My Black Interior Project

[Shortkid]

So a lot of other here are painting the inside of their own Explorer and figured I would give it a shot. Might I say, I have never painted anything really and now it has got me wanting to paint everything! I do have other parts planned but let me know what all you guys think!

**Note** - Couldn't find my camera before I started so no before pictures. If I can dig some old photos up I will post for comparison but for an idea the now black parts were tan.

Front Doors


Rear Doors


Cargo Bay


Door Handles



I was scared to paint the "vinyl" or "leather" type stuff and carpet that is on the doors and was not sure what paint to use. I saw this Dupli-Color paint that said for Vinyl and Carpet so picked it up and I would definately recommend this paint if you plan on painting this sort of stuff. Here is a picture of the can:



Next thing to paint, my center console:


I also already painted the other rear quarter panel piece that is removable, and all the air vents up front. Will take a pictures of these tomorrow. Let me know what you guys think!

 

[Trebor]

thanks for the idea and how it would look, lol. guess i know what my weekend project will be over the next couple weeks when i get some more money

 

[Shortkid]

thanks for the idea and how it would look, lol. guess i know what my weekend project will be over the next couple weeks when i get some more money

Yeah, to me its very addicting. Paint one piece, pull another to paint, and so forth. Have fun and post pictures when you get it done.

 

[Trebor]

Yeah, to me its very addicting. Paint one piece, pull another to paint, and so forth. Have fun and post pictures when you get it done.

i did this to my Eclipse when i had it, and i spent all day and night literally doing this just to go to a car show,lol. never thought about doing it with the Ex but seeing how good it looks i very well will be doing this. my Ex is black so it should look very nice with the contrast difference over the stock tan/ brown interior. when i do do it i will post pics, but it might not be for another month.

 

[Trebor]

show some pics when you install everything

 

[Shortkid]

show some pics when you install everything

Definately will do. Will be up shortly.

 

[Shortkid]

You wanted pictures installed so here ya go! Took pictures of a few other things too so hopefully you will like what you see.

Kenwood Double Din Head Unit


Front Door Installed


6.5 Behind Front Door


Rear Door Installed


I have Kicker 5x7's in the rear doors but forgot to take a picture.

Air Vents


Inside Steps


Left Quarter Panel


Right Quarter Panel


Trunk


Amps



Hope you like what you see. Tell me what you think!

 

[anti*commander]

BEAUTIFUL!

Messy wiring on the amps though...

 

[Shortkid]

BEAUTIFUL!

Messy wiring on the amps though...

Haha, I knew that was coming. I am going to get it looking nicely tomorrow. Just give me a day alright?

 

[Trebor]

sweet, nice job man. wifey just saw the pics and she told me i need to do this asap, lol. she like the contrasting look.

what kinda speakers is that up front? i been tryna get some but every speaker i come across is too deep.

 

[Charlie]

Looks really good! I hate vehicles that don't have any contrast on the interior.

 

[Shortkid]

sweet, nice job man. wifey just saw the pics and she told me i need to do this asap, lol. she like the contrasting look.

what kinda speakers is that up front? i been tryna get some but every speaker i come across is too deep.

Honestly, I used to be on the caraudio.com classified section always picking stuff up for audio but have then switched to here keeping a few things. The speakers I picked up for pretty cheap and they are Rainbows. Not sure about the specs and such but I had to get adapters to fit them as they are 6.5 (circles) and not 5x7 (ovals). Sorry I can't help you too much.

 

[Shortkid]

Looks really good! I hate vehicles that don't have any contrast on the interior.

Thanks Charlie. After seeing your black interior made me want to do some of mine. Hope your not mad I made another post like yours showing my interior.

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

looks good keep up the good work

 

[Charlie]

Thanks Charlie. After seeing your black interior made me want to do some of mine. Hope your not mad I made another post like yours showing my interior.

Naw, don't mind in the slightest. I'm happy somebody else liked it enough to do (kindof) the same thing, too

 

[Shortkid]

looks good keep up the good work

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

 

[Shortkid]

Naw, don't mind in the slightest. I'm happy somebody else liked it enough to do (kindof) the same thing, too

Yeah, still debating if I want to try and attempt that headliner. Don't really want to do it but I feel it may look real good if I did.

 

[askingxforxit]

Is that carpet on the lower part of the door panel or is that vinyl??

 

[Shortkid]

Is that carpet on the lower part of the door panel or is that vinyl??

Carpet.

 

[Paraphoe]

Short,

How easy is it to remove the center console like that?