Interior Paint Scheme

[hyunelan2]

Well, I'm finally getting started on the interior painting. Parts will be in this week and next. (I don't like painting the originals, so I got extras). The colors I plan on using are the silver of the body, and dark grey metal flake (just like the outside of my car, silver, and the lip is dark gray).

My original thought is to paint the fascia and upper door panels silver, and leave the vents and window-switch-panels alone. Then I saw sed's interior picture, where he just painted the vents silver and left the fascia gray. I thought that looked good too. Help me out. Please post some pictures of your painted interiors so I can get a feel of what scheme I'm going to go with. Thanks.

[TNT4ME]

Here ya go, I like this option best. Any way you do it, please make sure there is something to offset the paint. I have seen red on red and also the silver on chrome, both not appealing IMO....

edit: Damn it !!! now I need to learn how to post pics AGAIN!!! so here:

http://www.elantraxd.com/yabbse/index.php?board=19;action=display;threadid=9776

[XTRAWLD]

If you need a hand, just let me know, and look in the members section for my car for pics if you need it.

[hyunelan2]

TNT, that's what I had in mind in the beginning:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid113/pd94c349d9397bf1cc3043aae03047069/f8e3b905.jpg


But after seing Seds, I'm not sure which I'll do.
http://www.nitrousworld.com/pictures/shawn3.jpg

Regardless, they're the same color scheme, just reversed... opinions?

[watson80]

you can see my interior in the members cars too! But alot of people didnt like my red! I like the superman XD I got goin!

[hyunelan2]

you can see my interior in the members cars too! But alot of people didnt like my red! I like the superman XD I got goin!

Yea, I've seen yours. The red turned out well, it's just too much color for me. doens't blend well with my neutrals and half-tones.

[Keyan]

My fascia is silver, the vents, switches, and cig tray are all black. I can take pictures if you want, just so you know what to expect if you go my way :D

[sed]

I wish you could all see my interior in person. It just looks so classy, like everything is meant to be there. When you paint the entire dash fascia, to me its like you are trying to cover everything you can with paint. I like accents, subtle hints of color.

thats just me though

shawn :)

[Keyan]

Sed, how did you get the H on the steering wheel silver? I want :D

[yevRPS]

if i remember righ the H was pained with a brush by hand

[sed]

yeah it was painted, everything was painted with a foam brush :)

thats the beauty of a graphic designer g/f

shawn :)

[Rixation]

Since I no longer have the car, feel free to copy the colors. ;) Krylon Fusion "Red Pepper"...same stuff RabidDogBoy used on his interior. Holds up extremely well.

[hyunelan2]

Thanks for the pix, rix... I think I'm going to do similar to what you did, but not with red. I want to match the exterior paint as best as possible. Also, I don't think I'll do the Bezel on the gauges. Thanks for helping me visualize.

[Keyan]

Krylon Fusion has the amazing property of after 1 week, it is guarenteed not to chip or crack. Now the only problem is, there is no Fusion Silver. So i had to use a Krylon "Original Chrome" paint to get a silver color. Then I clear-coated it, and it has this sand-papery texture if you put more than 2 coats on, and a thin, finger-nails-can-put-marks-in-it-but-it's-smooth texture if you put only 1 coat on it.
I wish there was a Fusion Silver, but...meh, whatever.
Whatever you choose, it'd be great to see the results.

[CsL_FrEaK]

hey does anyone hawe a pic of elantra 2002 interior in silver i found one long ago on cardomain but lost it after my hard drive broke down
btw to moderators im sorry to bring up such an old topic

[bolofly2003]

how do you paint the h in the steeling wheel?

[hyunelan2]

That's ok bringing the topic back up. Mine is painted silver:

http://www.nitrousworld.com/pictures/interior3.jpg
http://www.nitrousworld.com/pictures/doorpnt.jpg
http://www.nitrousworld.com/pictures/doorpntopen.jpg
you can also click on my signature to see some more pictures (they are older though)


bolobfly - sed had his wife paint the emblem silver with a paintbrush. She is/was a graphic artist, so has more talent than most of us.

[Vampyrate]

if you cant decide, check out my paint, i just did the interior plastic pieces up front (dash, center console and passenger vent) in a chameleon that really turns heads when they see it. i also did the door panels up front. the rest will be black when i get time to do it.

[CsL_FrEaK]

hyunelan2 thnx very much you hawe just what i needed
btw on Adeck where you put gauges is the carier (plastic around gauges) universal or speical elantra fit?
hope you can understand what i write

[hyunelan2]

The in-dash gauges are a DIN unit made for the Tiburon (aka Coupe) that a few of us have made work on the elantra. Do a search for "multigauge" to find more information on that.

[05xd]

if you cant decide, check out my paint, i just did the interior plastic pieces up front (dash, center console and passenger vent) in a chameleon that really turns heads when they see it. i also did the door panels up front. the rest will be black when i get time to do it.
Do you have pics of the door panels?

[Vampyrate]

ill take some when i get a chance, but its night time now, and you will be able to tell where i got really pissed at the passenger side and just said eff it and gave up on making it even. there must be at least 8 coats on that thing lol

[Doohickie]

Silly little question: How do you get that vent piece off (the one in the dash by the passenger door)?

[Vampyrate]

take a flat head and pry it off... it pops off and everytime i have removed it (a dozen or so) im afraid that ive broken it because it literally pops off

[hyunelan2]

Be carful if you're going to paint that one. Myself, and many others, have broken some of the little vent 'fins' when removing those and preping it for painting.

[Vampyrate]

i didnt do that, i just painted it all... its on the passenger side adn just didnt care about it, i think it looks good either way, gets me to think if i should paint the other vents like it too

[korai9989]

Hyun, yours has class out the ***! you need to paint the triple guage to match, IMO. I need some pointer on painting the interior, I don't know what I want though, haha.

[Vampyrate]

well, once you do, and if you are in NC at the time that im in wise, i can help you out... i seem to be quite experienced in painting stuff... interiors, rims, the works...

[CsL_FrEaK]

The in-dash gauges are a DIN unit made for the Tiburon (aka Coupe) that a few of us have made work on the elantra. Do a search for "multigauge" to find more information on that.
didnt mean thos in the cocpict...
I ment thos by the door (dont know how you call it there)

[Vampyrate]

okay, here are my door panels, well the driver side... again 2 different angles like my vent shot:
angle 1:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/Vampyrate/d72ee9dc.jpg
angle 2:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/Vampyrate/e030063f.jpg

[korai9989]

CsL, that is a guage pillar. PM carbonman, he makes those for us! They are custom fit for the Elantra.

he sells them here:
http://www.compactdivisions.com/product/xd/xd_int_pod.html

[menallychllngd]

that paint has to look wicked in person vampirate.

[Vampyrate]

it does... all i hear from other people is... wow, you did that yourself? and i just have to say, "duh, cant you see the paint runs and poor tape off jobs?"
oh, here is another eye catcher, my shift knob with boot that lights up blue with the rest of my interior pieces, ill post a pic of it at night later:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/Vampyrate/P1010016.jpg
oh, and i have a blue clock incase you didnt see it in my DIY, if you want to make it blue, ill bring some jewel cases with me to the meet if youre coming or just pm me and we can work something out.

[CsL_FrEaK]

Vampyrate your interior color is wicked
looks really great must be a crowd pleaser :)

[Vampyrate]

i guess it is, i really dont ride with to many other people in the car, mainly fly solo, but those in the car love it. especially at night. ive grown used to it, but the comments never cease to amaze me

[menallychllngd]

yea its a dif experience traveling at night under the lights.

[Vampyrate]

just for that, i wont post night pics until after the meet... lol

[ilanpro]

Vamp I advise you clear wiith at least 4 Coats then Wet Sand with 2000 Grit paper and polish the paint to a mirror shine

http://www.elantragtclub.johnmarkmusic.com//ilan9.jpg

[ArunSenior04]

So what process is recommended to paint these interior pieces?

I have a can of engine paint (Aluminum, matches Pewter damn near perfectly)

Like this?
3-5 light layers of paint (10 min between each layer)
2-4 layers of clear
Wet Sand 2000 Grit

Ive painted other plastic fixtures before, and they have came out very well. (i.e. headlights, engine cover) I ssume the only extra process would be to add clear coat to ensure lastability.

[hyunelan2]

Just be sure not to wetsand a metallic paint - it takes the luster right out of it. If you clear-coat it and wetsand the clear, that's ok, but don't attempt to wet sand the 'aluminum'

[ArunSenior04]

I cant decide on whether to do mine like yours, or like seds.

[hyunelan2]

I know what you mean, I had the same problem. The way I decided was "if I'm gonna take this all apart, I might as well paint more than just accents around vents." I think in my case, I made the right decision because I'm happy with how it turned out.

[menallychllngd]

vamp night pic!!!

Hyunelan2 pics please!

[hyunelan2]

Hyunelan2 pics please!


Pics of what? There are interior pics in this thread, and some if you click my signature... if there's something not pictured let me know, and I'll take a shot of it sometime today.