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HQuakers 05-16-2008 10:08 AM

Painter Needed..
 
I'm looking for a professional painter who can paint the interior pieces of my car. I tried doing it myself 2 times and both times it came out like crap. I'm not looking for, "looks good enough," but rather, "Holy S&*T! That looks like it came that way."

I want to go from this:

http://images.automotive.com/cob/fac...__interior.jpg

to this:

http://www.ls1.com.au/news_pics/CV8-Z/CV8Z_interior.jpg

Basically, the trim around the gauges, 2 door vents, and center console trim from silver to gloss black.

I am located in PA, but work in NJ, so anywhere in the Philly area as well as Central and South Jersey is fine with me.

Thanks.

den9 05-19-2008 01:30 AM

might be easier to order the parts that color

CleanNeon98 05-19-2008 08:08 AM

only differences i see are silver trim going to gloss black trim, just buy the pieces it will look better...and no serious car person will paint your seats either

italianblaze 05-19-2008 09:06 AM

lol painting the seats

CleanNeon98 05-19-2008 09:25 AM

oo if its metal trim peices im pretty sure they can be powdercoated

DC2.2GSR 05-19-2008 11:42 AM

you said you tried painting them twice already with no luck. how much paint is on the pieces right now? is there any prepwork that needs to be done because of scratches or damage from painting/prepping before? also, what's the turn-around time? i.e. if i get the trim pieces on a saturday morning, do you need them back sat night? if not, what's the timeframe?

HQuakers 05-22-2008 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by den9 (Post 912248)
might be easier to order the parts that color

All the parts aren't interchangeable, so I don't want to buy some that are already black and then have the other's painted and have them not match...

Quote:

Originally Posted by CleanNeon98 (Post 912340)
...and no serious car person will paint your seats either

I don't want my seats done...I just want the trim on the dash and door vents.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CleanNeon98 (Post 912399)
oo if its metal trim peices im pretty sure they can be powdercoated

Not metal..plastic.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 95_GSR (Post 912544)
you said you tried painting them twice already with no luck. how much paint is on the pieces right now? is there any prepwork that needs to be done because of scratches or damage from painting/prepping before? also, what's the turn-around time? i.e. if i get the trim pieces on a saturday morning, do you need them back sat night? if not, what's the timeframe?

I just tried painting the center dash trim. I have a spare that's not painted. Everything else I want painted hasn't been touched yet. Turn around time can be anything...these pieces are not essential to have when driving the car, so whatever a standard time would be is fine. As for prep work...they might have some small light scuffs on them from normal use, but no deep scratches or anything.

My list of things I want painted are:

Left and Right door vent surround (I know the Holden CV8Z picture has a satin black on these, but I want them gloss like the rest)
Gauge cluster surround
Center dash trim (actually two pieces)

Thanks for the responses.


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