Piano Black Interior Trim
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Hey there guys i wanted to get my trim piano black but the thing is i got a few very light cracks on my top trim only i wanted to know what i can do before getting them painted at the body shop
do you guys know any good body shops in so cal
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do you guys know any good body shops in so cal
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Whoa, how did that happen? Anyway, maybe you can do gloss vinyl wrap instead? At least the vinyl would offer some protection from the cracks spreading and getting worse.
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i honestly do not know i bought the car like this i really didnt care about it that much because the mileage and everything was perfect on the car but now i want to go with the piano black i dont know if a body shop can do something about or i should just get a new trim amd then do the piano black later
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If you are serious and want to get all the trims done in black I will do it at no cost, just for the materials. I would think maybe 125.00 max in materials. That would be with a black base and a high solid clear. Not much you can do about those cracks. You can cut them down and fill them but I bet they would come back eventually. I would grab a used one somewhere. Let me know if you are interested. If you know Sublime (Chase) you can ref from him. I can also send you some pics. I only would want an agreement that you share the end result photos so I can see it all together. I want to do mine, but just don't have committed yet.
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If you are serious and want to get all the trims done in black I will do it at no cost, just for the materials. I would think maybe 125.00 max in materials. That would be with a black base and a high solid clear. Not much you can do about those cracks. You can cut them down and fill them but I bet they would come back eventually. I would grab a used one somewhere. Let me know if you are interested. If you know Sublime (Chase) you can ref from him. I can also send you some pics. I only would want an agreement that you share the end result photos so I can see it all together. I want to do mine, but just don't have committed yet.
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When I painted the two spare trims I had, here is what I did and it turned out very nice. The curing times that I used were only because of my personal available spare time I had, all times can go to 12-24 hours but I would wait 2-3 days for the last sand and buff.
wet sanded with 500
sprayed ~ 5 coats of black base
dried and cured for three days
wet sanded with 600
sprayed 3 coats of black base
sprayed 3 coats high solid clear
cured for one week
wet sanded with 1000
sprayed 3 coats of clear
wet sanded with 1500 & 2000 then polished
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how bout some wood glue to fill the cracks and sanding paper to smooth it out. i have the vertical crack along my long dash trim as well, it was there when i bought my car too but i didn't notice it when buying it its one of those things you can only spot in certain lights. any way i plan on redoing my trim in a few days but im going with vinyl and i think im just going to fill the crack and sand it down before i begin wrapping. although my crack isn't deep at all its only surface