Here's mine. I used a different kind of paint, it has sparkles. hahahha. I don't like the console being blue, its too much IMO. I'll spray that black sometime, the little pimples on the console are from me using the wrong screws that were to long.

 

that looks actually pretty good man

 

I was thinking about doing a sparkle blue just like that. Doesn't look as good as I thought it would though, too textured looking. Probably looks better in person.

 

Yeah the flash on the camera made it look textured like that, it was to dark in my garage to not use the flash though. Its nice and smooth though.

 

That looks awesome Trent. Nice headunit.

 

Trent, you need to get a new HVAC faceplate now... That one looks too.... stock.... haha

 

Yeah Cam and I were talking about that tonight lol. I was supposed to trade Beard a long time ago but that fell through. Where can I get one from?

 

What are you looking for?

http://www.carpartswholesale.com/

I'd try and get a hold of them to see what they can do for a price on the Stainless Steel overlay like mine for your HVAC.

Or you could get one of the APC white face ones off eBay.

Or a silver Sport HVAC out of an Expo... Most likely off eBay.

 

I had a expo one a while ago, it wouldn't fit on my 04. The connectors wouldn't plug in the back for some reason.

 

+1 on matching the door trim panels. +1 cool point for the Tim Hortons cups.

 

i just picked up some paint. hopefully i can repaint my bezel this weekend!

 

I like colors....More ideas for painters.

Old, Duplicolor Orange or Tangerine or something


New Duplicolor Textered Metallic, Graphite color.

 

Marie needs that orange in her truck!

That graphite looks cool. Is that the wheel paint?

 

What paint are you using?

 

He's using that metalcast stuff, some stuff you did.

 

Looks sick!

 

All this black interior makes me sick!!!

 

I wonder how the metalcast would look over other colors since all it really is is just a basic candy paint.

 

Could look pretty cool depending on how it's applied. I used that Metalcast to red out my tail lights, but I used the ground coat Metalcast on my bezel before applying the red.

Are you talking about trying to make it change colours or something? They have that Mystify paint. That stuff is pretty cool.

Used it on my old Contour. Green/purple. Kinda crappy dark pic though.


Flash went off in this one.

 

No, I'm talking about candy paint which is what Metalcast is. All candy is is just a translucent paint that you paint over another backing color. Doing red candy over black is popular and is called black cherry or something like that.

 

hmmm..that would definetly look sweet.

You should paint your truck with the Black Chrome over your red.

 

so Mike did you wet sand during any of your steps? last time i painted my bezel it turned out pretty dull. maybe it was b/c i used krylon fusion...

 

Because I had to repaint it, I ended up removing all of the paint right down to the bare plastic. I sanded the entire bezel and cleaned it up as good as I could and then I layed down the Metalcast Ground Coat. I let that dry and then wetsanded it to get out some of the little bumps and crap that were in the paint. I did about 3 coats of Ground Coat, wetsanding each one to make it smooth. After I applied the colour and the clear, I did not sand any of it and it came out really nice and shiny as you can see.

 

i just got done wetsanding mine with 1500 grit.. it's pretty dang smooth.. i'm going to lay down the first ground coat tonight and wet sand it again tomorrow!!

 

I need to wetsand mine, I should have done it before applying clear but oh well.