Looking good

 

Dang...while you have the dash out you ought to replace the dash bulbs with your favorite color bulbs. Nice job on the painting.

 

I already had the bulbs changed years ago. I did a blue LED setup in my car...twice actualy cuz I did a pitiful setup back in highschool with only 3 LEDs in the a/c controls. Now I have the guage cluster taken cared of and the ac panel and the window controls. Atleast all the ensentials.




A few shots of the LEDs. It looks much better in person. Anyway hopefully i get somewhere with this stuff tonight.

 

nice. i only have one LED on my climate control. but i put 2 LEDs on my gauges which the needles are hyper white. but i have a white face gauge over the stock ones which i still like. but i like how you color your interior black. i plan to do it also. maybe a short DIY of how to remove the whole dash? =)

 

always glad to find a chuck norris fan

 

You've done a great job. You still have quite a bit of oak in the interior though. Are you going to do door panels as well?

 

Yeah I have to do it section by section. I'm in grad school right now so its hard to find time to do all of this. I just wanted to get the dash back in right now so I could drive it around safely. I'm doing the console and dash pieces right now in gunmetal gray so I can reinstall those. This will prolly be one of those multi-month projects. It'll end with the seats being reupholstered.

 

Did you ever think about dying the seat covers? Take them off, replace some of the worn foam inside the seats and die the fabric. I'd think it'll come out nice.

The only disadvantage I see with that is that you would get a flat black instead of having the option to do more than one color.

Keep us updated, this is a great project!

 

Wow... great job!!!!

 

So I found some time to prep and paint my glovebox after my two exams this week. Turned out pretty well and installed it just a few minutes ago. Its too dark outside to get a good picture so I'll wait til the morning to post those. Anyway here are a few shots of the box and the parts that make up the handle.




Also on another note I got another part in this week to work with now. Found it on ebay two weeks ago and its a sport / 4cyl grill so it'll be easier to paint!



Next up is the drivers door panel.

 

Heres a small update. Shot of the glove box installed. Also a shot of the completed center console bezel.




I also started cutting my satoshi grill but I'll just post pictures of that project on another thread when I'm near completion on that.

 

You are the man!!! Those pics look great. Stop giving me ideas that I can't do myself...

 

 

The black dash looks excellent, just how Toyota should have made 'em in the first place.

 

Looks really good.

 

Where would the world of yotatech be without spraypaint

On a serious note, that project turned out really great!

 

You should have used dye instead of paint. Hope it holds up for ya. You are a brave one!! I will stick with my oak interior, which I prefer.

 

wow.... you have done what i have wanted to do since the day i got my oak interior.... with 100k miles now and the seats bein torn up, i might just have to bite the bullet and copy you... perhaps a write up is in the future? can anyone estimate how much a new headliner and carpet/ redoing the leather on the seats?

 

I haven't been able to do much on account of school and then I've been in Austin on vacation. I have a few projects on my hands right now and I'll get back to working on this later this summer.

 

I couldn't find any spray dye at the time I started the work. I might try to source some and if I do I might start using that instead. I'm changing it up to half black and half gray. Since I'm sure I can't find black seat belts and a few other things.