmGee
To remove the vents, either a cable-tie; double back on itself and crimp hard to give a sharp 'tick' shape - feed into the vent and pull back so that it gets caught in the vent ball and pull hard - pops out nicely. A wire will also do the trick.
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:20 pm
by Schultzy
wouldnt that break the top vents? thats what i do for the round ones but i was worried id break the thing if i did it to those dash ones
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:21 pm
by Old EmmGee
Sorry
I was talking about the round ones.....haven't tried taking the top ones out yet.
For most of my extracting, I use a 'magic stick' which is a hard nylon blade that does not mark parts etc. Screwdrivers are bad
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:23 pm
by Schultzy
lol yes ive had to get replacement parts before cos ive been a little too energetic with removing them lol
