I'm changing the color of my interior. Fun, fun, fun.

[zbane]

Slowly, but surely, this project is getting nearer completion.

The doors are pretty much done, though when I removed the masking tape, some of the black came off

I had intended on covering the speaker area with Good Stuff, in a manner similar to the center speaker location, but as soon as I applied pressure to the honeycomb, it crumbled half away so I cut it all out...

I cut out some of the backbone of the dash so that i could get the contoured part closer together. I applied a multi purpose glue that was good for plastic/vinyl and after letting it cure for a day, I applied the Good Stuff.

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE:

If you are going to apply Good Stuff to the cracks in your dash, be sure to mask off everything else.

Wherever the stuff goes, it sticks, and it is very good at staying stuck.

[zbane]

Been a bit delayed getting things done, but progress is being made.

Alas, I have found rust...shouldn't be surprised of course, but it not something I was really looking forward to finding.

This rust was caused by the undercoating trapping water, of course. It seems that this area was not welded, but was sealed with some sort of putty (for lack of a better word). The screwdriver went right through the metal in a few places, and this sealant just broke away. The affected area is no more than 3 inches wide by 2 inches.

The dash is coming along, just waiting for the temp to get where the bumper stuff will be happy to do its thing.

[zbane]

It's been a long time coming, but I've finally gotten most of the interior done. Not all of it turned out as I had hoped, and when the can says "bonds permanently to plastic" you had best not believe it, not even for one second.

I had some problems refinishing my dash as others have done (it kept cracking and cracking and cracking) so I ended up stripping everything off (it cracked for the last time right after I got the final layer of paint on :mad:). So I decided not to mess around anymore with trying to keep it as original looking as possible, so I cut out the cracks, applied 5 minute epoxy, sanded down, primed, sanded, reprimed, and shot with 3m rubberized undercoating (it flexes/stretches a bit). Followed with several light coats of black enamel.

Word of caution for anyone who might try this: Reinstall all of your gauges before shooting the coating. Mark where everything fits, remove the gauges, and mask the areas where the gauges will go so that you may reinstall without having to trim down the excess-the stuff does build up enough to be a pain in the rear.

The shift boot looked great until it was actually put into use. That special paint for rubber surfaces just doesn't cut it if those surfaces are actually meant to move. I had been thinking of getting my hands on a true leather boot, so if I can't solve this issue, I will simply end up doing that.

Still have more to do (reassemble the steering wheel-the one in the photos is my spare, rear window surrounds, new rear deck pad, etc.), but that will happen as it happens.