How did you makethe door panel white??? dye? paint? Looks awesome.

 

How do you remove the window switch plates?????

 

Leather from Katskin...

 

Pry until your fingers bleeeeeed - then get a hammer, then an axe

 

LOL. Seriously is that all there is to removing them? Also I went to Katzkin website but couldn't figure out how to order stuff.

 

Find a local installer, they could order it. There's a thread around somewhere about a guy that did his own leather. Paid half what I did for the kit, then put it himself!! As far as the door panel, I'm sure you could get leather/vinyl from anywhere.....

 

Nice outcome! Looks really good. It's the thinking part that's the longest.

 

See post #7 of this thread. Pictures are included, so you know where to pry hard and where the axe comes in handy.

 

You started us all on this little voyage......now on to the next mod....

 

Great thread. Thanks for all the information. Got mine done over the weekend and probably saved around $60 over buying covers. I used the DupliColor Import Silver paint. Turned out great.

 

finally got around to seeing how hard the window switch plate was to remove and it took me literally 20secs or less. I don't know if the fact that it's an 06 made a difference. I didn't have to pry till my fingers bled. Tomorrow I'm going to go down to home depot and get the paint and sandpaper. Still debating if i want to paint the sub border and my door locks. Did any of you have problems with drips or is it pretty simple spray and wait till it drys then spray again??? Also how much sanding was really involved???

 

My interior is finally finished, just completed this mod, and I did it without the sandpaper, I dont believe it is necessary, however I strongly urge a clearcoat. I will have pictures of it in this thread, once my final MGW pieces arrive

 

I didn't sand. I like the textured finish of the plastic. Just apply thin coats by rapidly spraying across the cover. It shouldn't drip.

 

I read that some of you used clearcoat and some didn't on the painted switches, which is better to do? Now that I FINALLY figured out how to get the switches off, I am going to attempt this. Just need to know if clearcoat is a good idea or not. If it matters, my car is a weekend driver, so wear on the plates are less than normal. Thanks for the advise.

 

I didn't use clear coat.look at the a/c rings(not the chrome) on the iup and that is what the paint will look like almost exact.I gave it about 6 coats.No probs so far.duplicolor import is the color
p.s. also lightly sanded with#600 paper

 

I went to home depot, wal mart, sears, and micheals and I coulnd't find this duplicolor brand you all speak off. All I found was Krylon. Any Idea where I might find some of the duplicolor paint????

 

discount auto is where I bought mine.Try other auto supply stores too

 

Thanks for the helpful tip Chuck. I'm going to tackle this, this weekend.

 

Post pics when you get it done.Glad I could help

 

I lightly sanded mine, just for better paint adhesion and added the clearcoat... I tried it without a clearcoat first, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to add that little bit more of protection against rubbing off... So I pulled them back out and applied 2 coats of clearcoat... They are holding up quite nicely... Even in this monster heatwave we're having...