Painted Vents

[styka]

My first mod for inside the car... Pepper Red colour from Krylon.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t69/styka2002/Picture016.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t69/styka2002/Picture013.jpg


First time painting the vents... so be easy! haha


Dan

[TurboGAT]

looks good man...good job

-Brian

[V6Kid]

Are you gonna stain your vinyl black to match your vents?

[styka]

Is it hard to do?.... I never thought about that... would look awesome though!

[TJ04GASE]

look at the kitty in the first pic!! i want to do the same thing, i just don't know what color to go with.

[RazorDX]

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t69/styka2002/Picture016.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t69/styka2002/Picture013.jpg

For the lazy.

[HornetGT141]

Looking good man :D , did you string those from a rafter or something and spray around them? I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to move mine around so that I can spray all around the outer shell of the ring.

[VanishingImage]

good job!

As far as painting vents,yea,hanging them with either a hanger or some kind of string is the best way so you can get 360 degree coverage

[styka]

Yea.. I was looking to do that but I just put them on a peice of cardboard walked around in a cirle while spraying... then I sprayed right on top in a circle... I thought this would be better because only the top ring is showed in your car. I taped off half the plastic and went nuts painting, lol.

Dan

['96GAGT]

I'm assuming your car is red hence painting the outer rings red, I painted mine as well but I didn't paint the inside vent, Just the ring. Pic of what I'm talkin about.

[ancona46]

i did the same with black
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c292/ancona46/My%20Car/april06065.jpg
i give u props for not going over board with the red like most do looks good man

[styka]

My car is black. I'm seeing how much I can paint the interior without looking too crowded...any ideas?

[Vampyrate]

i really want to do this but i want a 2 tone red where its a richer red on the rings and a bit brighter for the vents, but i cant find the link on how to pop out the rings, i want to do it tonight after i get off work

[styka]

Originally posted by Vampyrate
i really want to do this but i want a 2 tone red where its a richer red on the rings and a bit brighter for the vents, but i cant find the link on how to pop out the rings, i want to do it tonight after i get off work

http://evicerator.com/cars/grandam/interior/hvac.html

There's the link you need!

Dan

[Vampyrate]

thanks, upon my searching around here... i know that i also am going to do the window switches and hvac knobs, just have to steal... errr borrow the acetone from my girlfriend tonight :)

[ancona46]

Originally posted by styka
My car is black. I'm seeing how much I can paint the interior without looking too crowded...any ideas?

gloss black

[Vampyrate]

you could do what i did with my 01 elantra sedan and 02 elantra hatchback. figure out what color you would really like to match the color of the car with (sedan was gold with a blue theme and hatch was black with red theme). go all out with the paint and dye... the only way this works is to have matching lighting as well. i had all blue lighting in my sedan with black carpet and headliner (died from tan) with chameleon paint on teh interior trim and black dyed door panels (from tan as well). with my hatchback i was a bit more conservative: just the trim parts in the center console and door panels red with all red lights...

with a black GA i would say go blue, red, or green (i would shy from green but thats just my opinion). get the vent rings and center concole pieces red or blue and then go to www.autolumination.com and get the interior bulbs to match.


ive done a lot of interior and audio work in the past and have done some crazy stuff (as you can tell from my ramblings) but i would do this, but at the same time, make it look conservative. dye/paint red/blue with black as the main focus color and have red/blue lighting to accent the alternate painted pieces.

[styka]

I'm too scared to dye the dash... I'll most likely f it up

[ancona46]

dont use any loud colors or you will get sick of looking at it real fast trust me on my old car i used green and hated it after 2 weeks....if u cant decide on a color leave it stock

[ancona46]

Originally posted by ancona46
dont use any loud colors or you will get sick of looking at it real fast trust me on my old car i used green and hated it after 2 weeks.on my grand am i used to have blue carbon fiber that lasted a couple months,now i have gloss black and like it alot...if u cant decide on a color leave it stock

[Big Joe]

great first mod, somthing small to get your feet wet. Good start!