Painting Vent Register Bezels

[Ampire]

They pop right out easy pesy.

Lol for some reason mine shattered completely with the slightest pressure. The dull grey circular area the black vent cylinder goes in, not the chrome ring or the vent cylinder itself. Had to buy a replacement dash section, cut the part out and epoxy it into place. Pain in the ass. Hate the chrome though.

 

[ZmanM3]

That sucks big time. Mine just poped right out, I used a flat tip with a towel over it to pry them up very carefully.

 

[TrackWhore]

It's settled.... I'm painting mine tomorrow

 

[06silverbullet]

got a question for you guys, does the chrome trim seperate from the black plastic. i'm sick and tired of being blinded by the chrome.

 

[ZmanM3]

yes it does, popes right off so you can paint them. Getting blinded by the chrome is why I painted mine.

 

[Barricade]

Ive broken two of them so saying that they Pop right off is not quite accurate.

The chrome rings have 3 tabs on them.
You need to pull the tube out (which has two tabs) as it is attached to the tube. Once removed from the dash you have to lift up on its tabs from the back side of it to remove it from the tube.
I lift one tab till it clears the clip then lift another. With two of the three cleared it will separate & come right off the tube.
Failure to do so will exponentially increase the odds that you break it.

 

[ZmanM3]

Ive broken two of them so saying that they Pop right off is not quite accurate.

The chrome rings have 3 tabs on them.
You need to pull the tube out (which has two tabs) as it is attached to the tube. Once removed from the dash you have to lift up on its tabs from the back side of it to remove it from the tube.
I lift one tab till it clears the clip then lift another. With two of the three cleared it will separate & come right off the tube.
Failure to do so will exponentially increase the odds that you break it.

I used a small screwdriver to pull the tabs up.

 

[06silverbullet]

ok sweet so doin this this week

 

[fhlh]

Zman... RED Speaker Rings!

 

[ZmanM3]

Zman... RED Speaker Rings!

I've thought about that and the center consul that is black. I may do it, I've been thinking about it for a while now.

 

[06silverbullet]

k so i've got the register centers out and the chrome rings off. gonn paint them tomorrow flat black and keep the silver vent centers. question is how do i remove the chrome ring from the gauge cluster? nvm just found the answer... now i have another problem i chipped the far driver side vent tube that cups the vent register >:|

 

[ZmanM3]

I poped out the dash part with the chrome molding and taped up everything I didn't want to paint.

 

[06silverbullet]

ok so i painted it, not to sure i like my own work. i'm not very good at painting shit. i made a couple booboos that can't be fixed so i might just buy a bullit mustang dash and replace everything

 

[LAStang1234]

ok so i painted it, not to sure i like my own work. i'm not very good at painting shit. i made a couple booboos that can't be fixed so i might just buy a bullit mustang dash and replace everything

Any pics of this "shitty" work?

 

[06silverbullet]

Any pics of this "shitty" work?

it's hard to tell in the cellphone pics as i could get "good" lighting. but the texture just wasn't what i wanted it to be. i wanted a smooth matt black and all some came out ok but was very blotchy looking and feeling i was able to sand it to smooth it out half way decent. some of it was very rough. i trade sanding it with even 320 and could get it to smooth out much. i may look into getting the stuff i want hydro dipped. or get like is aid the bullit dash. i'm horrible at painting i might have it professionally done


anyways here's the pics. the beer was lunch in 100+ degree weather. didn't even wait to get home walked to 7/11 and popped it open in the parking lot lol.

 

[06silverbullet]

rekindling this old thread. so as i said above last year i tried it and came out like shit so today i bit the bullet and had someone do a professional gloss black on it. should get it back tuesday

 

[seethesvt]

Thanks for resurrecting this thread... Totally doing this this week! Can't decide on gloss or flat black. I don't have a very, and my cars black... I was thinking of painting other interior parts gloss black, so I guess that's my answer... But, what if I did the vents flat and the rings gloss? Any suggestions?

 

[06silverbullet]

Thanks for resurrecting this thread... Totally doing this this week! Can't decide on gloss or flat black. I don't have a very, and my cars black... I was thinking of painting other interior parts gloss black, so I guess that's my answer... But, what if I did the vents flat and the rings gloss? Any suggestions?

this may help just got them back adn put them on today, so you can see gloss black vs matte black

 

[JGT]

As anyone ever remove the bottom portion of the the dash board? For example under the steering wheel, glove box etc.

 

[Barricade]

Why?