Did mine today, but I used CF vinyl instead of paint...

 

Great write up, thanks!
Sub'd!

worth it indeed, that looks awesome!


Killer. I love it


That's a really cool look- how difficult was the wrap to work with?
What cage setup is that?

 

Thought I'd share mine that I finally got around to doing.

 

How do you remover the circles around the AC ***** and the circle aroudn the shifter to paint those?

 

finished mine:

 

Looks great man

 

any chance anybody know what part # part C in this pic is?


I ended up snapping a clip on mine and need to get a new one now
I was a little too forceful i guess.

 

Can you do the same process to the emblem? Mine is sun wrinkled and what not

 

Looks Awesome! this is the exact same color scheme I plan to use on mine!

 

I did mine with something a little different. I used spray on bedliner. You guys will probably flame me for that but I think it looks really good. The texture is pretty subtle and matches the other interior plastics a bit better than gloss paint in my opinion. My pics aren't the greatest but here it is.

 

Painted mine via this DIY tutorial. Thanks for the write up was very helpful:

 

heres how i did mine, also going with the black/red scheme. i did a couple pieces under the hood but idk how i feel about it. lemme know what you guys think.



what its in incase anyone was wondering what the rest of the scheme looks like lol

 

Of the various pics posted in this thread, this is the one I like the best. Different, but subtle, which is how I prefer mods to be. Mine is being hydrodipped in a CF pattern to match the interior pieces I had done up front.

 

The emblem is actually covered with a thin metal coating. Too tough to sand off, but if you're careful you can chip/peel it away with a sharp blade. If you manage to do that without beating up the plastic underneath, you can repaint it as you please. I used a VW silver touch-up spay paint, which is fairly close to the original color and luster. Spray on maybe 6 or 8 thin coats and wet-sand it to get a smooth, glossy finish.

 

If you give a sharp tug backwards on the shifter surround panel, it will come loose from the center console. Then you can use vise grips, if needed, to hold the shift lever from twisting and unscrew the shift ****. Next, there is a ribbon cable connecting the A/C controls you need to unlip, and once that's done you can pull the shifter surround panel free. The A/C controls are held in place by a few screws, as is the metal trim around the shift boot.

 

What did you use to paint it under the hood? any specific paint?

 

nothing overly specific. just the krylon plastic paint from walmart. just make sure theyre stupid clean before you paint them

 

Had some cf wrap left over so did this:

 

Finally got my hydrodipping done, not yet installed, but check out the pics:

 

Thought Id put up the finished pic of mine since this DIY helped me out alot with removing all the panels and then reassembling them