Finished painting interior

Schultzy · Postby **Schultzy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:30 pm

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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Schultzy · Postby **Schultzy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:34 pm

ummmmm not sure what happened there with the images....... worked last time i posted.......sorry guys

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:36 pm

Schultzy wrote: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?

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:51 pm

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

Schultzy · Postby **Schultzy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:58 pm

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

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:51 pm

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
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Schultzy · Postby **Schultzy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:02 pm

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

Schultzy · Postby **Schultzy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:05 pm

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

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:14 pm

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

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:57 pm

Schultzy

how did you get the top vents out?

Schultzy · Postby **Schultzy** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:30 pm

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.

Old EmmGee · Postby **Old EmmGee** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:46 pm

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.

Schultzy · Postby **Schultzy** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:20 pm

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

Old EmmGee · Postby **Old EmmGee** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:21 pm

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