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mazda3zoom
03-20-2006, 02:06 PM
Ok so it took a lot of work to get the texture off of the top of the door pannels, but i got it done. The color is PPG paint and its the color code of my car. At night if you take a flash light to it you can see all the purple in it, just like my car. Anyways enjoy.
P.S. I plan on getting my seats reupholstered, i was gonna go with the katzkins but couldnt bring myself to spend $650 on seats, Especially when i need a new windshield.
mazda3zoom
03-20-2006, 02:09 PM
a few more......
xFLiPsTyLeZx
03-20-2006, 02:19 PM
lookin good!
jophus14
03-20-2006, 02:21 PM
That looks really good. How much did it cost you to do the whole thing?
mazda3zoom
03-20-2006, 03:38 PM
That looks really good. How much did it cost you to do the whole thing?

Umm $60 for everything painted. My girls dad works at a body shop and has everything out in the garage to do the stuff. He had me pay for the paint and do all the prep work and then he sprayed them. Not a bad deal at all. (cabpatch)
splitvizion
03-20-2006, 03:44 PM
did you use the dolphin glaze and bondo? How did you achieve the finished look of it being a body panel. I have my HU installed where your nav. monitor is in a similar fashion. Just wondering if their are other methods to achieving similar looks
Thanks
Anthony
mazda3zoom
03-20-2006, 05:14 PM
did you use the dolphin glaze and bondo? How did you achieve the finished look of it being a body panel. I have my HU installed where your nav. monitor is in a similar fashion. Just wondering if their are other methods to achieving similar looks
Thanks
Anthony

I dont know what dolphin glaze is but we did have to use a little bondo in some spots. For the most part to get rid of the texture we used some sort of primer called 2 K. Its a thick primer and then i sanded it down and that left the low spots and then we primed it again and sanded, then that took care of most of the texture.
clownphish
03-20-2006, 05:17 PM
Looks awesome! (2thumbs)
mazda3zoom
03-21-2006, 03:44 PM
bump
chuyler1
03-21-2006, 04:29 PM
Nice work! Reminds me of the New Beetle...they have the top part of the door panel painted body-color. It's a nice way to bring the outside color inside.
Captain KRM P5
03-21-2006, 04:32 PM
very very slick
brealmp3
03-21-2006, 04:41 PM
looks great but for the love of god clean your floor mats!
mazda3zoom
03-21-2006, 05:26 PM
looks great but for the love of god clean your floor mats!

haha, their those damn rubber ones so they'll be coming out once i know winters gone for good.
brealmp3
03-21-2006, 05:50 PM
lol my girl has those in her 6 i get the all bundled up when i drive but they are nice cause you can pull them out and just spray them and let them dry and put them right back in.
bazooka joe
03-21-2006, 05:54 PM
excellent mod!
vcinsanity1523
03-21-2006, 06:01 PM
i think it looks really nice!!!!
mazda3zoom
03-21-2006, 07:55 PM
thanks for all the positive feedback. (cabpatch)
Biznass
03-21-2006, 08:48 PM
That's TITS! (boobs)
MidnightSpeeder
03-22-2006, 11:03 AM
Nice whip!! One question though, what combo. of guages are in your pillar?
Kansei
03-22-2006, 11:24 AM
oh my that looks amazing! Nice work!
mazda3zoom
03-22-2006, 02:44 PM
Nice whip!! One question though, what combo. of guages are in your pillar?

Their not hooked up yet but when they are its Air/Fuel guage, oil pressure, and coolant temp. And if i ever get the hiboost kit ill have a boost guage in there too.
BC3I
03-22-2006, 06:17 PM
very nice man...how hard was it to remove the pieces?
mazda3zoom
03-23-2006, 03:46 AM
very nice man...how hard was it to remove the pieces?


UMM not bad at all, the door panels come off pretty easy, then i took them apart so i could still have the bottom half of the door panel on while i was workin on the top half. Then the 2 pieces on the dash are easy as hell to take off too.
DE31
03-23-2006, 03:49 AM
when you told me you were going to paint the interior pieced i wasnt sure about the look. but it looks great. very nicely done! cant wait to see the katzkins
trees
03-23-2006, 09:00 AM
Looks great (first)
splitvizion
03-23-2006, 10:30 AM
Would you be willing to do this proceedure to other peoples cars. In proceedure, I am talking about all the work up until the painting process. If so, how much would you charge. I just don't have the time or facillites at this point. Thanks
Anthony
mazda3zoom
03-24-2006, 11:18 AM
Would you be willing to do this proceedure to other peoples cars. In proceedure, I am talking about all the work up until the painting process. If so, how much would you charge. I just don't have the time or facillites at this point. Thanks
Anthony

I dont know....it took me about 25 hours to get all the prep work done. For me to justify doing that it would have to cost alot. And its a pain in the ass. (thumb)
Plus theres a few little imperfections that i overlooked just because i knew they were going back into my car. In order to get them ALL the way perfect (like i would want for someone else) it would take even longer.
CajunGreek
04-10-2006, 10:42 PM
Ok so it took a lot of work to get the texture off of the top of the door pannels, but i got it done. The color is PPG paint and its the color code of my car. At night if you take a flash light to it you can see all the purple in it, just like my car. Anyways enjoy.

This came out really sharp! I was thinking of trying something like this and it's nice to see that someone has already done it and it came out really nice.

I'm actually looking for a wrecked M3 in my area to pull panels from so I can do a set without screwing up my car if they don't come out well. I thought I saw one at a junkyard a couple of miles from my place....but it was not to be. Damn.
mazda3zoom
04-11-2006, 11:32 AM
just try it, worst that can happen is that you have to redo it. Anything can be fixed with a little time and effort.
Nighthawk
04-14-2006, 12:04 AM
Do you notice what is called "vailing glare"; a reflection on the windshield from the painted piece above the gauges? If so is it bad enought to be concerned about?
Kansei
04-14-2006, 12:08 AM
Why did this get bumped. Bah, my favorite 3 on the forum (I love the winning blue / gunmetal combo), and that interior painting looks amazing. I wish I did as good of a job with the couple pieces I painted silver (pieces that were already silver stock).
JoSHMaN
04-14-2006, 12:59 PM
It looks good, I'm not sure if I would have painted the piece over the gauges, but overall I like it, winning blue is really an awesome color (second to velocity red of course :D ) and it looks like you did a great job. I've seen too many interiors that people painted and look like crap because they didn't take the time to do it right.

Makes me want to paint that fake CF piece and those top armrest pieces on my car velo red.
the vw guy
04-14-2006, 01:38 PM
mad props. looks very good.