I've seen a few people talking about going to an all black interior and im on my way there now. Most of us cant find the black leather seats we would like to have from the 90-91 accords, so weve got to improvise. Here is one mans improvisation at making the door panels black.
Materials needed:
1)Vinyl and fabric paint-i choose black, wal mart and the auto stores also have tan, white, and a couple of others
2)Masking tape
3)Phillips screwdriver(for the door panel removal)
4)Some sort of cleaner- i use acetone
5)Fine grit sandpaper
6)Patience and time
7)Primer(optional-i didnt use it and mine turned out ok)
8)Fabric glue-optional
Instructions:
1)Remove the door panel-use your screwdriver, there are quite a ew screws in each door panel
2)Clean the door panel with your cleaner
3)Sand that door down
4)Tape off what you dont want to be painted(for me it was the chrome door handle and the chrome powerlock switches up front, and also pop out the lights down on the bottoms.
5)Use plastic primer here if you have it.
6)Spray away-well, work slowly and surely. Do a couple of light coats a few minutes apart. Some spots of the door will be more reluctant to take to the paint. For these spaces i used some autmotive touch up paint and then let it dry and coated the doors again with a new layer with the vinyl and fabric paint.
7)Get everywhere, all the cracks, crevices, the door lock itself(it screws off the metal piece its attached to.
8)DONT FORGET to paint the buttons you pop out to get some of the screws out and that hold the door on
9)Keep lightly coating it until you are the happy!
10)put door panel back on and marvel at it, oh joy!
11)I would have used clear coat of some sort but i couldnt find any for plastic sans the kind for models and i dont recommend it. I used a little bit of it and it made the doors really sticky and nasty and made everything stick to them. I ended up cleaning that stuff off and painting them a second time just so there wouldnt be a bunch opf little hair type things sticking to my door everywhere.
Recommendations:
Take off everything you can when you have the door panel off. That is to say, take off the arme rest type thing and paint it separately so as to get all the cracks on it. Also, the bottom part of the door that you use for storage, take it off so that you can paint it and what it behind it without having to hold the can at a crazy angle and it running everywhere.
Variations:
When i did this the first time, i just painted the fabric black and left the trim the tan color, and it looked alright and all, but i want all black and nothing but black, so i changed it. However, you can take the carpet off when you take off the pieces of the door panel and paint them a different color if you like the two tone approach as compared to the monotone black. Its your world, not mine, so do as you please. If you take off the fabric and paint it another color, just make sure that you use the fabric glue on it when you put it back on.
Also, i would suggest that anyone doing this be in it for the long hual as its not something that can easily, if at all be reversed. I like black and i always will, so i knew all black was right for me.
An advantage of the monotone color that i have is that if it ever chips of fades or anything, all i have to do is bust out the paint again and touch up where needed. with a different color fabric, this would be harder to do and require some masking off and more time. So, once again, think about it before you do it, but in the end, if done correctly, it will turn out pretty good.
If anyone has anymore questions or concerns just let me know, and btw, heres the finished product!
Materials needed:
1)Vinyl and fabric paint-i choose black, wal mart and the auto stores also have tan, white, and a couple of others
2)Masking tape
3)Phillips screwdriver(for the door panel removal)
4)Some sort of cleaner- i use acetone
5)Fine grit sandpaper
6)Patience and time
7)Primer(optional-i didnt use it and mine turned out ok)
8)Fabric glue-optional
Instructions:
1)Remove the door panel-use your screwdriver, there are quite a ew screws in each door panel
2)Clean the door panel with your cleaner
3)Sand that door down
4)Tape off what you dont want to be painted(for me it was the chrome door handle and the chrome powerlock switches up front, and also pop out the lights down on the bottoms.
5)Use plastic primer here if you have it.
6)Spray away-well, work slowly and surely. Do a couple of light coats a few minutes apart. Some spots of the door will be more reluctant to take to the paint. For these spaces i used some autmotive touch up paint and then let it dry and coated the doors again with a new layer with the vinyl and fabric paint.
7)Get everywhere, all the cracks, crevices, the door lock itself(it screws off the metal piece its attached to.
8)DONT FORGET to paint the buttons you pop out to get some of the screws out and that hold the door on
9)Keep lightly coating it until you are the happy!
10)put door panel back on and marvel at it, oh joy!
11)I would have used clear coat of some sort but i couldnt find any for plastic sans the kind for models and i dont recommend it. I used a little bit of it and it made the doors really sticky and nasty and made everything stick to them. I ended up cleaning that stuff off and painting them a second time just so there wouldnt be a bunch opf little hair type things sticking to my door everywhere.
Recommendations:
Take off everything you can when you have the door panel off. That is to say, take off the arme rest type thing and paint it separately so as to get all the cracks on it. Also, the bottom part of the door that you use for storage, take it off so that you can paint it and what it behind it without having to hold the can at a crazy angle and it running everywhere.
Variations:
When i did this the first time, i just painted the fabric black and left the trim the tan color, and it looked alright and all, but i want all black and nothing but black, so i changed it. However, you can take the carpet off when you take off the pieces of the door panel and paint them a different color if you like the two tone approach as compared to the monotone black. Its your world, not mine, so do as you please. If you take off the fabric and paint it another color, just make sure that you use the fabric glue on it when you put it back on.
Also, i would suggest that anyone doing this be in it for the long hual as its not something that can easily, if at all be reversed. I like black and i always will, so i knew all black was right for me.
An advantage of the monotone color that i have is that if it ever chips of fades or anything, all i have to do is bust out the paint again and touch up where needed. with a different color fabric, this would be harder to do and require some masking off and more time. So, once again, think about it before you do it, but in the end, if done correctly, it will turn out pretty good.
If anyone has anymore questions or concerns just let me know, and btw, heres the finished product!
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