Buying a dash

Dash Seats, Steering Wheels etc... If it's inside your Civic then it's in here.
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By Civic_HatchSI
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:03 pm #34603 very good deal considering it has the clock and climate control!
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By XocruncheyriceoX
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:13 pm #34610 Yeah, the climate control and clock would be around 150 alone from passwordjdm so I think I did pretty good.

Yeah, I'm not going to wire up the airbag, I am going to leave it in, unplugged until I get this.

http://passwordjdm.com/PasswordJDM-EG-92-95-Civic-Carbon-Kevlar-Airbag-Tray-P2095C138.aspx

My old dash was pretty done, it was cracked above the glovebox and made a bunch of noise when driving, and what would be the best way to make my door/plastic panels black, dye or spray paint? And what will match the oem black color better?
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By teal_dx
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:40 pm #34663 I've never used this stuff on a dash, but it looks like it does the job well:
http://duplicolor.com/products/vinyl.html

Here's a video that shows a dash board before & after:
http://duplicolor.com/TV/mov/hp_aerosols.wmv
(about 3/4 through the video is where the dash is)
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By Graham
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:42 pm #34684 Ive tried painting interior parts before - i could never get it to look as good as standard though, and it didnt last all that long

$180 is about £90 so i think thats a decent price, considering you got the clock and stuff too
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By XocruncheyriceoX
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:33 pm #34692 Thanks for the links, I think I will give that duplicolor stuff a try on all my interior plastics/doorpanels from blue to black to save me some money.

I just ran into a problem while swapping the dash. What did you guys do for the vin number plate? I can't seem to drill the rivits out right, I drilled through the top and then once it gets to the backside it starts drilling through at an angle so it goes through the dash and missed the bottom/back of the rivit...
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By asianrob
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:53 pm #34698
teal_dx wrote:I've never used this stuff on a dash, but it looks like it does the job well:
http://duplicolor.com/products/vinyl.html

Here's a video that shows a dash board before & after:
http://duplicolor.com/TV/mov/hp_aerosols.wmv
(about 3/4 through the video is where the dash is)


doesnt work! lol i tried and doesnt work just scratches off
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By teal_dx
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:34 pm #34710
DC4rob wrote:
teal_dx wrote:I've never used this stuff on a dash, but it looks like it does the job well:
http://duplicolor.com/products/vinyl.html

Here's a video that shows a dash board before & after:
http://duplicolor.com/TV/mov/hp_aerosols.wmv
(about 3/4 through the video is where the dash is)


doesnt work! lol i tried and doesnt work just scratches off


I've seen the grey used on a GM truck dash that used to be tan and it was not scratching off, and it looked like it could have came from the factory that way.

How the paint sticks has alot to do with how well the dash is prepared (cleaned, degreased, and maybe a primer or adhesion promoter used)

Maybe the GM dashboard was better at absorbing the paint though too....
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By asianrob
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:35 pm #34724 i just cleaned mine but i did interior panels and carpet when i had my Si hatch didnt put any primer down i was thinking that but i was like F-it lol but in my teg i used something different youd get at Oriely;s it worked marvelously nice but it still scratched off lol i might go and redo it with primer tho and then paint on it again but as for my Teg carpet i used RIT dye for Cloth that you can buy at wal mart works great did my back seats and carpet turned out nice i think i need to redo the sides of the carpet tho i didnt do those that good
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By XocruncheyriceoX
- Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:26 am #35176 Just got the dash in my car now to get the rest of the interior to match! Heres how it looks.

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Should I go with the Duplicolor Vinyl and Fabric paint? I bought a can of it, but I have also been considering using SEM, look at this, it looks like it turned out very well.

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread/2175951

Also the vinyl paint will work on all the plastics in the hatch and around the back seats right? Considering they arn't really vinyl...
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By asianrob
- Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:25 pm #35187 i dunno i think its easier sourcing black interior parts instead of painting
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By Civic_HatchSI
- Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:04 pm #35208
XocruncheyriceoX wrote:Just got the dash in my car now to get the rest of the interior to match! Heres how it looks.

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Should I go with the Duplicolor Vinyl and Fabric paint? I bought a can of it, but I have also been considering using SEM, look at this, it looks like it turned out very well.

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread/2175951

Also the vinyl paint will work on all the plastics in the hatch and around the back seats right? Considering they arn't really vinyl...


what you going to do about your blue wheel?
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By XocruncheyriceoX
- Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:38 am #35226 I think I am going to go with either a black Integra GSR steering wheel, or an aftermarket wheel.
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By XocruncheyriceoX
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:33 am #36287 Ok, I just got started on converting the rest of my interior to black, I decided to go with the SEM Landau Black vinyl dye/paint for my interior. I just sprayed my door panels and rear plastic panels, so far it looks really good now I just have to wait for them to cure and to spray all the rest of the misc. plastic things. Also I just picked up some USDM ITR front seats and black knock off CTR floor mats from my friend to match my black Interior =]. I got them for $160 my old 99 prelude seats and integra floor mats . Heres some pics.

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