paint dash, how to remove Options

[ekstasis]

i want to paint my dashboard black. how would/do i remove it from the car? simple or hard task? would it be easier to just leave it in the car, tape up the surrondings and just paint it while still attached? anyone tackled tried it?

[blaque_6thGen]

i know that the guy who was going to paint my dash was just going to leave it in and tape everything off because he didn't want the installation to screw up the paint job (it's pretty complicated to take to dash out and put it back in). i would just be careful if i were you because the material that the dashboard is made of is fairly soft, so one little push will cause cracks in the paint. my body guy was going to pack on the primer to give it a slightly harder surface.

[Sbonnick]

yesterday i spent all day geting the dash pad out of my car. Im going to be fiberglassing it (if i can anyways). But one thing i will tell you is that it was a pain in the ass to get out. Pritty much all the wires in your car are all connected to that thing, and there everywhere! id recomend leaving it in to do it.
Im already worried about trying to get it all back together when im done.

I will create a how-to when i get time (not for a while).

This post has been edited by Sbonnick: Dec 29, 2005 - 4:26 PM

[creis]

you want to paint the whole dash or just the peaces (center console, vents, door switch trim etc) I painted mine shinny black but the weither was too cold and it dried very badly, never had the time to re-do it (yet) but getting thoes peaces out is very easy, 15 min job to get em all out.