Painted my dash black today pics inside

[YarisSedan]

So I had it painted to color match my car before. I didnt like it after awile it didnt seem to work too much with my interior plus I didnt paint the heater control knobs. So decided to pull it out and paint it a low gloss black. Its very close to flat black its made by duplicolor which is supose to be oem black paint specifically made for exterior trim. So i can achieve a factory look still. I was worried about not painting the knobs black to match but it actually gives a good contrast

Heres before.

http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/jasonlabar/dash2.jpg

Now after. What do you think you like it before or the way it is now.


http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/jasonlabar/dash.jpg

[JumpmanYaris]

lol looks nice,

I have neffy all over it but the side trim pices

[A1phazu1u]

Thats so funny, i just painted mine too! but mines gonna be more glossy when its done. pics when its up.

[YarisSedan]

I just wanted to go with something more oem looking. If i get tired of it later i might throw some clearcoat on it and polish it up.

[kac]

looks great!

[Emerge]

I thought you meant your whole dash. =/

[GeneralDon7]

I thought you meant your whole dash. =/

Same here, Took me a moment to figure out what you meant. Excellent job, definately looks better.

[JumpmanYaris]

I painted mine RED today. I took all the Neffy out and painted the dash trims in red and the chrome bar in the trunk black and the LEDs on the spoiler got some Night Shade spray so now it doesnt look white

[A1phazu1u]

Hey about the knobs, i bought some from a scion xd on ebay for about 30 bucks and they are the exact same ones that the newer yaris hatchbacks have. I love them so much and it looks alot nicer and is a lot less of a hassle then painting them yourself. Ill post pics of my center console when its done.
I have to wait for the enamal to cure so i can polish it.
I also had neffy on mine before but wasn't happy with the way it was wearing.

[YarisSedan]

Hey about the knobs, i bought some from a scion xd on ebay for about 30 bucks and they are the exact same ones that the newer yaris hatchbacks have. I love them so much and it looks alot nicer and is a lot less of a hassle then painting them yourself. Ill post pics of my center console when its done.
I have to wait for the enamal to cure so i can polish it.
I also had neffy on mine before but wasn't happy with the way it was wearing.

Thanks for the tip im gona check ebay right now.

[JumpmanYaris]

the pictures was taken with my cellphone:biggrin:
and still need to be polished as well

[tk-421]

Hey about the knobs, i bought some from a scion xd on ebay for about 30 bucks and they are the exact same ones that the newer yaris hatchbacks have. I love them so much and it looks alot nicer and is a lot less of a hassle then painting them yourself. Ill post pics of my center console when its done.

I'd really like to see some pics of those knobs! :biggrin:
(Sounds dirty, I know...)

[Kaotic Lazagna]

That's cool Jason, but you should paint the knobs. I repainted my interior pieces (center pieces and the knobs, and the door pieces that you pull on to close the door (I forget what they called). I'll take some pics later if I remember to. Also, did you have any problems with the paint flaking off the center pieces? I've always had that problem, even when I first painted it.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Oh, you should also replace the LEDs in the knobs as well. Pretty easy, and looks much better. If I'm in my car tonight, I'll try to snap some pics of those as well.

[YarisSedan]

That's cool Jason, but you should paint the knobs. I repainted my interior pieces (center pieces and the knobs, and the door pieces that you pull on to close the door (I forget what they called). I'll take some pics later if I remember to. Also, did you have any problems with the paint flaking off the center pieces? I've always had that problem, even when I first painted it.

I was able to take off 2 of the knobs one was a little more tricky i didnt want to break it so left it alone at the time. I might try again if worse comes to worse i can just get a used on ebay. No problems with paint flaking. I sanded and primer first and then left it to dry it in the hot sun for a few hours. If prepped right the paint shouldnt flake. Even if it does in a few years i can always repaint it.

[Wowzers78]

The flat black looks a lot better in the photo, I've been thinking of painting mine my wheel color..It'd be charcoal with blue flake, but i kinda like yours, lol

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Yeah, one of the tabs broke off two of the knobs, but doesn't affect anything and they're on there tight still. Here's mine (and a pic of the flaking).

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb261/YarisKaos/Interior/DSC_0018.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb261/YarisKaos/Interior/DSC_0019.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb261/YarisKaos/Interior/DSC_0020.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb261/YarisKaos/Interior/DSC_0021.jpg

[A1phazu1u]

I'd really like to see some pics of those knobs! :biggrin:
(Sounds dirty, I know...)

Here you go, i thought about painting the knobs but its too much work to get the right finish. I'm in the process of letting the paint on my dash cure so the finish isn't great, but once it does ill Wetsand and polish to a mirror finish. I have the bulbs to change the lights to blue, just haven't done it yet. Sorry for the dust. :)
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/A1phaZu1u/IMG_0659.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/A1phaZu1u/IMG_0654.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/A1phaZu1u/IMG_0653.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/A1phaZu1u/IMG_0651.jpg

[YarisSedan]

[QUOTE=Kaotic Lazagna;486415]Yeah, one of the tabs broke off two of the knobs, but doesn't affect anything and they're on there tight still. Here's mine (and a pic of the flaking).

Okay you have some seriouse orange peel there. If i were you I would resand it and repaint it. You need to do very light coats. Thin coat and let it dry for about 10 minutes then another coat and so on till you get even coverage. It looks like you went a little heavy and caused dripage and takes forever to cure probally months. So then its going to scratch and easily come off.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

[QUOTE=Kaotic Lazagna;486415]Yeah, one of the tabs broke off two of the knobs, but doesn't affect anything and they're on there tight still. Here's mine (and a pic of the flaking).

Okay you have some seriouse orange peel there. If i were you I would resand it and repaint it. You need to do very light coats. Thin coat and let it dry for about 10 minutes then another coat and so on till you get even coverage. It looks like you went a little heavy and caused dripage and takes forever to cure probally months. So then its going to scratch and easily come off.

hahahha, it does look like orange peel, but it isn't. That's from having to sand it down multiple times. It's scuffed up pretty bad :frown:

But yeah, I did the process that you mentioned. Could be the type of paint I'm using, not really sure. I'll order a new set of those pieces in the future, and paint them. What I'm puzzled over is I used the same process on the knobs and the inner door handle things, and they came out fine?????

[YarisSedan]

[QUOTE=YarisSedan;486495]

hahahha, it does look like orange peel, but it isn't. That's from having to sand it down multiple times. It's scuffed up pretty bad :frown:

But yeah, I did the process that you mentioned. Could be the type of paint I'm using, not really sure. I'll order a new set of those pieces in the future, and paint them. What I'm puzzled over is I used the same process on the knobs and the inner door handle things, and they came out fine?????

Could be the paint your using. Maybe its just cause its scuffed up too much from sanding with too rough a grit paper.

Decided to just go for it and paint the knobs too. Also after the paint cured awile it looks more of a satin black now. Very close to flat black but with a slight gloss depending on the light. I like it much better than flat black since it dosnt show fingerprints as easily.

http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/jasonlabar/satin.jpg

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I like it.

Yeah, it could be a mixture of the paint I used and sand paper. Finest one I used was just 1000 grit. But like I said, the knobs came out fine, and I used the same process on them. I went back and applied another layer of paint on the bottom piece (on top of top coat), and it looks better now. Didn't flake, and it hid some of the grooves. I added more top coat on top of that layer.



Are you going to switch out your knob LEDs?

[birdman]

painting the textured side panels looks really good!