For the past little while Ive smoothed and painted my dash bezel, the plastic around the power window controlls/power locks, and also the plastic peice around the inside door handle. My question is should I smooth and paint the upper dash pad black? or should I just paint it black and not smooth it? Also what type of paint should I use to paint the inner door panels and glove box and peice under the steering wheel? I dont wanna smooth everything cause 1 its alot of work and 2 I wanna add a kinda of variety look to it. So let me know what you guys think

PS not painting the rest of the interior is not an option becuase I hate the blueish gray colour of the 99-02 stock interior

 

80 grit
180 grit
adhesion promoter
flexible primer surfacer
400 grit wet
sealer
base coat
clear coat
then cut and buff thats how i did mine

 

from what Im thinking I dont think Im gonna smooth down there, only the top of the dash, just going to paint it black down there(good song eh? lol) anyways give me some suggestions guys, refferring to my first post

 

ok well i painted mine the first time with fusion from walmart
just clean real good with rubbing alcohol.........about 3 times
then spray it on there about 3-4 coats with about 5min between coats and mine shined real nice

 

bump....

 

On the top of the dash it might have a rubbery feel, my 03 did. If you try painting it, it may bubble. I recommend sanding it smooth first. Them priming and painting. It took me 2 evenings and that was switchind between a da and hand. Some of my interior is smooth and some is textured the smooth looks way better. I used duplicolor.

 

yea mine had that stuff to i think its a protective coating for the plastic instead of it just being died that color

cause if u have ever takin the dash out of an fbody u know sun is the enemy