took out 27 pieces and either painted them black or chili red to match. i dont know how to attach pics to the thread so there in my gallery.

 

That looks really good! Was it hard to do? What color was your dash before you painted everything?

 

I'll help ya out...especially since CR is the best color.





Good job!

 

The 06 dash is a complete different beast than the 07 dash.

 

wow!
nicely done

 

my cooper is an 02...everything used to be silver and it was really bland...its got the 5 piece dash and the only part that held me up was the dash piece over the airbag which one of the people on nam helped me out thanks minihune.. other than that its pretty straight forward just finding the screws and where everything snaps together.

 

WOW! That looks fantastic! OK, what did you do to prep, what kind of paint did you use, was there a clear coat applied, or is that just how glossy your paint was???? Please....details!!!

 

i prepped all the pieces just like when i did both my bumpers scuffed them up with fine gritt scuff pads and my buddy that has a paint booth sprayed them.. nothing special just some plastic bonding primer on some over the parts that were pretty worn but on most just two coats of paint and two coats of clear...i think they turned out amazing and compared with what it originally looked like....theres another pic of what it originally was up in my gallery now.

 

wow, that looks awesome. I'm definitely inspired. I can't believe how much that really changed the entire look of the inside.

 

So was this rattle can paint, or automotive paint?

 

automotive paint

the chili red is the same paint i used to paint the bumpers.
and the black is just some black that he had sitting around.

i get so many people that ask not just about the mini now but how nice my interior looks

 

Even the "FOR SALE" sign is red/black!!

 

Wow - you did a fantastic job!!! It looks beautiful

Donna

 

Looks great! I keep toying with the idea of pulling my dash apart… What's the trick for the airbag?

 

you have to take off the top of the dash to get to a bar that two cloth strips are wrapped around conecting to the dash piece in front of the airbag...once the top of the dash is off then you can look and see how the piece is connected a couple screws at the top of the piece and a couple on bottom and its off.

 

man. i wanna paint my interior too but i have anthracite interior. maybe ill buy the silver dash and play with that.

 

Looks great!!!

 

that is really snappy!!

 

Looks good - I wonder if the paint would wear down faster on the downtubes since that's where many people brace themselves with their leg?

 

thats what ive been wondering.
im thinkin about buying like a 3m clear plastic or somthing to protect them.

 

what kind of paint did u use?

 

Thanks!

 

it was ppg automotive paint

 

Yeah...Thanks!!!

 

Looks absolutely incredible! Pro paint beats rattle-can every time.
For the down tubes, I would definitely suggest clear film after proper curing time. High wear area that will look really bad after some months of knee wear.
Good job!!!