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Old Dec 13, 2013 | 05:47 PM
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From: MOFN, AL, 70 miles from George
Default Re: Painting the center stack

Originally Posted by 32seventeen
I think color matching would make it look dated. That is what they did on the old PT cruisers almost 15 years ago. I never liked the trend in any case.
The charcoal sounds nice, but I think it would blend in too much with the rest of your interior.
So, I voted dark silver, even though I am not a fan of silver in interiors.

Maybe a piano black, or some other color would work even better.

BTW, I am in the same boat. My/our car is a blaze red coupe and I hate the silver river. I was thinking carbon wrap, but maybe that is not a good choice if you are having issues with yours?
Whaile i've taken things apart-I've looked closely at the DINOC material. When you wrap-you stretch. Quite a bit, thought, surprisingly, it does not seem to distort the pattern. Strange.

The adhesive would seal a submarine-very difficult to remove. Oh, well-forge ahead.

I'l try a couple of plastic-safe solvents tomorrow. Turpentine works for 3M spray adhesive. Pray for me?

Even stretched nearly to the point of tearing-it's still thick enough to interfere with the clearance in the switches/bezels. And I mean thin-.0015" thin. Friggin' Germans.

It looks like paint or hydro are the only real options.
 
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