8T6K5
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- 1986
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A condensed version will be added to my build thread: http://www.gmsquarebody.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5266 ,but I thought I would expound upon it with its own.
My trim situation was that I had a dash cover over the oe, my A-pillars and head liner trim were gray...including the pieces the seat-belts fasten through.
My A-pillars were old and cracked, the other trim was dirty....even after scrubbing it and my dash cover was seperating from the dash.
So I said screw it, and dove in. Pulled the dash first and slowly seperated the dash cover from the oe.
While the oe dash was roasted, the cover was in really good condition, despite the prolonged exposure to AZ sun. There was a small crack up front, but nothing that cant be repaired and become invisable after painting.
I had already aquired these of CL awhile ago;
To replace these:
But, they are a different color and wouldnt necessarily match...yes, Im pretty particular about that stuff.
So the best option was to paint everything to match. I went round and round blue-gray-black and decide on black. But how to paint them, as the trim is plastic and metal and the dash was a different grade of plastic.
Then, as I was in the garage, I saw a 1G can of Rustoleum bedliner down on the bottom shelf....and my brain started working.
I had ablut 1/4G left from usng it on my rocker panels-roof and cab. I was very happy with the final results as it was not as testured as I thought. I likend it to between 200-400g sand paper.
I took an old piece of trim and wanted to see what it would look like. I hit half on an old A-pillar with 60g, cleaned with spirits and put on 2 coats. Just for ***** a giggles I did a once over, light pressure with 400g and the final product as you can see is not very textured and in fact may be smoother than before:
Compared to the dash bezel:
I thought it looked good and spent the rest of the morning sanding the rest of the trim. Im only sanding with 60g...not all the way down, just a nice even scuffed surface. I figure if this stuff is made for a bedliner it should be pretty tuff inside to AND easier to touch up than rattle can.
Tomorow I will get the first coat on, possibly a second, but everythng ready to install this weekend.
The dash I will do last, but will use the same process. Stay tuned.
My trim situation was that I had a dash cover over the oe, my A-pillars and head liner trim were gray...including the pieces the seat-belts fasten through.
My A-pillars were old and cracked, the other trim was dirty....even after scrubbing it and my dash cover was seperating from the dash.
So I said screw it, and dove in. Pulled the dash first and slowly seperated the dash cover from the oe.
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While the oe dash was roasted, the cover was in really good condition, despite the prolonged exposure to AZ sun. There was a small crack up front, but nothing that cant be repaired and become invisable after painting.
I had already aquired these of CL awhile ago;
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To replace these:
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But, they are a different color and wouldnt necessarily match...yes, Im pretty particular about that stuff.
So the best option was to paint everything to match. I went round and round blue-gray-black and decide on black. But how to paint them, as the trim is plastic and metal and the dash was a different grade of plastic.
Then, as I was in the garage, I saw a 1G can of Rustoleum bedliner down on the bottom shelf....and my brain started working.
I had ablut 1/4G left from usng it on my rocker panels-roof and cab. I was very happy with the final results as it was not as testured as I thought. I likend it to between 200-400g sand paper.
I took an old piece of trim and wanted to see what it would look like. I hit half on an old A-pillar with 60g, cleaned with spirits and put on 2 coats. Just for ***** a giggles I did a once over, light pressure with 400g and the final product as you can see is not very textured and in fact may be smoother than before:
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Compared to the dash bezel:
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I thought it looked good and spent the rest of the morning sanding the rest of the trim. Im only sanding with 60g...not all the way down, just a nice even scuffed surface. I figure if this stuff is made for a bedliner it should be pretty tuff inside to AND easier to touch up than rattle can.
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Tomorow I will get the first coat on, possibly a second, but everythng ready to install this weekend.
The dash I will do last, but will use the same process. Stay tuned.
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