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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 09:16 AM
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I am starting to tear apart my interior and ****e it up a little before the sponsor guy comes and looks at my car. The main reason I took my rear door panels off was because I'm getting ready to suicide them, but i figured since i have them out already i might as well paint them. Now if anyone is familiar with the '93 civic four doors, there is the door panel, then fabric around the handle. Is it ok to paint the fabric or no. And when i paint the panel, i'm planning on going cheap, for now, so what kind of paint would work best. I already primed them last night, so i'm ready for the paint.
 
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:21 AM
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I can't say I think it's a good idea to paint the fabric. Take it out and get some Rit fabric dye down at your local Wal Mart and dye it to match and reinstall it.
 
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:40 AM
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awesome, and also i can probably take the old fabric out and replace it right???i was thinking about that today
 
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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I would imagine so. Get some Louis Vuitton for it or something.
 
Old Mar 21, 2006 | 09:06 PM
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you can always take the fabric off and fiberglass them then paint them. don't use the fabric dye it looks bad
 
Old Mar 22, 2006 | 07:26 AM
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i'm thinking about doing the fiberglass thing because i tried like 10 differnet things last night and they all looked like ****.
 
Old Mar 22, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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just to let you no that fiberglassing is ALOT of work expessialy if your going to paint it..im just finishing up a fiberglass box and gauge pod (pics will be up soon) and takes a long time to get it paint perfect, hours and hours of sanding
 
Old Mar 22, 2006 | 05:41 PM
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yea thats what i was goin to say get ready for your fingers to turn red. but it is somethin to do. little tip buildable primer is great they usually sell it at autozone it will fill in the pinholes . atleast they are small pieces that can be brought in the house.
 
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 09:26 AM
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yea it's like 20 sumthin degrees here lol. but i took all the stuff out, tried to refabric it and it looked like anus. So i just painted the fabric for now i'll fix it later, it still looks ok tho i'll get some pix up soon.
 
Old Mar 23, 2006 | 12:35 PM
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Krylon Fusion is made for plastic. It will stick great without any primer or anything. I've used it on a ton of plastic, and it won't flake, peel or scratch. Here's a pic of the last piece I did:
 

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