Shitty Series 1 R34 Interior Plastic Paint

[MrFijiGold]

I also did some work to the interior. Stock > Carbon Wrap > Painted plastics..

Before..

Now..

And a new addition..

Im still not happy with the colour. Was more after a millennium jade look. Also we seriously need a group buy for those side kick panels that get scratched so easily!

[Therealsandybang]

Not really a painting option but I want your thoughts?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Nissan-Skyline-R34-GTR-GTT-RB26-Real-Carbon-Fiber-Gear-Surround-Cover-RHD-/271695147964?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3f424af3bc&vxp=mtr

[seejs]

$15 vs $140

[Therealsandybang]

Yes

[Artic Choc]

carbon fiber looks cheap and tacky.. just painting it gives it a massive face lift in my opinion. its a day of your time and $15 of your cash its a real no brainer

[Therealsandybang]

I see. I've seen some horrendous paint jobs on the interiors of r34s. I suppose it's a matter of prep and finish in both cases

[Artic Choc]

yeah very true, ive done mine in a charcoal grey it looks nice and its a different to the other colors people choose. each to their own... i just personally think carbon fiber is way over used in the ricer scene, hence why i think it looks cheap

[jake26]

Good tip:

Sand the hell outta it before you start painting...

Another tip... When you think you've finished sanding.... Keep sanding!

My paint is all furry and chips easily from when I thought I'd done enough sanding

[Artic Choc]

^ I just used tirps and 2000grit sand paper and then two coats of primer and 2 coats of paint.. turned out fine.. only getting tiny bubles in the gauge rings. Not very noticeable

[seejs]

Fully submerge the pieces in methylated spirits, let them sit for at least half an hour, then scrub the paint off with the green and yellow kitchen sponge, and then start to sand, I didn't sand mine to a ridiculous extent, just a couple of times over and they turned out really nice. Then I hung them from wires and painted them. I waited about 30-45 minutes between coats and did about 5 coats. I ended up using the whole can. Honestly it's a really easy mod that just needs common sense to be exercised. The hardest part of the whole thing was taking the pieces off the car, and that wasn't even that difficult.

[Artic Choc]

fantastic job mate, looks phenomenal

[Mareko]

Seejs that looks awesome . What color paint did you use and how many layers of primer did u use ?

[seejs]

Thanks man, I just used a matte black interior vinyl/plastic spray that I picked up from supercheap. I think it was around $20. As for primer I didn't use any. I wanted a matte/satin finish and the primer in my opinion usually makes it looks too glossy and a bit cheap.

Hope that helped

Edit: the paint was DupliCour matte black from supercheap

Edited February 28, 2015 by seejs

[Therealsandybang]

used the tamiya paint. Slowly painting my way up

[z00key]

Dude looks good

[silviaz]

On 3/30/2009 at 1:28 PM, RusH_ said:

Ok well i did mine a few weekends back now, but figured i should post up, so here goes

To confirm that's powerplus tungsten? Looks great!

Edited April 12, 2024 by silviaz

[silviaz]

On 6/2/2008 at 3:04 PM, Jack88 said:

Recently i did all the plastics for my mates 34,heres some pics for you guys that wanted to see what a black colour would look like.its called saturn black its also heat and chemical resistant. theres some befores and afters in there too.

That's dope, looks very oem.

[silviaz]

Anyone do this recently? I put a bit of methylated spirits on a paper towel and my head unit surround discoloured lol, went from black to yellow. And I noticed (especially on my ashtray as it was filthy) the material on the outside, took so many paper towels to get rid of the crap on there (some black stuff, not sure what it is), does anyone know why the hell these plastics are so damn sticky, is it just shit paint as others have mentioned?

With the sanding what grit to use and what is the purpose of sanding, is it simply just for the paint to stick better? I was going to go with a 800-1000 grit sand paper. Also how to know if it's sanded enough? Some people sanded theirs and the paint still cracked.

[silviaz]

Last question, these panels seem to get quite scuffed up with deep scratches. To fill in the scratches would anyone recommend using body filler and then sand over it?

 

[Kinkstaah]

The problem I've found is that these panels have a texture to them. So sanding them removes the texture, which means you'd have to re-sand it all, and re-texture it all in some uniform fashion.

I believe there's various kinds of plastic fillers that are probably well suited for this, but I only ever noted it in the "Doable but pretty damn hard basket".

Plus, my scratches are on the passenger side :p