Painted Interior?

swaggawagan · Jul 28, 2015

Hi!

Has anyone painted their interior trim?

I have a gray V50 with the gray interior and was thinking of painting the darker trim in some dark blue to spice things up.

The top part of the door, the dash, and the trunk - it's a few pieces that go all around the car in darker gray:

(Picture taken of the internet for explanation purposes, mine has a lighter gray interior with aluminium radio)

I'm assuming these are made of vinyl? Vinyl paint?

I think it'd be a matter of taking the doors and the trunk pieces out, which sounds scary but pales in comparison to taking out the dash.

jondevieonS40 · Jul 29, 2015

The door handles are easy to remove, the center console is a little harder and if you have a BLIS system there's even more steps to worry about.

You could always tape everything off and hit it with plastidip.

"Embody god... Then go crazy"

MyNameIdeasWereTaken · Jul 29, 2015

jondevieonS40 said:
The door handles are easy to remove, the center console is a little harder and if you have a BLIS system there's even more steps to worry about.

You could always tape everything off and hit it with plastidip.

No BLIS on a 2005. Center console can come out in 60 seconds.

I highly discourage plastidip for high use interior trim parts. You're going to need to prime, paint, clear coat, wetsand, and polish. You'd be surprised by the beating the door handles and waterfall take, even if you're careful.

A long time ago, I had painted mine Flint Grey Metallic to match my car. But I prefer the brushed aluminum and eventually returned to that.

I also wrapped them at one point.

Waterfall, door handles, air vents, gauge frame, steering controls, shift knob inlay, etc.

Unruled · Jul 29, 2015

I don't think he means the hard plastics, those are easy. Painted them bright silver myself, just looks nicer than the stock grays (yes, plural, they're different tones... now I have the waterfall, door trim, steering wheel controls and clock rims they same shade... it's just better). But yes, do it right because they take a beating. I've had to repaint my doortrim twice now just because I wear rings

He means the vinyl bits and the actual dash... the big bit of plastic. Well, be my guest but I sure as hell wouldn't want that in some obnoxious colour, it's really rather in your face. Volvo's design is CLEAN, I'd do anything to keep it that way whatever I mod. I also don't think you'll get it to look quite right, but yes, vinyl paint is what you need.

Getting the doorcards out will be easy, they pop straight out. The dashboard... no idea. Never went that nuts

MyNameIdeasWereTaken · Jul 29, 2015

Unruled said:
I don't think he means the hard plastics, those are easy. Painted them bright silver myself, just looks nicer than the stock grays (yes, plural, they're different tones... now I have the waterfall, door trim, steering wheel controls and clock rims they same shade... it's just better). But yes, do it right because they take a beating. I've had to repaint my doortrim twice now just because I wear rings

He means the vinyl bits and the actual dash... the big bit of plastic. Well, be my guest but I sure as hell wouldn't want that in some obnoxious colour, it's really rather in your face. Volvo's design is CLEAN, I'd do anything to keep it that way whatever I mod. I also don't think you'll get it to look quite right, but yes, vinyl paint is what you need.

Getting the doorcards out will be easy, they pop straight out. The dashboard... no idea. Never went that nuts

I didn't even read what was below the picture... You're right.

I have seen people use dyes on the trim to change the color, but it eventually faded from the sun or wore away from people touching it over time. Check LowEndTorque's progression thread, he wrapped his dash with a different color material.

swaggawagan · Jul 29, 2015

Yup, I meant the actual dash and door trim like Unruled said!

MyNameIdeasWereTaken, do you mean this one?
http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthread.php?216511-LowEndTorque-S40-Progression-Thread/page5

Yeah the fading was my concern as well

MyNameIdeasWereTaken · Jul 29, 2015

swaggawagan said:
MyNameIdeasWereTaken, do you mean this one?
http://forums.swedespeed.com/showthread.php?216511-LowEndTorque-S40-Progression-Thread/page5

That's the one!

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