soon people will be making thier interiors tan again to be

different, lol.

LOL!! Maybe I'll keep mine!!!

a clean tan interior looks sharp

nice... thats one of the first things i'm gonna do to mine this summer... do u have any recommendations or hints.





pm me if u can.



thanks,



-jeff

Tips and hints .... Dont worry about removing the carpet from under the center of the dash... just cut it clean. Take your time, if you get a wrinkle try to work it into a spot that is not noticeable then cut the wrinkle down the middle, and glue the carpet over itself. Don't get too high from the glue fumes... I recommend a mask or something... I saw little green dots on more than one occasion.

I would be carefull of the fumes from the glue.

We had someone blow a boat with them in it up from the fumes.

The explosion was sparked by a cordless screwgun's spark .



This was at least 2 hours AFTER the carpet had been glued down.

Those fumes are no joke and VERY explosive, and remember

fumes are heavier then air so they stick around on the floor.



Please be carefull as this guy ended up with bad burns over most of his body from this.

Mike, I was looking for the dye last night with no luck. I looked at the hardware store,pep boys,track auto, and even auto zone.

What is the name ofthe stuff you used and where did you buy it at?

-Dave

me mike? i use this stuff made by s.e.m. i think eastwood might have it http://www.eastwoodco.com



mike

Nice job on your interior!





I did mine more than a year ago. My threads are on the "other" forum. Been a year and it has not peeled. Mine was a 94, so the door panels were already the right color, but I coated them anyway to make it a deep black. I had dyed my carpet, but after about 9 months I got a good deal on a used set so I installed it.



I replaced my tan seats covers with leatherseats.com seat covers.

No Mike the other Mike (rx7trix)

LOL

I want to use dye.

I did the lower pass side kick panel last night with plasticoat. I looks ok but I can scratch the color off.

So i need to dye the parts.

Im just goona buy the overhead parts in black. I think that would give me the best results.

-Dave

The plastic pieces are near impossible to paint. Im lucky I had a 94, all the peices are black except the plastic hinge covers for the seats. I have re-painted them a million times with everytype of spray paint and the paint comes off.



For vinyle, it will not scrape off.

rx7 trix, where you at man??

I want to hook up my interior.

Help a nigga out G. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

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3 Days and no reply?

The plastic pieces are near impossible to paint. Im lucky I had a 94, all the peices are black except the plastic hinge covers for the seats. I have re-painted them a million times with everytype of spray paint and the paint comes off.



For vinyle, it will not scrape off. [/quote]

You gotta use a primer or flex adhesion promoter.

Something like that.

I have found some stuff that should work.



I am just waiting for the stuff to show at my house so I can get started.



http://www.eastwoodco.com/

Search "vinyl spray"







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Vinylcoat Plastic Prep



Item No. - 52056 Z

Plastic Prep cleans and slightly softens plastic interior parts to enhance adhesion of the vinyl dye.







Regular Price: $7.99



This item is in stock.





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Vinyl Paint Sand Free Primer



Item No. - 52040 Z

Sand Free is a blend of solvents that slightly softens plastic surfaces for enhanced adhesion of the vinyl dye. This product is usually used after the application of Plastic Prep (52056Z). Plasitc Prep and Sand Free are available in a money saving kit (52042Z).







Regular Price: $7.99



This item is in stock





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Dave,



As soon as you get that ****, test a piece and see what results you get. I have tried 3 different types of PLASTIC SPECIFIC paint to no avail. Vinyl color by plasti-kote works the best so far. I did the kick-panels and doors. The kick panels are pretty durable. I kicked them and scratched at them and they held. Its at the edges they arent so strong. The doorpanels are INDESTRUCTABLE. As will be the headliner. The doors are a bit glossy though... Might just cover them with leather.. as with the rest of the ****** interior. It's a bitch.

I will, My bigest thing with this is geting the best results on a budget.

I hope that this stuff works.

Im gonna redo the head liner and a pillars in suede or crushed velvet. Something like that.

I have a hook up for that and the contact cement to do it with.

Im really all figured out except for the carpet. I have no idea what Im gonna do with that yet.

Be carefull if you do this. Their is not much clearence between the door panels and the side railing. I know they tried on my car but the door was hard to open. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub..._DIR#>/sad.png

I will, My bigest thing with this is geting the best results on a budget.

I hope that this stuff works.

Im gonna redo the head liner and a pillars in suede or crushed velvet. Something like that.

I have a hook up for that and the contact cement to do it with.

Im really all figured out except for the carpet. I have no idea what Im gonna do with that yet. [/quote]

I'm budgeting too. I'm going to look around at my options for the interior. I guess I'll play with it. Cant get much uglier than the tan...



Worst problem I see is getting all the little pieces... Mounting things for all the panels.. you know.

I know that you can get all the little black plastic phillips head expanding tabs from True Value harware stores.

I bought a couple dozen already. I payed about $10 for 30 or so.

Sweet. Thanks Dave.



Question for ya: Have you looked at the vents on your doorpanels close yet? Mine are SERIOUSLY deteriorated. Like I can scratch them apart. I think they'll be IMPOSSIBLE to paint. Just thought I'd let you know. Never noticed it till I went to paint them... started sanding them to prep, and they just started falling apart. Wonder if the 626 or anything have the same pieces...



Justin

http://www.autostyles.com/sem.htm



Anyone have experience?

Looks awesome! Where did you order the carpet from? Oh and it looks like you left that tar stuff stuck to the car, have you ever tried removing it before reinsulating it? I'm thinking of a full tar removal in my fc then reinsulating it. Initially I was gonig to use Dynamat but your option seems to be both much cheaper and lighter.

Doh, I over looked the carpet link. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683358.gif The tar question still stands.

what kind of seats are those? I assume you did not go back with the loop carpet?

Damn.. I'm sorry man I just now saw your post

No worries, I bought the stock black carpet and found the stock black interior panels to finish off the job.

Pics, Dave! Oh, and did you decide on seats yet? How did you take your carpet out? I know you had to cut... But how did it go?



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Pics arte in the other thread. It was easily a two day project.

I didnt cut the carpetr though. I pulled all the dash out. :(

Im getting stock cloth seat skins from a newer rx7 in Japan. One of the Japanese members hooked me up with them.

Thats where my floormats are coming from also.

Awesome man. Saw the pics. Looks GREAT! As said before, your car was one of the few that I liked the Tan in... But black is just plain badass!

anyone wanna help me with this when i get my car back?



volunteers?

Golly gee Fik$e, can I really? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/rolleyes.gif

Looks GREAT!!! SEM is THE thing to use on interior pieces, plastic or otherwise. I've done several interiors

with it, and have always had good sucess with SEM. One major thing to remember. If you have EVER used

a protectant of any brand on your interior, the pieces must be taken out and washed with dish soap, and

wiped down with wax and grease remover on every single inch of them. Even the back side!! Always use bonding agent no matter how clean you think the part is, and spray the die in light coats. I've used cheaper dyes before, and without fail they have had shiny/dull spots. SEM makes a very unform factory style finish. It can be bought in spray gun form, which works better in my opinion. Scuffing works better with a scotch brite pad. The pad doesn't take off the grain of the vinyl, the bonding agent and SEM will fill in the scratches. Just sand lightly though, not hard pressure.,,,,BB

Any idea if the plastic dye would present any problems for REALLY old plastic? The rear trim in the RX-2 is faded bad, so I was gonna re-dye everything to match. Did it make much of a mess?

the dye doesnt really work on plastic, it works best on purous surfaces

wtf if the dye doesnt work how the **** can i turn my grey s4 plastic panels to blk i cant even buy them in black b/c s4s didny have black interior

Nice modification you have made.It looks great and beautiful and amazing.



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