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Old 05-16-2008, 10:08 AM   #1
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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:



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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.

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Old 05-19-2008, 01:30 AM   #2
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might be easier to order the parts that color
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Old 05-19-2008, 08:08 AM   #3
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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
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Old 05-19-2008, 09:06 AM   #4
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lol painting the seats
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oo if its metal trim peices im pretty sure they can be powdercoated
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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?
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Old 05-22-2008, 08:27 PM   #7
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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...

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...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.

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oo if its metal trim peices im pretty sure they can be powdercoated
Not metal..plastic.

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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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