got the dash pulled and painted today

[aithanmier]

yeah i know it looks funny with the crappy carpet, i think the next purchase might have to be a new blue carpet. the steering wheel is going bye bye too in the next couple of days, i have a nice grant leather wheel waiting for the install kit, just forgot to write down which one i needed when i made the run to the parts store for the paint lol. After i found the white tach cluster at the u-pick-it yard i just had to do something about the faded brown dash!

[batstiva]

Looks pretty good. Probably a stupid question but is that spray-paint, or did you dye it? Just wondering.

[aithanmier]

It's paint, not as durable as I'd like but I was mainly just getting a feel for it, my dash has a spot that the factory grain is messed up a bit, so I'm going to replace the dash eventually and I'll dye it then.

[batstiva]

Thanks, just wondering. Thinking about pulling and coloring parts of my dash. :wink:

[aithanmier]

yeah it's just some interior vinyl paint that i picked up at o'reileys

[JerseyJay1.8T]

i say go with leather, i've always hated tweed. Suede could be cool too, velour, well if you wanna be big-pimpin maybe, but don't go all blue, throw some white in there to mix it up.

[burkster]

I am trying to reach aithanmier to find out what company makes this paint and the name. I checked Oreilly's online and can't seem to find it. If anyone has a direct connection to him I would be grateful. I am in sort of a jam. I already ordered my vinyl to have my seats door panels done and I have to have the exact dash color to match.

Thanks Guys!

[stefan]

please tell how you managed to get those bolts along the windshield, under the caps out.

[CelicaGT4]

You should do the panels brown. I don't care what they say, brown goes with that blue!

[packrat427]

This thread is 2 YEARS OLD !!
send him a E-mail , thru his E-mail button . It has been a long time since he has been on .

[burkster]

Stefan. He sent me an email message in December. He used an offset 10mm Brake caliper wrench to release the bolts from the dash.

[burkster]

To All,

I received an email from aithanmier (Joel) today and he gave me the info for the paint. It is Vinyl & Fabric coating from DupliColor. The color is
called Vinyl Blue. It's part of their Tuner line. The paint code is HVP102. Advance Auto Parts carries it, I picked up some today. Thought someone else might come looking for this color as well.