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Old 08-21-2012, 06:18 AM   #9
nUcLeArEnVoY
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Mike, how are your trim panels going? Mine are complete, and I must say, they change the look of the interior big time! It feels like the car is new again. They look factory! I'll take pics later on, but I would love to know if my DIY helped other people.

Stripping the door panel pieces was SO easy in comparison to the dash pieces. If you let the NPR just pool in the nooks and crannies and crevices for around 45 seconds, it wrinkles up and strips the paint so quick, but you gotta get it off no later and when you're polishing it, make sure to polish it good. The main difficulty with the door panels is that there's a lot more surface for you to forget about stripping the old paint completely. Twice I had to steel wool down spots of the new color to strip away some residual old silver paint I forgot to originally strip and then resprayed the areas. The good thing is, since you're looking at the underside of the paint you're spraying, you can spot correct and it still looks seamless.

Still, it goes to show how important it is to remove ALL the old paint.

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