found this on an italian forum, looks pretty neat imo. its just been vinyled over, said it took 3 hours to do...
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sen a few vinyled ones, have you looked into how easy it is to remove the bit before painting?
Love the vinyl'd one! I'd think about doing it myself if I didn't like the way it came standard 
With regards to the blue one...doesn't look bad at all!! And for bendy chrome the stuff I used to go round the grille from italy would do that no problem IMO though, Check to see if you could order a new dashboard thingy 'cos if you can't then you may not want to attempt to spray yours incase it goes wrong. Vinyling it might be the better option though it has to be said!
With regards to the blue one...doesn't look bad at all!! And for bendy chrome the stuff I used to go round the grille from italy would do that no problem
IMO though, Check to see if you could order a new dashboard thingy 'cos if you can't then you may not want to attempt to spray yours incase it goes wrong. Vinyling it might be the better option though it has to be said!
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have you seen how easily the paint will chip and get scratched?
will be ruined in no time
have you seen how easily the paint will chip and get scratched?
will be ruined in no time
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i never even thought of vinyling it.. looks superb i must say.. plus if i get bored i can just pull it off lol...
Think il look into this, get a rough price and see how my girlfriend feels about paying for it lmao
Think il look into this, get a rough price and see how my girlfriend feels about paying for it lmao
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does anyone know what kind of paint foliatec's dash paint is?
id guess it was enamel in which case i could just use some of my tamiya paints but would like to be sure first.
id guess it was enamel in which case i could just use some of my tamiya paints but would like to be sure first.
Love the vinyl'd one! I'd think about doing it myself if I didn't like the way it came standard
With regards to the blue one...doesn't look bad at all!! And for bendy chrome the stuff I used to go round the grille from italy would do that no problem
Right im going to contact the sign writer that did my grille and see if he can do that cause it looks ace!.... Oi Ed, im off MSN for now cause it takes to much memory! Anyway, remember the convo we were sayin about colours well im havin this so p*ss off! lol
Just E-Mailed the company about vinyling my dash, like to see what they say! lol... I'll let you know the outcome and price if they give me one!
Yea this is def on my list of mod's
I think its refreshing.... I think yours would look ace Skitz being red... well if thats the colour your going for! lol
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i would look into vinyl as at least you can remove it relatively easily but i think paint is the way for me as at least i can do it myself that and theres more choice of colours.
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do you think it would be easy to do??
If so i wouldnt have started this thread, i would have went ahead and did it.. enamel paint wont work, as the paint has to be flexible, enamel would pick off in a few days.. You wouldnt think it but your dash expands in the heat, and shrinks in the cold..
Il be going for as close to my body colour as possible, like the photoshop i did.. looks great
I think a sign writer would be better, I havent got the patience for doing this kind of stuff. They say dont do a different colour to the body colour for your interior. Keep it all the same otherwise you would be driving round in a car that looks like it has been attacked by primary school kids! lol
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lol, although sayin that white could possibly be nice.. but id still go for blue..
shoulda went nd got it priced today when im off but couldnt be bothered, i shall go tomorrow on my lunch break if i have time
shoulda went nd got it priced today when im off but couldnt be bothered, i shall go tomorrow on my lunch break if i have time
I think this looks ace i wanna do it (vinyl that is), but in a black car you shouldnt do it bodycolour or it will look crap.
White or or red could look good
maybe purple? Jokes! No F'in way.
White or or red could look good
maybe purple? Jokes! No F'in way.
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lol, purple...
i did a quick photoshop of white there, but it didnt look good.. but saying that, its only a chop. stick on some preoper shinny vinyl nd it would look great IMO..
If you have a theme to your car, stick with it, and if not, get one lol... if you do red dash then your gonna have to have something else done red, or it would look wrong..
i did a quick photoshop of white there, but it didnt look good.. but saying that, its only a chop. stick on some preoper shinny vinyl nd it would look great IMO..
If you have a theme to your car, stick with it, and if not, get one lol... if you do red dash then your gonna have to have something else done red, or it would look wrong..
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i believe foliatecs paint is enamel upon reading their description in which case all you would have to do is mask off spray primer, spray paint, spray laquer done
it does go well with black if i get round to spraying mine ill get some pics upyeah i did see that bit but thats opinion so if thats what you think fine by me.
exactly you should always try and create a theme then stick with it eg you wouldnt go for a black and red theme then put a load of green in as that would just wreck the whole appearance.
Yea i want to do mine red because at some stage i want to re-trim the inside red & black some one do me a photoshop of it in red please
Yeah, I might do that... get a theme.... reckon orange and black would work? lmfao! Throw in abit of..... wait for it.... wait for it..... pink!
