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Old 05-12-2015, 06:24 PM   #1
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For the air bag, Google Fibernew and see if they have a franchise in your area. I have had them dye two air bags for me and they came out great. Very reasonable price too.
Well Chuck I also have to dye the dashboard. I changed the whole interior of my car from red to black. The only thing left to change is the dash. Taking the dash off and replacing it with a black leather one seems like a giant PITA. So I have been researching what is the best place to get leather dye all evening. If it comes out terrible I may have to replace it after all. I hope not
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Old 05-13-2015, 03:34 PM   #2
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Well I ordered the dye for my airbag and dashboard today. I ended up going with Leather World Tech. They have gotten the most good reviews on here. I'll post before and after pics when i'm done.
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Well I ordered the dye for my airbag and dashboard today. I ended up going with Leather World Tech. They have gotten the most good reviews on here. I'll post before and after pics when i'm done.
Good deal. Are you removing the dash or doing it in place?
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Old 05-13-2015, 05:55 PM   #4
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Leather world is who I used for my seats and carpet, let it dry longer than you think you need to...order extra propellant unless you have a gun
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Old 05-13-2015, 06:10 PM   #5
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Good deal. Are you removing the dash or doing it in place?
I'm going to do the dash in place. I don't really want to remove the dash, as it seems to be a PITA. But if I screw up dying it I will have to remove it to put a new one in I guess. I couldn't find any threads on here about dying the dash, so I may be the first one to attempt it. I have one of my old seat backs I can practice on first. My plan is to take off the gauge cluster, speaker grills, side vents, hvac / stereo surround and plastic strips in the middle of the dash. I will be painting the strips in silver while they are off, as well as the plastic airbag buttons on the doors. This project can't turn out any worse than my brake job.....I hope. If anyone has done this before and want's to give me some tips I'd appreciate it.
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Like I said I have done my seats and carpet. Clean and prep, clean and prep. You will be spraying this on so a calm air environment is a must. Be prepared to put 5 to 12 coats to completely dye it and each coat will need at least 6 hours to dry. On problem areas where it might be a bit thick as far as the dye goes use a heat gun sparingly to set the color and let cool before respraying. I used two cans of propellent and could not find it locally so order at least two cans. You will not be able to use the last 15% of the propellant can because it will not have enough pressure to spray the dye. A cheap 12 dollar HVLP gun would be better and then just dispose of it after you are finished.
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Like I said I have done my seats and carpet. Clean and prep, clean and prep. You will be spraying this on so a calm air environment is a must. Be prepared to put 5 to 12 coats to completely dye it and each coat will need at least 6 hours to dry. On problem areas where it might be a bit thick as far as the dye goes use a heat gun sparingly to set the color and let cool before respraying. I used two cans of propellent and could not find it locally so order at least two cans. You will not be able to use the last 15% of the propellant can because it will not have enough pressure to spray the dye. A cheap 12 dollar HVLP gun would be better and then just dispose of it after you are finished.
How are the seats holding up? The dash doesn't get much wear besides the sun beating on it. So if it holds up on seats I'd figure the dash would be fine as well.
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Seats and carpet still look fine a year later...the crack filler is staying in place
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