Well, I've slowly but surely been sanding down all the blue paint I had in the interior. When it finally gets warmer, I'm going to basically paint everything below the headliner satin black. Well, I figured that some people might be interested in how far I've come so far. (by the way, this time I'm going to paint everything correctly--the first time I painted the pieces, I was in a hurry resulting in a sloppy paint job. This time, it's going to be primered, painted, clearcoated, etc.)

Anyway, here's what I was dealing with before I started:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interiorrice.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interiorrice2.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interiorrice4.jpg



And here's what I have so far:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interior.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interior2.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interior4.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interior3.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interior5.jpg


I'll keep posting updates as I sand down more stuff and start painting everything.

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finally, everyone is starting to catch on that bright interiors in civicsisn't the greatest idea in the world.

i agree. i wanted to paint mine my car color but i am glad i didnt. if its ever done i think it will be black also. i think its gonna look good when you finish just take your time.

yeah, I definitely plan on taking my time... obviously, I actually sanded this time, I'm going to be primering everything, sanding more, paintingmultiple layers, then clearcoating it... I think it'll turn out pretty good. As soon as it gets warmer, I'm going to take the pillar trim off to sand off the texture (I like the interior smooth, not that grain stuff) and sand down the remaining painted pieces. I'll get more pics up in the next couple days.

tastes great. less filling.

if only the rest of the riced-out honda world could follow your footsteps.

looks good man. that dash trim thing looks DEADLY!

black interiors look so sick, i think itd look awesome on your car especially Reaper

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You've made a great decision my friend. Looking forward to the end result.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interior5-1.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interior6.jpg

There's nothing quite like spending an hour or two alone in your basement sanding paint off plastic... At any rate, I have the passenger door done... all that remains is the door trim (the things at the bottom of the door jamb), the cup holder, and the rear speaker grilles... then I can primer everything and paint it all satin black!

=O Danomatic drives an automatic? For shame...

So do I. Heheh.

Are you actually going to paint the whole dash and doors black too? Lookin' good so far, keep it up.

by Danomatic you mean Reaper? ^

Yeah, sometimes when I get bored, I pretend it's a five speed, and I'm all up in that mofo shiftin' gears lol... I'm swapping to a 5-speed this summer...

anway, I'm painting the plastic trim black and replacing the carpet on the doors (I found a great write-up on Honda-Tech) with black carpet... the dash itself is already dark enough for me.. it's either a really, really dark gray or black, and that's good enough for me lol

Looks good!!! Keep it up!!!

if u sand off the grains on the plastic more then likely u will end up with deep sand scratchs. i would recommend just scrubbing them with a scotch brite pad and scuff stuff (found at any auto paint store) . if u want to get rid of the grains the right way to do it is to fiberglass it but that will take forever..

WHOA WHOA, I DO NOT drive an auto!!! I've got a 5-speed manual!!!

Whoa Whoa what the? You didn't even post in this thread.... how did I....

K, no, you don't. I think I looked at someone elses pictures and saw your name somewhere and... I dunno.

My bad.

i like my painted interior, it will be in there to stay but whatever everyone likes its their rides.

ORIGINAL: reaper2022

Well, I've slowly but surely been sanding down all the blue paint I had in the interior. When it finally gets warmer, I'm going to basically paint everything below the headliner satin black. Well, I figured that some people might be interested in how far I've come so far. (by the way, this time I'm going to paint everything correctly--the first time I painted the pieces, I was in a hurry resulting in a sloppy paint job. This time, it's going to be primered, painted, clearcoated, etc.)

Anyway, here's what I was dealing with before I started:






And here's what I have so far:

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/interior2.jpg





I'll keep posting updates as I sand down more stuff and start painting everything.


Don't mean to jack your thread but did Civics come with those tweeters?

ORIGINAL: ksrecon
Don't mean to jack your thread but did Civics come with those tweeters?



5th gens: yes
6th gens: sort of, but in a different location

(they're not in all models and trims)

That blue is horrible.

ORIGINAL: absoulute

if u sand off the grains on the plastic more then likely u will end up with deep sand scratchs. i would recommend just scrubbing them with a scotch brite pad and scuff stuff (found at any auto paint store) . if u want to get rid of the grains the right way to do it is to fiberglass it but that will take forever..


Actually, I don't have any deep scratches... that's one of the reasons it took so long to sand everything for... I took it down to about 400 grit, and the scratches that are still left (there's one or two shallow scratches that aren't very noticeable) will disappear when I primer the pieces anyway.

ORIGINAL: Pete

That blue is horrible.

Yeah, that's pretty much why I'm painting everything black... it'll look a lot better than the blue

I cant wait to see this. Its going to be pretty cool.

right on man...

dericeification FTW. Looks good

It was finally nice enough outside to paint. I didn't have any primer or kyrlon fusion, but I did have a can of gloss black engine enamel sitting around, and I figured, "why not?" (I have painted plastic with enamel before, and I've got to say, it stays on the plastic pretty well). Anyway, I managed to get the driver's door pieces painted, as well as the defroster vents on the dash. Originally, I wasn't sure about it because it's gloss black, but I think it looks pretty good (and there's no glare from it either).

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/5.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/6.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/7.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/8.jpg

Next up: Passenger door ;)

it looks 1000x better, you can't even tell them from stock from the pics.

Wow, very nice man. Very clean looking too with that gloss paint.[sm=smiley20.gif]

i can tell it from stock, but it looks better than stock imo. very classy and subtle

Well, right now my interior is in pieces... the center console and dash trim are drying in the garage awaiting a few more coats. I basically ran out of paint, but luckily I'm not planning on going anywhere until monday, so I have plenty of time to pick up more paint and everything. If all goes according to plan, I could very well be done by monday.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/a.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/b.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/c.jpg
^ Now that's glossy ;)

These pieces need a few more coats of paint before I'm going to call them done, though...

The schedule:
Today-Center console/dash trim - ran out of paint
Tomorrow-Get more paint / finish console & dash, rear speaker grilles
Saturday-Passenger door, passenger heater vent, replace door fabric with black fabric
Sunday-finish up, put car back together, maybe clean up a few wires or something.

So sick looking! much much better than the blue.

i would have tried the vinyl die or something, but that looks good as well, i'm just not a fan of glossy painted interior, but definitely a huge step up from the blue

A few pics of what the stuff looks like in the car:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/d.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/f.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/e.jpg

It still needs to come back out for another coat or two, but I think it looks pretty good... I'm not sure if I should take the radio trim out and paint that black, too... it's really unnoticeable unless you know it's painted. Anyway, I didn't get more paint today... I'm going shopping tomorrow, so I'm just going to get everything then.

looks good now but made me want to club baby harp seals

I painted the rear speaker grilles today:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/h.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/i.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/j.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/rakusi/k.jpg

Personally, I think it looks much better. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to get more paint or the fabric for the doors, so that'll have to wait a week or two.

Nice, I like it. I like the silver around the climate control and stuff too. Pretty sweet. Still don't know what's goin' on with your gauges though lol.

lol I'm still not sure if I like the guage bezel or not (2 years after I bought it)... oh well... I'm hopefully getting a B16A2 swap this summer, and if I do, I'm getting an Si-rII guage cluster (as well as an Si-rII climate control), so I won't have the bezel there anyway. I really can't wait to get the interior done; I'm getting kinda tired of working on it :D

Edit: Oh, by the way... anybody interested in my guage cluster/bezel if I do replace it with a jdm one? PM me if you are.

i'll take the cluster off your hands ..

Love the shift knob. :D

Yeah, I can explain about the shift knob... I learned why a stock rubber auto shift knob and krylon fusion for plasticdon't mix. Lesson learned: don't even try it... that was the cheapest shift knob I could find. I plan on swapping to a 5-speed, so the shifter will be out of there anyway ;)

and เซ็กซี๼/a> (http://www.hondacivicforum.com/showProfile.asp?memid=20406), I'll let you know when I take the guage cluster out. Just a warning: it'll have some small holes where the screws for thebezel were.

its funny that people have to copy and paste my name...but yea, I actually plan on mounting a shift light in the cluster..so a few holes are fine

I love how this is comeing. It looks so nice.