Mismatched Dash

[SovereignScorn]

Well, last night I was getting into my truck, and noticed that the shifter felt kindof sticky. So I started whiping it off, and realized that anything i touch regularly in my truck (shifter, steering wheel, headlights, whipers, door handle), were caked with a layer of dead skin. So after attempting to scrape it off with my drivers licence, I decided to wrap everything in papertowles and soak it all with windex. After about 5min of letting the paper towels and windex sit, I pulled them off and found out that my steeringwheel is blue and that my headlights are actually marked, and my parking brake says "Pull and Turn" on it

So after I realized that my original parts were blue, and the parts I've replaced are gray, I decided that I want everything to be black. So, whats the easiest way to get my dash looking good?

[sonofmayhem]

my friend went to a car customizing place and got his vents, door handle switch panels, and everything of that matter, for 50 bucks and it looks great!

[bradleyj1279]

i did pretty much my whole dash myself and it looked great (white with metallic blue accents to match panasonic head unit). If you're willing to spend a little timeon it, you ca nmake it look really cool yourself for little money.

[SovereignScorn]

Originally Posted by bradleyj1279

i did pretty much my whole dash myself and it looked great (white with metallic blue accents to match panasonic head unit). If you're willing to spend a little timeon it, you ca nmake it look really cool yourself for little money.

How did you do it? Spraypaint?

[80toy]

Originally Posted by SovereignScorn

Well, last night I was getting into my truck, and noticed that the shifter felt kindof sticky. So I started whiping it off, and realized that anything i touch regularly in my truck (shifter, steering wheel, headlights, whipers, door handle), were caked with a layer of dead skin. So after attempting to scrape it off with my drivers licence, I decided to wrap everything in papertowles and soak it all with windex. After about 5min of letting the paper towels and windex sit, I pulled them off and found out that my steeringwheel is blue and that my headlights are actually marked, and my parking brake says "Pull and Turn" on it

Holy butt lovin!!! how much dead skin was in your car??? do you molt?

side note:now i think i know why my steering wheel feels kinda sticky and leaves marks on my pants when i steer with my knee.

[SovereignScorn]

Well, I live in texas, so when I get in the steering wheel is hot as hell, my fuckin skin is probably melting off my hand and fusing to the wheel. Plus I usually notice all the dead skin coming off the wheel when its raning, air gets humid, and kindof gets the steeringwheel wet and the skin gets loose.

I'm still waiting for som suggestions on getting my dash looking good...

[nofear4189]

i had that problem with mine when i got it. It wasnt dead skin, but just hand grease/dirt from over the years on everything that the previous owner never cleaned up. My interior is grey/black so you could eally see it in the grey door panels and steering wheel.

I know there is some kind of dying process that they do now that changes the color of plastic parts. I forget where i saw it, but its better than painting it. (i wouldnt paint it because it will chip and fade over time. JMO

-Adam-