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Michael Brown
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Queensland
V8 UZZ31 Limited

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Friday, August 28, 2009 - 11:17 am, by:  Michael Brown (Madmike1491) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey to all. I saw a soarer with gloss black painted woodgrain and I wanna do the same. How would I achieve this? What things do i need to do ? Prep ? Paint ? Clear Coat ?
Cheers Mick
Adam Lonergan
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Victoria
UZZ32 #369 (V8)

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Friday, August 28, 2009 - 12:50 pm, by:  Adam Lonergan (Alchemistal) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Don't paint the wood ones (plenty of documented failures)... get a set of plastic ones from a 'pov pack' and strip them back to bare plastic, given them a light sanding and then paint them with plastic primmer and then paint them using gloss paint.

Not that hard to do... much harder to sell them :-)
http://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/messages/292/290898.html?1248605856
James Harris
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QLD
GT Starlet

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Friday, August 28, 2009 - 01:50 pm, by:  James Harris (Haro) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

documented failures?

Buy some clear contact and just cover em... cheap, easy and looks good.

I ended up getting mine painted after i wasted hours trying to sand and polish the crappy woodgrain. Sanded em hardcore... then primed.. then painted with gloss black.
*btw - i paid a professional to do the job (200 for all the bits and also my centre console surround thingo, looked HOT)
Michael Brown
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Friday, August 28, 2009 - 03:19 pm, by:  Michael Brown (Madmike1491) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

what about just getting some black contact like the stuff people put on school books ?
James Harris
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Friday, August 28, 2009 - 03:21 pm, by:  James Harris (Haro) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


James Harris wrote on Friday, August 28, 2009 - 01:50 pm:

Buy some clear contact and just cover em... cheap, easy and looks good





Michael Brown wrote on Friday, August 28, 2009 - 03:19 pm:

what about just getting some black contact like the stuff people put on school books





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OOOOPS that what i meant, dont know why i typed clear.
ANyways, yeh ive seen some of those done like that and it looked great. Can get HEAPS of different colours also (just go to a sign / sticker making company)

** NOTE - make sure you ask your mum to cover them for you so you dont get any bubbles in it
Matthew Sharpe
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North Island
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Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 10:57 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It'll bubble in the heat of summer, I guarantee.
Nathan Machin
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Monday, August 31, 2009 - 10:09 pm, by:  Nathan Machin (Nthside_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Or Michael you can use what i have used for mine here is a sample of them, they are friggin awesome, really look great.

I'm in the process of redoing my interior from the poo brown of the white soarer interior to the classy beige and black interior.

Anyway here is a sample let me know what you think michael, it will cover your woodgrain too. Mine is not straight black but it is black carbon fibre.

I will start a post up this weekend when i have done the rest of the dash.

Cheers


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Michael Brown
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 08:24 am, by:  Michael Brown (Madmike1491) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ohh very nice Nathan :-) what did you use to put over it ? Is it just contact ?
Cheers Mick
Nathan Machin
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 11:30 am, by:  Nathan Machin (Nthside_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No Michael its a dash kit mate, works real well, if you are interested in checking it out further let me know. Send me a PM and i can give you all the details, it was well worth the spend as you can see the before and after pics, makes a huge diff.

I am in the process of redoing my interior so i will have a heap of before and after shots to show everyone. But that Dash Kit is seriously good quality, UV resistant etc etc. Uses special catalyst to help the adhesive, so it is designed for that purpose.

Anyway let me know if you want any more info, but if you are not wanting to spend too much, i know Tim Ross's Soarer has what looks like carbon fibre contact, i tried to find that stuff but had no luck. Maybe you can find it, otherwise i would say some good quality vinyl contact from a vehicle sign manufacturer would do the job.

Cheers Mate
Michael Lucas
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Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 12:03 am, by:  Michael Lucas (Mickoin) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

nathan is that a paint or some sort of thin plastic cover (similar to book covers if you remember back to school days)
Nathan Machin
TryHard
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Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 08:58 pm, by:  Nathan Machin (Nthside_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Gday Michael (Lucas) mate it isnt the contact that we covered our books with at school. It is a proper dash kit in black carbon fibre finish.....check out my thread on the before and after transformation, to be added tomorrow.

Cheers
Chris Prak
DieHard
WA
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 01:33 am, by:  Chris Prak (Carizma) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I used contact for mine. Over last years intense summer, I had no problems what so ever. I had the idea that if I didn't like, I could just peel it back to the woodgrain. Passengers don't even pick it and are dumb founded when I tell them it's what you use to cover your applicable math books back in school.


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Michael Brown
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 09:19 am, by:  Michael Brown (Madmike1491) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yea sounds nice and easy to do. and its easy to change the colour to suit the mood haha :-)
Chris Prak
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 10:17 am, by:  Chris Prak (Carizma) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The air vents bits get tricky, as when putting the vents back in for assembly, its pretty tight, and can cut or tear the contact. Look for the soft/stretchy ones, as the hard/thick contacts go hard, bubble and may shrink..

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