a little interior work...

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:36 pm

Ok, so i got bored with the dark slate grey interior and fabric door inserts.....

time for a new look!

no outrageous colors, no super contrasts, just a nice change from the slate and fabric look.....

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:38 pm

How did you do your inserts on the doors?

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:46 pm

its a secret!

ok, no actually, i just used superglue and a little elbow grease...

here's a FAST how to...

first, take your superglue, and put a bead along the edge(ON THE FABRIC), press and hold the vinyl in place until its stuck

next, put a bead on the opposite side of the insert, pull the vinyl tight, and wrap arould the edge so when it holds, it holds the vinyl tight

once you have that done, work your way around in small sections, about 1"-3" at a time, glueing and pulling tight, this will contour the vinyl around the bends

once you have the whole thing glued down, take a SHARP razor blade and trim off the excess

now glue the whole thing back in place(i have yet to do this)

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:06 am

how did you take the fabric out tho?

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:08 am

use a drill bit and drill out the melts, then take a screwdriver and kinda bang on the insert through the hole...

by the way MAKE SURE YOU DONT DRILL THROUGH THE INSERT!!!!!

neon_ert3 · Post by **neon_ert3** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:21 am

whhat kinda paint did u use? i was thinkin bout doin the same thing to my interior. i dont want nothin really shiny but not flat either.

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:23 am

Krylon Fusion for Plastics

word to the wise, dont use it on your dash cover or center armrest, it doesnt like to dry on vinyl, all the plastics dried in under 15 minutes, the armrest is still tacky over 8 hours later...

2003silverneonsxt · Post by **2003silverneonsxt** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:18 am

matt...dont just use that super glue to put the insert back on the door, been there tired it...i had to get some "high strength contact cement" and now it stays...

dinetuner · Post by **dinetuner** » Wed May 24, 2006 2:43 pm

NiteHawk wrote:Krylon Fusion for Plastics

word to the wise, dont use it on your dash cover or center armrest, it doesnt like to dry on vinyl, all the plastics dried in under 15 minutes, the armrest is still tacky over 8 hours later...

hahaha it wont dry for a looooooong time.. i just fiberglassed mine and painted it after it was tacky for a week

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:13 pm

i'm gonna just wrap it in vinyl, same vinyl as the door inserts.....

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:41 pm

2003silverneonsxt wrote:matt...dont just use that super glue to put the insert back on the door, been there tired it...i had to get some "high strength contact cement" and now it stays...

I used 3m body tape. I had a problem w/ one of the rear door inserts staying on, but I dont know what the body shop did to fix it. They just fixed it for me w/out saying anything, which is more than fine w/ me

kirktalife · Post by **kirktalife** » Wed May 24, 2006 8:32 pm

cool man looks good

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:02 pm

ok, so now i have silver handles too

srt's dont get to be special anymore, now regular neons are goin silver, lol

and yes, those are gloves that are on my hand covered in paint, i'm not stupid enough to hold something while i'm painting it without gloves on, lol

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Thu May 25, 2006 2:12 pm

some more pics

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:06 pm

almost finished product:

damn im good

koreysxt · Post by **koreysxt** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:58 pm

Was the paint wet in the first pics? The finished product looks 100 times better. What happened to all the glaring high gloss? It looks normal now.

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:02 pm

no flash this time

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:26 pm

Looks good!

Post by **jonnymopar** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:36 pm

NiteHawk wrote:ok, so now i have silver handles too

srt's dont get to be special anymore, now regular neons are goin silver, lol

How bad was it getting the handles out? Also, how did you put them back in? I've heard that you have to drill out plastic welds to get them out, then figure out on your own the best way to put them back. I have been friggin dying to do this to my car for so long.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:54 pm

that does look super nice man! good job!

Ifixyawata · Post by **Ifixyawata** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:32 pm

Wow, at first I didn't like it, paint looked like it was going to be super-shiny, but i guess it flattened out after it dried. Very nice, indeed.

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:50 pm

well, to best explain how i did it, yes, there are melts you have to drill out, but there are posts not melted either, melt these posts down to hold the handle in place again.....

i'll take pics of the last door panel i have to tear down to better explain...

Post by **Canada** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:58 pm

That look great man! I think it'll look really good in your car!

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Fri May 26, 2006 1:10 am

my handles came chrome

Good work man, nice job

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:23 pm

looks way better without the flash

neon_ert3 · Post by **neon_ert3** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:38 am

got any pics of your interior?

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:13 am

i still have the whole dash to do, ill take pics after ecerything is done

neon_ert3 · Post by **neon_ert3** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:19 am

any updates?

hello anyone there?

Ithinkican · Post by **Ithinkican** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:31 pm

Headliner is next. Still not sure if Im going to make a CF one or if Im going to do a black suade

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:20 pm

I like that before and after picture. Nice work!