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Interior/Exterior Painted me door panels BLACK baby....

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Old 11-23-2005, 12:47 PM
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Again, it is possible I think but you'll have a pretty hard time putting it back together.......



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Pretty darned snappy!

Question. I'm thinking of painting all of the patina parts Chili Red and leaving the silver parts as is. Can the cross piece arm rest portion be removed to leave it painted silver?
 
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Wow that looks awesome.....

Did you use spray paint in a can or do you have a compressor/gun?

Once I purchase a house I'll get myself a compressor....

Originally Posted by mp5999
heres a pic of my interior (its a work in progress as you can see).Last week I painted the door insert bars satin black as well as my shift ring, ashtray, and cup holders. And I paintd my center console tubes blue to match my roll cage and seats. I also dyed my headliner black.
 
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Old 11-23-2005, 02:57 PM
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thanks, I own a body shop so I have a paint booth to do this stuff in.
 
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Wow!

That looks fantastic. I love my anthracite interior now that I have it, but when I was ordering I was dying to have more black in the interior. Yours is just how I pictured it.
All you need now is the spiffy caps to complete the look. I bought a set on ebay a couple of weeks ago and love 'em. They fit into the little holes on the doors and give it a more finished look.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MINI-...QQcmdZViewItem
Great work, can't wait to see what you do next.
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Old 11-23-2005, 03:17 PM
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Very nice ... can you paint mine in CF?
 
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Old 11-24-2005, 07:57 AM
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Did my stock hood scoop black as well..........

Pics here.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=55737
 
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Old 11-26-2005, 06:03 PM
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Ok I added a bunch o' pics afer installation!

WOOT.

Driver door.

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I painted the top of my dash........and here you can see contras bewteen the dash and the glovebox (need to paint that sucker now).





Painted the cupholders and gear shift ring as well......Now I think I need to paint that housing as well.





Clock.





Side View






Texture of the top of the dash.





Workspace.





Side marker.




Still have to wait for the downtubes to dry......

And soon I will have my second Sparco Milano Prestige seat in there........

And then maybe I'll paint the rear side panels, parcel shelf, glovebox, and center console area...... Gotta get some more paint though.
 
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I've been thinking about doing the same thing, I have the silver interior and it looks so plasticy and cheap.
 
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Very Nice
 
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Old 11-27-2005, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by fj0
I've been thinking about doing the same thing, I have the silver interior and it looks so plasticy and cheap.
The reason it looks cheap is because it IS plastic and it IS cheap!

What they did with all the trim that is matte silver is that they just painted it and did not clear coat... by sanding it down in order to prep for my paint job, I've found that they sprayed maybe two coats of color on there...Very, very thin....

I also managed to sand away that terrible line in the door panels....on top of the Y piece...I always thought that was super goofy as well......

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Very Nice
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Ok on the FIRSt day of installation I friggin' flipped off my seat belt (with the CQ lock attachment which is extremely heavy) and there you have it, I chipped my friggin door panel.

Got to pick up some touch up paint now. ARGH.
 
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Old 11-30-2005, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by BoCRon
That looks fantastic. I love my anthracite interior now that I have it, but when I was ordering I was dying to have more black in the interior. Yours is just how I pictured it.
All you need now is the spiffy caps to complete the look. I bought a set on ebay a couple of weeks ago and love 'em. They fit into the little holes on the doors and give it a more finished look.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MINI-...QQcmdZViewItem
Great work, can't wait to see what you do next.
Annette
Downtubes painted black!

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=56066
 
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