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Re: Painting interior Trim pieces
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:20 am
by dwaxman1
Installed piece, can't wait now to start on doghouse...also remember the lower plastic pieces will be painted black..
Re: Painting interior Trim pieces
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:27 pm
by dwaxman1
Okay, Canadian Tire by my office is now out of Paint

need to find more..Also figured out how to remove the Seats easily, I guess that is what the service manual is for...
gonna work on this off an on all this weekend and then big time this weekend.. hope to have it all done for May 7th event. will post daily photos of work I get done, no rain please!!!
Re: Painting interior Trim pieces
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:14 pm
by JL
Damn that looks good... great choice of color! <img src='
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Re: Painting interior Trim pieces
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:02 am
by dwaxman1
And so it continues....
I decided I would paint the bottom plastic pieces black and decided to start on the passenger side, here are some shots of what has transpired, the seat bolts btw are a huge pain in the arse, mine were stripped and rusted like crazy, and what a mess!
Re: Painting interior Trim pieces
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:07 am
by dwaxman1
and more...remember I took all pieces out, washed them all with soap and water, then sanded them all with 200grit paper, then washed them again, the used some degreaser/dewax and then primed two coats and painted two coats...
The setup up and prep work is the biggest and truly most important, I know this because i screwed one piece up by hurrying and not making sure it was clean enough but that saga will be told later.
Remember all the plastic pieces were Grey, stained and so dirty that they could not come clean... so...
Re: Painting interior Trim pieces
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:21 am
by dwaxman1
and the finished product installed...remember I am still painting the doghouse and aux heater cover, as well as door panels, I think that will be today's adventure if the sun comes out!
Re: Painting interior Trim pieces
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 10:30 am
by dwaxman1
So far, like I said, my biggest issue was removing the front seat, it always"rocked" a little and it was missing spacers and the front to floor mount bolts were stripped, thanks to Steve at Master Mechanic, I drove down to his shop and a little cut of the saw and some heat from a torch, the bolts are removed and news one are bought at Bolts+..
Also when you put the seat back in, remember how it goes back together

as I put mine together wrong three times..

then I got it!!!
anyways I am very happy with the results, much cleaner and a nicer look...now I will finish the passenger side and then on to the drivers side...
Re: Painting interior Trim pieces
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 12:44 pm
by dwaxman1
Okay Rain sucks.. started to paint and did a lot of prep work...the last photo is the finished product
Re: Painting interior Trim pieces
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 12:46 pm
by dwaxman1
ordered a replacement for this..thanks Dave (Hummerpartsguy)! Since I am gonna paint it, I ordered a Tan one, it is a third the cost of the gray
Re: Painting interior Trim pieces
Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 2:31 pm
by dwaxman1
Finished Rear Passenger RH door, also replaced all the screws with stainless self tapping bolts, they look much better and won't rust.