painted my silver dash trims to gloss black

jjdrivesajazz · 01-05-2012, 10:18 PM

had a deep scratch in the silver panel on my dash, so i removed it and did a gloss black

next on the list is the silver piece on the shifter console and the door handle

bhoch · 01-06-2012, 06:30 AM

Nice! I think that looks cool! Will be nice when it completed. do show some pics!

ljkiter · 01-11-2012, 12:43 PM

in for when you paint the rest.. I was thinking of doing the same

BaldTyres · 01-11-2012, 02:53 PM

How hard was it to remove those pieces? I heard it can be a pain in the arse.

psygnosis · 01-11-2012, 03:28 PM

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How hard was it to remove those pieces? I heard it can be a pain in the arse.

It is

BaldTyres · 01-11-2012, 07:19 PM

Ouch. Looks like one of those projects where I would have extra parts when I put it back together. I hate it when that happens.

McWong · 01-15-2012, 07:05 PM

gloss black looks awesome! I did the some in carbon fiber vinyl, need help taking the center trim. Is there any link out there that can help/guide me? appreciate any help i can get.

jra · 01-15-2012, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BaldTyres

Ouch. Looks like one of those projects where I would have extra parts when I put it back together. I hate it when that happens.

It's not hard at all if you know what to do...send me a pm and I'll help you out. You can remove and install the center console/dash on 30 minutes

McWong · 01-15-2012, 08:23 PM

@ jra pm sent

ZStig · 01-15-2012, 09:52 PM

congrats on the gloss black. I love mine, except I paid a lot of money to get it done. Did you do your yourself? Looks great

jjdrivesajazz · 01-23-2012, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Roffle Waffle

congrats on the gloss black. I love mine, except I paid a lot of money to get it done. Did you do your yourself? Looks great

yes i did

Finnegan · 01-23-2012, 01:19 AM

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yes i did

And it looks amazing! Nice work!

3002 tii · 01-23-2012, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jra

It's not hard at all if you know what to do...send me a pm and I'll help you out. You can remove and install the center console/dash on 30 minutes

Perhaps you could post a DIY?? =P

partlowr · 01-26-2012, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BaldTyres

Ouch. Looks like one of those projects where I would have extra parts when I put it back together. I hate it when that happens.

LOL +1

I am actually a very mechanically inclined person and have no trouble doing brake jobs, installing cold air intakes, and even installing springs, shocks and coil overs but when it comes to disassembling interior parts I'm always breaking tabs off and when it comes time to put it all back together theres alwasy one piece thats just a b!tch to get right. Painting or wrapping would be a perfect winter project and a great "update" but I'm too affraid to tackle it on my own.

BTW both the painted and the dry carbon wrapped looks amazing, great job guys.

partlowr · 01-26-2012, 11:22 AM

...one more question, do the silver trim things on the steering wheel come off easily? If I did mine I would have to paint or wrap thos to match. Thanks

psygnosis · 01-26-2012, 12:57 PM

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...one more question, do the silver trim things on the steering wheel come off easily? If I did mine I would have to paint or wrap thos to match. Thanks

Gotta take the airbag off to get at them. If you look closely at the pic I posted, my tabs have the same wrap as the dash.

partlowr · 01-26-2012, 01:48 PM

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Gotta take the airbag off to get at them. If you look closely at the pic I posted, my tabs have the same wrap as the dash.

Thanks, looks nice...removing airbag sounds like more of a chore than I want to take on.

Loogey Clapp · 01-26-2012, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Dubbedown

Perhaps you could post a DIY?? =P

Definitely a +1 on that!!

AirOpsMgr · 01-26-2012, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by partlowr

Thanks, looks nice...removing airbag sounds like more of a chore than I want to take on.

Its not bad at all, I just did it a couple of weeks ago when I swapped out my stock wheel for an M wheel.

Check out the M steering wheel DIY for pics and directions - stick a screw driver down into each hole just behind the wheel, push the spring tabs in and the airbag comes off. The trim comes off the wheel with a few torx screws.

After reading this thread, I'm going to wrap my dash pieces (due to knicks and scratches) in CF silver.

Now just trying to decide which material to use ..... leaning towards 3M Di-Noc right now

IronZ4M · 01-28-2012, 08:12 AM

was thinking of it and imagine in but not a gloss black a matt black. anyway nice mod !

phoenixbmwlife · 01-28-2012, 04:14 PM

Looks great!

Finnegan · 01-28-2012, 05:43 PM

Like others have said, a DIY would be wonderful!

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