What about using plasti-dip on those panels???

 

The texture would probably stand out too much.

 

but i am sure he'll be the 1st one to do it on the 2nd Gen.

 

I already bought 2 cans of plastidip on my lunch break today at work. I will try it. It it looks bad i will just sand it off, paint it with some BMP and clear it with a gravity paint gun.

 

can you still post pix when you do? Just want to see how it comes out.

 

Unless you paint it pink, it can't look any worse than the 4 year old factory crap

 

Yeah I will post pics by the end of the night tonight. I will do plasti-dip first to see how it looks.

 

BMP btw is Black Magic Pearl-LC9Z VW paint code. Its a really cool looking black that they use on the R32's exterior.

 

I used a jelly like paint remover and it worked good. Ended up working too good because i didnt wipe it off fast enough and it started eating into the plastic but I fixed it. after removing the bubbling paint I sanded it with an orbital (250 grit). I sanded it all the way down to the bare black plastic. Most guys on here that i have seen only sand to the creamy primer. After that I did 4 HEAVY coats of plasti-dip.



End result. Looks great IMO. Looks like the factory crap that was on here earlier.

Quick pic of some other work I did...let me know if you can see what is different!!



Enjoy

 

Looks nice. What brand is the paint remover?

 

Zip-Strip

 

i wanna do my whole headliner black!

 

In ours cars its not something I could recommend tackling on your own. There are too many curves to not make a mistake. I have done headliners on 350z's and 240's with no problems since they are flat and simple, talking a G I would not do personally. The pillars on our cars are a different story though.

 

^ i hear ya, i cant find someone around here who would do it for me..;-(

 

that sucks. There are two nice upholstery places in my town. Fairly priced as well.