April 25, 201411 yr Hey All! anyone who's followed my posts knows i'm in the process of rehabbing the interior on my '89 DL wagon. the plastic panels in my cargo area looked BAD! i was going to paint them, but then decided to try some rustoleum truck bed liner! i prepped the panels by cleaning them with acetone, then sprayed them with self etching primer. i love the way this stuff looks! i'm not under any illusions that it will be as durable as Linex or Rhino Lining, but for the price i had to give it a try! John
April 25, 201411 yr Wow, that looks awesome Much better than I expected it would when you mentioned going this route the other day lol. I may consider this route myself, suspect its a lot more durable than just rattlecan paint job on the panels. Back in my Fiero days, one of the forum members did his interior with a textured paint formulated specifically for plastic. It looked good, and at $3.50 a can one can't argue. Seemed to hold up well, but I'm not sure I'd want to go that route myself. I did my trim in the Fiero with plain old matte black spraypaint but it didn't seem to be very durable. It scratched off very easily, even after 3-4 medium coats...Turned into a lost cause when I tried to reinstall it and did more damage to the new paint than anything else...
April 25, 201411 yr I assume some of the parts are still fairly wet in the pics? I hope it fades back to a satin/flat sheen when dry.
April 25, 201411 yr Author Yup, it flattens out as it dries. The glossy ones are pretty freshly sprayed. I kind of like the cluster satin look. It's going to take about three cans all together. And two cans of the self etching primer. I can't wait to get it all back together! John
April 25, 201411 yr Author I actually found some charcoal, kind of industrial carpet at Menards that I'm going to lay in there. The original is pretty strained. Someone had used the car to haul firewood. Join
April 25, 201411 yr I mean up front, passenger compartment carpet. I'm probably going with a rubberized floor liner for the cargo area in mine.
April 25, 201411 yr Speaking of carpet, I looked into that website I mentioned to ya John. Looks like they don't make anything for our cars :-/ (yet lol). Or at least there is nothing listed on the site. I'm going to try and give them a call and see if perhaps I could get them to produce something for and see if perhaps there is any more interest in the forum for replacement Their carpet is usually semi molded, and they have a lot of different color options.
April 25, 201411 yr Author Oh, on the passenger area, I haven't been able to find anything so I guess ours the stock stuff for now. Keep us posted on what you find Brian! John
April 25, 201411 yr you got it John I suspect if they can take on the project, I'd have to send them my carpet from my car, and then perhaps a group buy could be in order. Their kits are usually around $200 for semi molded fit. It may be a week or so though before I can get in touch with them. Some things came up and I'm moving out of my place on Sunday, then up to Kearney in the not so distant future for a better job. They are at 2% unemployment rate out there, and there are jobs everywhere starting minimum of $10 an hour Baldwin Filters is hiring 400 people right now at $12-$14 an hour, with benefits and overtime available. Same thing with Eaton and Hornady
April 25, 201411 yr So you're leaving the lighting Industry. Oh well, best of luck on your new adventures Brian.
April 26, 201411 yr So you're leaving the lighting Industry. Oh well, best of luck on your new adventures Brian. Nope Still doing that, but its more of a second job and has been since I moved west here. I'm the Midwest sales rep (more like outside of PA/online forum sales rep lol) still for the shop, just working outside sales instead of dealing with customers through the office. But I still gotta have a day job, and the one I currently have sucks something fierce.
April 30, 201411 yr Have you given any of these panels a durability check yet, John? Enquiring minds want to know..........................
April 30, 201411 yr Author no durability test as such…i did note that as i was sliding the large panels under the rubber window seal (if you don't have some of the plastic upholstery tools, they make this step a LOT easier in my opinion), the coating scraped off to some extent. to be fair, i was using a fair amount of pressure to get the panel under the seal. just my opinion, i think this is going to be fairly durable under everyday use. more so than paint, less than a true professionally applied coating like rhino lining or linex. personally, i love the look of the satin black and medium blue together. time will tell, but so far, i'm happy with the results. :-) john
April 30, 201411 yr Hmmm.............maybe I'll just paint my with trim paint, and then glue on some cheap vinyl or rubber fabric/sheeting on the wheel arch parts, as they would be the frequent-contact patches...... Maybe......Thinking........
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