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I have done my dash inserts, looks sick......I did it in silver, then put 4 to 5 coats of clear on to it. word of advice is to remove all the silicon coating off the plastic, rermove with thinners only alight whipe with a rag, that breaks down the silicon then you can scratch it off if your finger. lighty sand plastic and use a wax and grease remover to stop fish eyeing then paint! I will post some pics of my dash sometime today!:P

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i just did this recently

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This is how i did mine.

Sand with light grade paper.

Apply 2 coats of primer, sanding between coats

apply 3 coats of gloss paint

apply 3 colts of fast dry enamel.

of course let each layer of paint and enamel dry before applying new coat.

do it like this and u wont have any pealing off etc.

It will peal off if u just paint it with the gloss paint without priming or applying clear.

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when you mean 3 coats of gloss paints and 3 coats of enamel is it:

1 x gloss paint layer

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Im not sure if I like it or not (might be just the blue colour) but thats a top effort.

I've been abit happy in the last few days with the spray can and I have found the black plastic door handle cover on the drivers side (that holds the elec window buttons inplace) to be abit warn and tacky, im sure a nice coat of black would go down well :D

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Originally posted by rs73

what did you do with the film layer on the original trim, did you peel it off first?? or you just don't give a whack abt it and just slam on a thick coat of primer and sand them?

my series 2 did have any film layer.

but i sanded all the parts down anyway

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