Updating the B13 interior with silver accents....

Pretty White · 08-13-2006, 07:02 PM

Here are the details. And I am going to explain why I did not just mask the outside of it off..

As you know I am broke (maybe not) and want to spruce up the interior of my NX.
So I decided to do the HVAC covers, the ashtray, glovebox, the insturment cluster and the door trims in meduim silver. All those pieces you can figure out on your own how to remove. The doorhandles I thought were going to be easy, but turned out to look sloppy when it was done. So I had to do some dissecting.
To remove them all you have to do is take the phillips screw out the middle, slide it foward

and take out the lock and opening rods. You cannot confuse the two and it is clear which will be top and which will be bottom.

For easier access remove the retainer to make the rods move freely:

These are the tools you need to prepare the surfaces (this goes for all the interior pieces)

Pretty White · 08-17-2006, 04:11 PM

Clean the pieces you want to color with whatever you choose(Brillo, SOS, sandpaper) and rinse:

You can either air dry them or be inpatient like me and use the wifes blowdryer..

Once dry you could try to tape them up....

Then spray. These are the things you need fro prep and paint:
Adhesive promoter and Color:

Once you prime according to the directions on the can:

Pretty White · 08-17-2006, 04:14 PM

You are ready to paint:

Light coats, be paitent so it does not run.

When I took the masking tape off I realized the clearences were too tight and when the handles were released it (the paint) did not cover all of it. I hate sloppy work

so I looked to see it they could be taken apart.

Sure nuff they could

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You can see a pin that can be knocked out of the handle-

Pretty White · 08-17-2006, 04:14 PM

Knock the pin out gently, studying how the spring is supposed to be seated or just do one handle at a time so you can see how it is supposed to sit:

Here, the handles are seperated:

You can see the paint I was talking about that did not spread well:

After some rubbing down to smoothen the old paint out (the SOS pads) and respraying here are the results-

And all is well is Smurfland:

Hope these pics help some of you out trying to freshen up the interior of the old B13...

Pretty White · 08-17-2006, 04:31 PM

I have also done the rear speaker grills and the shifter boot trim.
Here is the dash...

gvr4597 · 08-22-2006, 10:33 AM

looks great

Kinyo · 09-04-2006, 06:52 AM

i said it before n ill say it again - killer job - well done

JDM_Freak · 09-11-2006, 04:29 PM

I had no idea there was a write up on this

Im gonna do it now

venom2727 · 09-11-2006, 08:17 PM

clean job , but for me it would have been another color.

Pretty White · 09-26-2006, 09:24 PM

^^
Yeah, I seriously thought of the bright silver, seriously. I just started out with the medium silver and stuck with it because the clear will not make it look dull when used in multiple layers.