Anybody?

[BuddhistWitch]

Okay, so I start work yesterday on my car that I haven't even had for a week yet. And today I take out the seats, and take a good look at the carpet... Nasty-*** moldy, grimy... the most disgusting thing I've seen or touched in years. And the seats weren't far behind. I was already planning on tearing out and replacing the carpet, but now I have to do the seats too, I just expected to put covers on them. But whatever, it runs and it was cheap...

But I have a few questions about interiors. Could I just spray-paint all the plastic work and it would last and look fine? also, does anybody have any 240 seats or racing seats for sale? Or should I just junkyard it?

[ShadowKnight006]

I used that Krylon Fusion paint on the plastic and dye from advanceautoparts on the door panels of my project car. It turned out rather well, except when it gets scratched pretty good(still working on the car) you can see the original color and it needs to be retouched. Also it looks uneven in places if you get really close(I am very critical of anything in my cars especially when I do it myself). I'd check local yards for parts or take it to a shop or someone with an actual air powered spray gun and have them do it. But if you are broke all the time(like me) doing it yourself can turn out well if you take the time and do the best you can. As for your carpets, I cleaned mine and used a cheap interior dye from the profit mongering Wal*mart or if you want new call jcwhitney and ask(pretty sure they have it, even though the website just says for the coupe), run a search for it. Oh and welcome to NICO.

[BuddhistWitch]

Thanks, but JCWhitney charges quite a bit. And I'll look into Krylon paint. Oh, and thank you for the welcome, I've been a reader for a while now, but just joined up 2 weeks ago.

[ShadowKnight006]

Believe me its very fun and helpful, glad you've been reading so I will spare you the warning about getting flamed to search(I hate it when people harrass the new people). As for the paint you can find it at most hardware stores, and I recommend doing your painting inside a well ventilated place because(as I learned) if you do it outside and you get a sudden gust of wind or the sun changes positions its hard to tell what is even.

[BuddhistWitch]

Will do. Thanks man. Anybody else want to share the wisdom?

[Hellion240sx]

yeah do the painting in the bethroom. lol no just playing. welcome to the boards.

[Philsnotfalling]

Plastic is hard to get anything to stick to as far as paint. I know SEM makes a plastic prep spray to prep the surface with after you have scuffed the sruface with a 3M gray scuff pad the red pads might be too abrasive. Any plastic prep will work, SEM is what I use. Painting the plastic in your interior I highly recommend taking it to a paint and body shop that has the knowledge and a lifetime guarantee (if they use sikkens paint the paint has a guarantee on it from sikkens). I know thats not what the do-it-yourselfer wants to hear, but the quality in the work will be like night and day, depending on the shop. The krylon spray paint will do one of two things, flake off or dull out. Two friends that did this years ago... one friend the paint did both and he wants new interior pieces, the other the paint flaked off and ended up stripping the panels.

[Hellion240sx]

have you heard of this stuff thats like foam or like his rock looking spray on stuff. jeez i dont know how to describe it, but i heard someone got this stuff from like home depot or something, and did their interior with it. they said that it turned out nice, but i wouldnt know cuz i never saw it. but does anyone know what i might be talking about???

[Philsnotfalling]

Two part foam... Buy it in bulk, I'm not sure how much though. Also clay, regular modeling clay. I bought water based when I was going to custom wide body my civic. Shlack to harden the clay. Fiberglass and resin. Pre-plan your design and mounting for the panels. Mix your foam and let it dry (following the directions on the foam). Sculpt the foam as close to the shape as you'd like. Go over the top of the foam with clay, covering the entire foam that will be fiberglassed on top of. Shlack the clay let it dry. Come back over with large sheets of fiberglass and resin, this takes time to lay the fiberglass flush with the panel. Fiberglass should dry in about 24 hrs. Remove the fiberglas from the mold that was made with the foam and clay, (this piece should be reusable if done right). Trim your excess fiberglass and make panel smooth by either using body filler or sanding fiberglass down, using 80 grit but finishing with 180 grit. body filler is not a bad thing unless used in large amounts in one area... If the body filler is thicker than 1/4 inch then its too thick. In this case use more fiberglass. Test fit all panels eing made to ensure fit and alignment. If all panels don't line up just right take your time and go back and more sanding and fiberglassing if needed. When done, preferably take it to a paint and body shop, a Gel coat is highly recomended but a fexible preimer can be used. Wet sand/ block the panel, if you don't know how to block at this point then your panel will be wavy. Then paint the panel once blocked wet with 600 grit. Three coats of clear will be all you need if done correctly even if you want to slick the panels out. Install and enjoy a complete fiberglass interior. More info on fiberglassing and mold making goto

http://www.chavant.com/index_main.shtml

It might have some more info with a bit of browsing on clay mold making. Using the foam is just a cheaper way than using all clay.

Or are you talking about just painting the interior with rock chip spray? Which IMO would look like A**. Rock chip spray is used on alot of factory cars to prevent rock chiping on lower parts of body panels. Just imagine a paint job with the most orange peal you had ever seen.

[Hellion240sx]

LOL yeah thjat might be it....but it hink he painted it to hwere it would look good with a black light, it was in an astro van. and what the hell is Shlack

[Philsnotfalling]

I dunno if I have the right spelling of that... shlack? Its some kinda stuff that gets really hard and seals whatever you put it on. I think most commonly used on wood.