Lets see your Custom Interior!

[onlinenow]

I wrapped my headliner last night and put it all in this morning. KEEP HATING!

Man, i wrapped my headliner in black a month or two ago and it is legit. The interior is actually dark at night and the grey pillars actually accent the whole car. The interior of your car looks great too with the sceme. See what I mean though? Its not like you just said, this part is going to be red and that is it. It flows with the entire car.

At least one person on this site agrees with your tastes.

[Aaron_in_MO]

Stock? Because silver is so attractive

It's boring, bu it isn't an eyesore.

[monjarassi]

Not too custom but worth a shot.

[Aaron_in_MO]

domo kun!!

[whatsvtec]

It's boring, bu it isn't an eyesore.

Neither is red to me. To each their own

[ep3colin]

Not too custom but worth a shot.

got a link to the c pillar bars you used?

[ShadowEP3]

lol

[zdiddy22]

I gotta say that the red isn't my style. But haters gon hate. As long as you build your car the way you want t than that's all that matters. Being different is what imports are all about. But like I said its not my style since I like to keep things not to flashy.

[K-Series]

I'm not a hater, let's settle that part right now. However, the execution is bad, that's the point. The parts painted weren't prepped well and thus it looks cheap. If you want to paint your car neon orange, at least take the time to make it look good is all I'm saying. Then the hate becomes "not my style, but you did a good job" instead of you making your EP Si look like it belongs in the early 90's of painted interiors and neon under carriage lights.

Be different all you want, just take the time to do it right.


Steve

[ShadowEP3]

I'm not a hater, let's settle that part right now. However, the execution is bad, that's the point. The parts painted weren't prepped well and thus it looks cheap. If you want to paint your car neon orange, at least take the time to make it look good is all I'm saying. Then the hate becomes "not my style, but you did a good job" instead of you making your EP Si look like it belongs in the early 90's of painted interiors and neon under carriage lights.

Be different all you want, just take the time to do it right.


Steve

its like youre in my mind and said everything i wanted to say

[Ep3 ked]

Ya i got 3 packs, its wrapped around not trimmed and clear coated to hold. It use to be graffti sharpie drawn by me but 90-100 degree days and summer sun faded that fast

looks sick props..

[whatsvtec]

I'm not a hater, let's settle that part right now. However, the execution is bad, that's the point. The parts painted weren't prepped well and thus it looks cheap. If you want to paint your car neon orange, at least take the time to make it look good is all I'm saying. Then the hate becomes "not my style, but you did a good job" instead of you making your EP Si look like it belongs in the early 90's of painted interiors and neon under carriage lights.

Be different all you want, just take the time to do it right.


Steve

Tips on prep then? I'm tearing the dash out again in a few days so i was planning on doing another few coats and clear coat if i can find a warm space to work. If not, I'll wait till the spring. I'll post pic's of the pillars now painted, they look better in quality than the dash.

[ShadowEP3]

sanding + light coats to start

[K-Series]

You need to heavily degrease all the surfaces that will have paint on them. Lightly sand or use a scotch brite pad to rough up the surface to give the paint something to bite into. I suggest a primer coat personally, but if you're using paint made for plastic (Like SEM Trim paint) then multiple light coats will work as well. Once you have a few good layers of paint on the part, use a 2000 or so wet paper and smooth it out. Clean the surface again. Dry and then apply the same process to your clear coats. (You may need to wet sand the clear and then polishing it up afterwards.)

I still think you're going to lose some value on your car doing this, but again, take your time and at least make it look clean.

Steve

[whatsvtec]

Thanks for the advice. I'll probably deal with the crap coat through the winter, and do this all over again in the spring when I can paint it properly. I'm not to worried about losing value if I can make it more enjoyable to drive for myself, I plan to let the a3 go due to age long before I'd ever consider selling it.