Technical => Body/Appearance/Interior => Topic started by: 347Thunder on May 02, 2008, 10:08:28 AM
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on May 02, 2008, 10:08:28 AM
I decided to change all the porno red to black. I was a little timid because I have never done anything with inertior but install new carpet. I need to have someone install the trim around the carpet to hide the seem. Tell me what you guys think
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on May 02, 2008, 10:14:39 AM
more still neet to glue and attach
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on May 02, 2008, 10:15:57 AM
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Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: SR71TC on May 02, 2008, 10:40:38 AM
I hate the porno red myself, that is why I dyed my interior also.
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: BEARMAX on May 02, 2008, 11:29:53 AM
im trying to keep my porno in the vert id like black and red but it would be so hot with top down
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on May 02, 2008, 12:35:48 PM
more
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: dominator on May 02, 2008, 01:58:50 PM
Nothing wrong with a mint red interior,has to be out of a TC though,kinda rare too.
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 5.0willgo on May 02, 2008, 02:01:07 PM
I'm not a fan of the red either. The black looks good. What kind of carpeting did you get for the trunk? I see rolls at some parts places but it seems so thin and cheap.
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on May 02, 2008, 03:31:17 PM
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I'm not a fan of the red either. The black looks good. What kind of carpeting did you get for the trunk? I see rolls at some parts places but it seems so thin and cheap.
Good old Homo depot indoor/ outdoor not all depot's carry it
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: Tbird232ci on May 02, 2008, 03:52:12 PM
I'll take all the porno red interior in the world.
I love it. I actually didn't buy a car because it had raven.
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on May 02, 2008, 06:31:49 PM
I did the same thing (porno red to black), but the main reasons I did mine was 1) Swapping TC seats in, and my TC seats were blue and 2) My porno red dash was cracked all to hell. The carpet and headliner out of the donor TC were no good, and I didn't want to have blue seats and dash with red carpet and headliner, so I compromised - I went with a two-tone red and black. Black dash, seats, console, and hard plastic bits, red carpet, headliner, and accents on the door panels. When I get around to replacing the carpet and headliner I'll get black, then do the door panels in all-black as well.
One thing to look out for, Ether - the black vinyl/plastic paint I used did NOT want to stick to the hard plastic surrounding the door pocket and the pull strap. I actually painted it, noticed it scratched really easily, then simply peeled it right off (which is why it's red in my car - I had intended on leaving only the carpeted part of the panel red). If it peeled off that easily I can just imagine how durable it would have been in the car...
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: HAVI on May 02, 2008, 07:57:52 PM
there's hope for a black interior afterall, lol. I haven't seen anyone's dyed black interior til now. Looks pretty good. (I had thoughts of darkly faded grey in my mind.)
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on May 02, 2008, 09:39:00 PM
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;216839
I did the same thing (porno red to black), but the main reasons I did mine was 1) Swapping TC seats in, and my TC seats were blue and 2) My porno red dash was cracked all to hell. The carpet and headliner out of the donor TC were no good, and I didn't want to have blue seats and dash with red carpet and headliner, so I compromised - I went with a two-tone red and black. Black dash, seats, console, and hard plastic bits, red carpet, headliner, and accents on the door panels. When I get around to replacing the carpet and headliner I'll get black, then do the door panels in all-black as well.
One thing to look out for, Ether - the black vinyl/plastic paint I used did NOT want to stick to the hard plastic surrounding the door pocket and the pull strap. I actually painted it, noticed it scratched really easily, then simply peeled it right off (which is why it's red in my car - I had intended on leaving only the carpeted part of the panel red). If it peeled off that easily I can just imagine how durable it would have been in the car...
Did you use a good quality wax and grease remover, I scratched my parts with my finger nail and it did not come off. I also used a red scotch pad to help adhesion
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on May 03, 2008, 08:07:11 AM
I used the same wax and grease remover that I used on the body of the car before painting it (still have about 3/4 of a gallon left after the paint job). Paint just didn't want to stick. It was only those parts, too - everything else, the paint took a death grip
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on May 03, 2008, 08:29:04 AM
did you do your dash I am a little worried about the durability ans sun fading.
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: DVP on May 03, 2008, 12:03:36 PM
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did you do your dash I am a little worried about the durability ans sun fading.
what did you use to dye it?
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on May 03, 2008, 03:31:04 PM
dupli-colors is what I will use not at that point yet
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on May 03, 2008, 09:21:54 PM
I did do the dash. In fact I pulled the old cracked red dash out, painted the uncracked blue dash that was in the back seat of the parts TC when I bought it black (using the same Duplicolor stuff you used), and installed it long ago. I did the console too. Pics:
1) Before 2) During (I also rewired the ignition switch to use relays so the current for the accessories isn't carried by the switch anymore) 3) After
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on May 03, 2008, 09:32:58 PM
that looks sweeeeeeeeeeet I can't wait to do mine
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: Thunder Chicken on May 04, 2008, 05:56:54 PM
Yeah, I like it. Once you go black you never go back, you know ;)
You'll have to forgive the dust covering everything. The car was in the middle of a bunch of bodywork at the time. As for all the on the floor - it was from where a squirrel had built a nest in my blower fan. I'm ashamed to admit that the pile of yellow insulation is still there :(
Title: changing to Black!!!!
Post by: 347Thunder on May 04, 2008, 06:10:11 PM
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;217179
Yeah, I like it. Once you go black you never go back, you know ;) :(
Thats just nasty!!! Hey is that the semi-gloss or flat paint on the dash?