Monday, March 03, 2008 - 09:53 pm, by: Shane Haverkamp(Havabeer)
i budgeted roughly about $200 to do this little make over. i think pretty much all of that was spent on the paint.
you really do need alot of the stuff (depending on how much you intended to paint actually)
the carpet i bought some of the foaming carpet cleaner, i used a can of kitten and about 1/3 of a can of turtle wax brand. cleaned it up best i could as per the instructions.
then yeah went to work with the can's of VHT, tracking down the can's might be a bit of a problem (and sometimes places like repco charge frieght, dirty bastards) but i used about 5 can's on the carpet and that was skipping some bits like under the seats etc.
prep work on the vinyl parts was just giving them a good rub down with some wax and grease remover, and a scouring pad on some of the tougher stains/marks. and then it was just a spray straight on.
i realize this now but i really shouldn't have skimped on the carpet, really lay it on thick if you do, in mine up close you can still kinda see the brown through it. nothing to noticeable, and i've laid some black car mats down over the top.
definitely try and leave it for as long as you can, it recommends 3 days, but alot of parts that i sprayed dont get touched/used very often so i just put them back in the car after an hour or 2 and let it dry out in the car.
the only part that i didnt remove to paint was the "crash pad/dash" as it looked like a real bitch of a job, so i pulled most bits off, and masked off as much as i can (door sills windscreen center console) i removed the digital dash. but due to the shape of the crash pad, there's a section i could actually paint.
its the vents for the windscreen its pretty impossible to spray that area due to the shape of the dash and the inability to get the can on the right angle. but its really only noticeable if your looking close up from the outside of the windscreen and coz its already a reasonably dark color it kind of blends in.
i'm kind of thinking that i shouldn't have sprayed the entire center console black and should have left it beige like alans, but i can always just buy another center console if i really end up hating it.
all up i think i used probably about 10 or 11 maybe 12 cans? i forgot to keep track. and it was about $18 a can.
time wise it doesnt really take all that long either, if your determined and have a friend could definitely get it all done in a week end. i took about 4 days, just doing bits and piece's on and off, waiting for paint to turn up etc.
wrote a small novel,
thats all i can really think of for now, if you have any questions or want some advice just let me know
