painting the interior

[l0n3xstar]

Hi. I'm planning to paint the interior of my camry 96. I wanna make the color blue and some other color, not sure yet. I heard that this takes a lot of time but I am willing to take the time. I'm not so sure about the difficulty.
Any tips on painting the interior?
And what items do i need? And what would you recommend?
Thanks

[.tony. .riot.]

There's been a few threads about this topic, if you search you will find all the information you need to do this.

I think I made a thread about it myself.

[DrewsCam]

haha yea there have been a few, and i have commented in them all, haha needs a sticky or a tutorial

[2wickedtoyz]

the trick to paintig your interior is to know when to stop. some people go over the top and it comes out being distasteful. and take your time plan it out think about what you want it too look like and try to make it look like it came as a factory option. i did my interior as subtle as possible.
look at ufoz interior it's one of the most well thought out interiors on tn next to mine

[CamNub]

Where are the pics Wicked?

[l0n3xstar]

ufoz's page is herehere
his car is badass.

Thanks for the info. I'll try to make my interior look better than ufoz's. i wish...

[.tony. .riot.]

Here: How many spray cans does it take to paint a Gen3 Camry's interior

[l0n3xstar]

Sorry but even after reading it, i still don't get it. I read how ufoz did it and am i supposed to sand down every piece that i paint?
if not, do i just get the spray paints and spray paint it?
and do i have to put clear coating after the paint?

[.tony. .riot.]

Originally posted by UfoZ8myCow
well, you can just paint over everything without sanding... but it wont stick and itll flake off.

I did 2 coats of black and then 2 coats of clear on every plastic piece inside the interior. No flaking.

You sanded the vinyl and the carpet inserts?

[l0n3xstar]

I'm planning on 2 weeks to get everything prepared since i have SAT's next week. Then i'm gonna get started on it and i'll post some pics up along the way if i can. Thanks for the help.

[.tony. .riot.]

Originally posted by UfoZ8myCow
No... I only painted the plastic pieces. The rest of it was rewrapped in black vinyl. And the carpet door inserts were replaced with new suede inserts.

Ah, ok.

How much did re-doing the whole interior cost you?

[warlock]

i have said it more than wonce but i can say it agine
with a good deep cleaning you can use SEM paint on the vinyl and have the inserts reraped

[l0n3xstar]

so basically the steps are to clean the parts you wanna paint, sand it down a little, prime it, spray the paint, then put a coating on it?
i asked a friend who got his interior done in a shop and he said there are no such things as vinyl paint or spray, but only come in some material form.

[2wickedtoyz]

i used krylon fusion to paint my interior pieces and i used velvet for the door inserts cause it shined more the headliner is also going to be velvet and i'm going to make a design for it and use fiber optics so it will light up at night i'll have pics as soon as i'm done

[.tony. .riot.]

Originally posted by UfoZ8myCow
one meeelion dollars- muahahahahahahaha.

I'm really interested in doing this. Could you give me a real answer?