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hey all im gettin my interior customed. i am gettin 3 gauges mounted above the glove box in pods gettin the area around my dvd player dials and gear stick etc painted. and a new wheel i want help... im stuck on what coulor to make it all. i was thinkin a nice red or sumthin? my car is white with a black bonnet and roof. i dont want to go white because i thonk it might look a bit plain. thoughts and suggestions please???

From what im pictureing in my head ... i would go light yellow or like dark gold (beige with abit of yellow). But then its your car and we all have different preferences
Red wouldnt be too bad ... either

Here you go dude, I'll be doing mine next week some time just waiting on my new dials n bits to arive

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Im doing mine in silver

Wow, whered you get these pictures? thats some nice interior

xSlurpee wrote:Wow, whered you get these pictures? thats some nice interior

Every time I see a pic on the OZ, UK or IRELAND fourm of a nice FTO or mod I save it my computer, for idears and screen savers

lol the steering wheel in the pic with red trim is like 40 bucks of ebay

i luv the one with the silver centre console and cluster, very stylish

anyone know how they do this professionally? i was just gonna test using a spray can to do my centre console, and its cracked so if i f*** up im getting a new one anyway. anyone done it this way?

anyone know how they do this professionally? i was just gonna test using a spray can to do my centre console, and its cracked so if i f*** up im getting a new one anyway. anyone done it this way?

yeh i've actually resprayed my centre red along with my front speaker covers and air con vents. its not hard and a can will cost a good $15 from any autobarn store. it takes a few coats to get it nice and even and it'll look good but make sure your getting real car plastic paint or it'll flake off in the end. and if you've got spare cash ($5) get some paint glossener (not that the plastic paint isnt glossy enough) but for that extra shine its worth it. hope that helps

u have to get a 2 pac paint and make sure u lightly sand back and thouroly clean all your surfaces before you aplly paint. practice makes perfect so before you go straight to hte car practice on some old plastics to make sure you wont be getting any nasty runs in your paint. thre horrible to get out.

woa the white looks really good. im so puzzlled now trien to imagine what yellow would look like

ICEFTO wrote:practice makes perfect so before you go straight to hte car practice on some old plastics to make sure you wont be getting any nasty runs in your paint. thre horrible to get out.

thats cool, i got some experience with spray cans and spray guns, ive done some pretty nice custom body panels at school for my automotive subject

i wonder if the parts will turn out better if i use the spray gun???

Dont know if it helps but I'm half way through doing my interior...







Depending on how hung over I am on Sunday I plan on finishing the centre console. I plan on doing the speedo cluster surround and the gear surround eventually but I'll have to get motivated to pull the Dash out first. I've also got fabric to do the door cards but am going to talk to an upholsterer about that, as well as the door handle and some light fabric to cover the tweeter surrounds

Where can i get those red dials?

KJ_bob wrote:Where can i get those red dials?

Dont think you can get them any more There is not a lot to choose from, I think I got the last of the 2006 dials(form the uk shop)


http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... ic&t=15344

ICEFTO wrote:woa the white looks really good. im so puzzlled now trien to imagine what yellow would look like

It might look like this

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... emId=16351

KJ_bob wrote:Where can i get those red dials?

Sorry yes you can

http://www.rb-performance.co.uk/catalog ... ucts_id/36

FTO-LEO wrote:

KJ_bob wrote:Where can i get those red dials?

Sorry yes you can

http://www.rb-performance.co.uk/catalog ... ucts_id/36

Heaps good, thanx man

Don't come in km/h ay?

hey guys..just wanna know what paint do u use?

DIY anyone?.. lolz

ft04me wrote:hey guys..just wanna know what paint do you use?

DIY anyone?.. lolz

you dont really need a DIY on how to paint plastic lol

yeah but i need a DIY to get thos plastic parts off?.. unless its already been done here :S

hehe..im loving the red!!

yeah but i need a DIY to get thos plastic parts off?.. unless its already been done here :S

its not real hard to get the plastic bits of. for the panels next to your back seats you just have to take the back seat out and you'll find screws 2 or 3 screws behind the panels which are in plain view and a hole in the actual plastic with one screw in it (youd be blind to miss it)... blah bla.. with every other plastic bit there are screws holding it down just look around, take em off n presto! a loose panel and bare metal ... there are fto DIY sites... and im sure some one will soon bring up the link again *wink*.