Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Pimp my own ride

Lots of progress lately. Its getting closer to the time when I can drive it and not be embarrassed, at least not 100%, maybe just 35% embarrassed.

As I mentioned, the interior doors have lovely sound dampening Dynamat on them now.

And yes, there is carpet. Black carpet. With Dynamat underneath. Mmmm Dusty!


A very nice southern gentleman scored some great white interior pieces from a junk yard. Pre-cleanup of the console. Some nice grime and rust! 

I tried some Method brand all purpose cleaner. It did a decent job but even soft scrub couldn't get rid of the rust. So I opted to buy some white paint. I found Rustoleom in a textured style called Hammered. I think it worked out nicely.

And while I'm giving old things a second life. I decided to find out the best way to buff up my dirty black trim inside the car. I saw something somewhere that peanut butter works well to get wax off of black trim and also the oils help shine things up. Worst thing that can happen is my car smells like a Reese's Peanut Butter cup. Not a bad thing. 

Here's Before:

After JIF.


I continued to detail all my black trim with it, and really like the results. Plus its cheap and a natural way to clean.

I also installed the front speakers. Some Polk Audio 5.25"


Also painted the black map pockets and speaker enclosures with, you guessed it, more Rustoleum! And not any, color shifting! Oooohhh, shiny! 

So here is the mostly finished Oxen White vinyl door cards that I ordered from http://www.mtmfg.com/
So far, really happy with the result and I'm excited to get the seat covers I ordered from them as well to finally get rid of the tan for good.







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