Interior Panels Paint

[Tr1huynh]

I don't like the look on the scion fr-s. The fake carbon fiber alien ship look isn't my thing and I saw the fr-s convertible concept with white interior panels and I like that so I was wondering how hard would it be or any tips on doing this project.
I know I need 200-600 grit sand paper. Paint and adhesion stuff I'm not too sure about. I'm a noob. Thank you. I want to do a diy for this when I gather the right information.
Thank you.

[Hawk77FT]

Originally Posted by Tr1huynh

I don't like the look on the scion fr-s. The fake carbon fiber alien ship look isn't my thing and I saw the fr-s convertible concept with white interior panels and I like that so I was wondering how hard would it be or any tips on doing this project.
I know I need 200-600 grit sand paper. Paint and adhesion stuff I'm not too sure about. I'm a noob. Thank you. I want to do a diy for this when I gather the right information.
Thank you.

Easy stuff mate. I recommend you to first take off the adhesive film first. It is a pita to do but with a heatgun it goes like a breeze.
Clean - degrease and than apply some primer. I would use plastic primer but up to you. Once is nice and dry, give it a sand with 200-400 grit. than if you use spray cans, make sure you get some good quality ones that will give you the right atomization. Sand it with 2000 grit and than go with clear. I would recommend a 2pac clear rather than normal acrylic. it would be great if you have the painting tools like compressor, gravity feed paint gun, etc. if not and if you're skilled, you can do a decent job with spray cans.

Now, the convertible has a all in one part rather than two parts so you might want to look into joining them together and fill the gap in between them.

take your time and have a lot of patience.

Good luck!

[PelzerC]

I vinyl wrapped mine with satin white vinyl wrap, it took about 30 mins and I just left the "carbon fiber" wrap on underneath. It looks pretty clean. Just don't get to crazy with the white. I've seen pictures where people have turned every silver and carbon piece white and it doesn't look as good. Just my opinion though.

[Jarumie42172]

Plastidip the panels white first to see if you'd like it or not

[Tr1huynh]

Easy stuff mate. I recommend you to first take off the adhesive film first. It is a pita to do but with a heatgun it goes like a breeze.
Clean - degrease and than apply some primer. I would use plastic primer but up to you. Once is nice and dry, give it a sand with 200-400 grit. than if you use spray cans, make sure you get some good quality ones that will give you the right atomization. Sand it with 2000 grit and than go with clear. I would recommend a 2pac clear rather than normal acrylic. it would be great if you have the painting tools like compressor, gravity feed paint gun, etc. if not and if you're skilled, you can do a decent job with spray cans.

Now, the convertible has a all in one part rather than two parts so you might want to look into joining them together and fill the gap in between them.

take your time and have a lot of patience.

Good luck!

Thank you so much! You were very elaborate.

Plastidip the panels white first to see if you'd like it or not

That's a good idea. I will do that.

I vinyl wrapped mine with satin white vinyl wrap, it took about 30 mins and I just left the "carbon fiber" wrap on underneath. It looks pretty clean. Just don't get to crazy with the white. I've seen pictures where people have turned every silver and carbon piece white and it doesn't look as good. Just my opinion though.

Thanks for the opinion, I would strongly consider what to paint or not. I was just planning on the front panels. Everything else looks find to me the way it is.

[AR35]

Originally Posted by PelzerC

I vinyl wrapped mine with satin white vinyl wrap, it took about 30 mins and I just left the "carbon fiber" wrap on underneath. It looks pretty clean. Just don't get to crazy with the white. I've seen pictures where people have turned every silver and carbon piece white and it doesn't look as good. Just my opinion though.

Do you have any pics? i would like to see this.Maybe a DIY

[Skurj]

I'd like to do away with the silver dash panels on the BRZ. ANother mod that scares me to death that I will make a mess with painting...

[SubieNate]

The dash inserts are covered with vinyl? Interesting.

[PelzerC]

Originally Posted by AR35

Do you have any pics? i would like to see this.Maybe a DIY

Yeah I will try to post some pictures this weekend. I was trying to wait until I received the final piece of this project but it's taking a little longer than expected. I ordered a red "86" sticker to place in the corner of my dash to bring it all together.

[Tr1huynh]

I pulled off a piece of the vinyl
I felt it with my hand and lifted. Heat gun would make it 100000x easier
Bad photo

[Pacific Auto]

Hey don't mean to steal thread, but whats the trick to remove the dash panels? ^

[Tr1huynh]

Originally Posted by Pacific Auto Films

Hey don't mean to steal thread, but whats the trick to remove the dash panels? ^

Oh it was pretty easy for me. I just took a tiny flat head and poked under the bottom panel and popped it out of place and then I just gently ripped it out. I didn't want to break the inserts. I did it in 3 places but be careful, I scratched my vinyl which isn't too bad since you won't see it.

[Pacific Auto]

thanks for the tip, I will try it out!

[charged86]

200 is a bit rough if you are just spraying the dash panels. 600 then primer re sand wet with 600 and paint