Quote: Originally Posted by VLHERO I will get round to painting that one day I promise!! Kind of gives away the fact that the car originally had the blue interior. It's a dye, not a paint. http://www.speco.com.au/vht_vinyl.html hey man do you think this color will go over red ? as im changing from red to grey and i cant find a grey dash so i thought i could just dye mine.

Quote: Originally Posted by evl_25t hey man do you think this color will go over red ? as im changing from red to grey and i cant find a grey dash so i thought i could just dye mine. You'd be incredibly stupid to dye the red dash mate, their pretty well sought after by those that love the red interior! Get a dash from the wreckers and dye that I say. But to answer your question, I don't see why not. As I said, mine was originally blue. After 2 coats no blue showed through at all. I never realised how **** my Calais door skins looked untill I saw that photo. Time to retrim them darker I think...

Quote: Originally Posted by VLHERO Mine in VHT Charcoal Grey can i ask why you have a fire extinguisher? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

to put fires out maybe? never seen a car catch fire? My neighbour's LX torri went up in flames after a fuel pressure regulator failed and dripped fuel onto the engine. When he pulled up at the lights there was a slight hill, fuel ran down to the exhaust and BOOM!!! Got out with the help of his trusty fire extinguisher! Saved the car from being written off, him from being burnt & after a quick respray and rewiring the engine bay, she was back on the road. I'll be running one in my new baby! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

and pleaz poeple can you test you extinguishers! i had a fire in my engine bay the other day, went and grabbed the extinguisher and all i got was a puff! nothing!!!! i'm minus a jumper now days!! and not to mention rewiring a new loom on the side of the road !

Quote: Originally Posted by NOCLUE can i ask why you have a fire extinguisher? Any particular reason not to? It was $30 and I'm sure as hell not gonna sit back and watch the f**ker burn if she goes up in flames! It's also a CAMS requirement, so it's one less item to add to the shopping list when I eventually take it for a squirt around the track. Can I ask why you have a fire engine? Quote: Originally Posted by OBZERV and pleaz poeple can you test you extinguishers! i had a fire in my engine bay the other day, went and grabbed the extinguisher and all i got was a puff! nothing!!!! i'm minus a jumper now days!! and not to mention rewiring a new loom on the side of the road ! I regularly check it and give it a good shake to prevent the powder clumping together. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

has anybody sprayed there factory blue interior? what is the colour to match factory? or if not exact very close to factory?

Yer NTMID 8, Sprayed factory blue interior fully, did not match the factory colour as it was a bright white. Removed everything (guy's, took me 15min to remove dash, including the air-cond, beat that!!!!!) cleaned the parts, easy to spray on (3-4 coats as previously said in a smooth sweeping motion) and no blue showed through what so ever.

mine in black. did dash, door drims, console, everything, dyed the seats, and put new carpet, everything is now black nevermind the overspray that came out lol. oh and i also retrimmed the high rise cover with some foam and velour i got from spotlight Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

what did you do to the seat dix? came up pretty neat in the end ey

yea i think i might go and dye my seats black already got the black dash but i have s2 blue calais door trims how could i get them to blend in ?

Quote: Originally Posted by chinabone yea i think i might go and dye my seats black already got the black dash but i have s2 blue calais door trims how could i get them to blend in ? Dye them as well?

so nobody knows which colour is the right match to s2 calais blue?

Quote: Originally Posted by pung_dc2 lol i did mine in 3 cans haha maybe u should add a link - to the pulling your dash out yeah same i only took 3 cans to do the job!

heres a few pix of mine Interior Drivers Side.JPG (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=17914&d=1183291625) Interior Drivers Side2 side (1).JPG (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=17915&d=1183291625) Interior Passengers side (2).JPG (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=17916&d=1183291680) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

uhh guys if i were u i wouldnt dye the seats black.. i did it, it looked mint for a while, and then after friction and wear and tear it starts to fade.. which isnt really the problem.. the problem is the velour doesnt seem to like the dye, so they were rough like sandpaper for ages.. until they softened up.. problem was, as they softened up, the colour faded lol. so i just stuck black seat covers on em. im in the process of stripping the dye and starting again lol

man that looks wicked, how many cans did it all take to do?

Quote: Originally Posted by Roachy VL man that looks wicked, how many cans did it all take to do? are you talkin about my dash if so i took the dash out and did it. Have a look in the NZ threads theres info in there Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

still working on the write up?

um yeah ill try and put pen to paper this wk/end sorry been full on at work