I have a couple of "noticeable" scratches on the silver interior panels of my 03 civic si. I'd love to touch them up. I'm not sure what paint/color to use. Any ideas?

I've seen "carbon fiber" replacement panels... but I don't like the way they look.

Thanks!

 

just live with em and throw some more armor-all *spelling* on

 

On my 96 (maybe you can do this on an 03?) I just snapped all of the plastic pieces off and painted them black with Flat Black Krylon Fusion, to match the rest of the interior. Cleaned them, gave them 2-3 coats and they look great 6 months later. The paint only chipped off when I had my surfboard rack strapped on top, I just touched it up again and you can't even tell.

good luck

 

Wal-mart sells a few brush steel and alluminimum auto paint styles, I noticed them the other night when i was checking out some waxes and stuff. You could probably check that out, get some sand paper perhaps if the color's not perfect, and re-paint them. Or if you find a pretty good color match with them, spray some of them in a cap or what not and use a toothpick or cue-tip to fill in the scratches.

Just a thought, re-painting would probably look pretty nice if you put your time in, otherwise maybe a dash cover kit is the way to go. There are alot of nice options in styles on ebay, but the good sets run about 80 bucks.I want to do something with mine but I am holding out on the exterior mods first.

 

I think I'll go to Wal-Mart and check them out tonight... I saw some of the kits on eBay, but I'm not too crazy about them. I don't think they cover every piece either... it's not like they're all bitched up... just some little scratches... thanks for the info Stumasters... if the weather would just settle a bit, I could get out there do some of this stuff... STUPID WEATHER!