looking for somebody that knows how to paint the dash. I am looking to have it done in DB.

 

PM Bubble.

or try these guys. www.elegantwooddesign.com

 

elegant only has CF tape on. You mean match paint like mine:

 

Now that is beautiful...Do you have a write-up for that?

 

talked to them and they can do this for me

 

no write up since a body shop paint it for me. I paid $500 for the paint job (but i got ripped off) If Elegantwoodesign can do for you, the price should be in the $300 range only. Good luck. BTW, check with your local body shop.

 

they said .75 a square inch

 

so how much total?

 

i could do it, but i dont know for how much, if ur still looking to do it in a month and havent got it done yet, ill pm ya.

 

DITTO, truly beautiful...nice job...i want one! Info, please!

 

any body shop can do this kind of painting job. Make sure they deal with vinyl before. As you can see, you don't see the rough texture on the console anymore. They are smooth as baby butt.

 

dont know I need to messure it out

 

I dont have my car so somebody needs to messure out the square inch and see what it would run us. also lets start talking about trying to set a GB up

 

Ok guys I did some digging and found the email they sent me. Now understand I was going to get more than my dash painted but now I just want to start off there and worry about the rest later. so its not .75 square inch they charge $1

email

OK, well sure we can do this. Do it all day long. We use a formula for this type of work which we have found to be fair and accurate. Normally we would charge $1.00 per square inch. But for a job this size we will discount that to $0.75 per square inch. Maybe a bit less. Holes are included in this formula and the measurements are edge to edge gross area. It is a considerablly big job. And we feel we are the best at it as do many of the customizers in SoCal. All parts must be sanding down to remove the texture, surface sealed and primered, then the Factory Daytona Blue paint, then the clear coat. Probably 3 coats of clear. Then it gets flatted and polished to a very high gloss. It will shame your factory paint job I assure you. No orangepeel. Just smooth gloss. You can do the measuring yourself and probably be within 5% of what we come up with as a price. We will need about 8-10 days for a job like this.
Rich

 

You got a bargain dude. We would charge you more I know that. I cannot determine what your body guy did so I cannot tell if you got 'ripped off'. But if we do it I know it will be done correctly. There are steps that need to be taken when painting plastics so they look good years down the road. Plastics behave differently from metals. Our warranty is good as long as you own the car, too. Preparation is key, and with the Z, there is alot of it. The parts you have painted blue we normally charge (including window switch panels, and upper guages) $450.00 and the console is about the same. We don't get rich doing this stuff. We atke our time to do it the best we can though. Some people will pay for that others are happy with a quick job that lasts for a few years. Yours looks very good. Best of luck with it.
BTW we are doing a dash for somebodys Civic on 'Overhaulin' this week. Watch for our ugly mugs, I guess sometime in late Feb or early March. We are also doing some kind of Chevy SUV for the show next week. I guess they are tired of overhauling old wrecks

 

could we set a group buy up?

 

I might be in on a group buy.
Im going to have mine done by someone and I dont really care who does it.
Let us know.

 

pinnacleliquid,

when i said i got ripped off because the Zgarage i went to, they contract the job out to the body shop. When found out and go direct to that body shop, the cost is about half. That mean the cost is in the range of $250 to $300. I am happy with the quality. 99% color match (metalic look also)

That why i said check with the local body shop first. For example in san jose, there is ONLY one or two bodyshop can do this kind of painting job. Let me check with the body shop again to see how much they charge and maybe you guys can order direct from them. Save money that way.

 

let us know

 

btw, how many of you guys interested in painting the console?