Dyeing Tan Pieces Black
Lead Lap
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 790
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From: Illinois
Mario,
I'd like to swing by and see the end result of the dye on the dash!!! I want to see and feel. Any chances of it getting tacky, or flaking? especially in heat??
Seems SEMS is the way to go
Keep up the great DIY stuff guys!!!
Chris
I'd like to swing by and see the end result of the dye on the dash!!! I want to see and feel. Any chances of it getting tacky, or flaking? especially in heat??
Seems SEMS is the way to go
Keep up the great DIY stuff guys!!!
Chris
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: South Bay
Originally Posted by blaznsc4
oh yea...also here goes some pics of my completed dyeing project. need to buy a couple more cans to finish all the brown parts. 2cans covered the whole dash, both a-pillars w/handles, both window pillars, and the center console w/cupholder
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: South Bay
Originally Posted by blaznsc4
damn ups had to bring my SEM dye so late, otherwise i would have been done. but oh well at least i got most of the brown interior parts done. here goes some before and after pics
a-pillar before:
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driver side upper door panel before:
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passenger side upper door panel before:
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center console before:
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a-pillar before:
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driver side upper door panel before:
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passenger side upper door panel before:
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center console before:
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Pole Position
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 321
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From: Illinois
hey chris, yeah, when its done we should get together. you can check out my dash while i drool all over your car, hahaa. 
i heard you were up at stratford the other night. figures the one night i stay back in town, lol. i'm driving the SC torn apart, so i have no gauges, so i wasn't sure how much gas i had, so i stayed close to home, lol. i'll hit you up on aim next time i see you on.
i heard you were up at stratford the other night. figures the one night i stay back in town, lol. i'm driving the SC torn apart, so i have no gauges, so i wasn't sure how much gas i had, so i stayed close to home, lol. i'll hit you up on aim next time i see you on.
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Florida
Originally Posted by TWISTED II
i heard the lexus bulbs are a lil delicate after all these years, and when you move them too much, they all burn out. i read this in a thread about replacing the bulbs, that if you replace one, replace them all, cuz just from the movement to take them out, other will go bad. good thing i'll have my LED gauges done by the time the dash goes back in. i only bought 2 cans, but i'm only doing the top dash, and the center piece, so i think i will be fine. the door pieces are broken, so i'm not wasting my money dying them when i'll just replace them soon anyways. hope 2 will be enough. i'm doing the dash first, so, if i use both on the dash, i'll just buy more. this all starts tomorrow.
Pole Position
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 265
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From: Hawaii
...maybe a solution
Hey guys i think i have the answer to your problems. When i did my full black interior swap we had to rip eveything out...i mean a full gut job. Well when everything was put back together guess what?? No cluster lights...Well after much sitting, thinking , swearing and looking somemore i found the problem. Where the radio is under all those harnesses and crap is oem ground wires. If you disconected it you have to make sure to put it back.. Just go back and make sure you screwed everthing back on under there and it should fix it.(its right where your cig lighter is but underneath).. It did for me anyway.. Good luck!
Pole Position
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 321
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From: Illinois
well, its done, lol. the dash feels....rough. it looks amazing, but i'm worried about cleaning it now. not now, but i mean eventually. does everyone else have the rough feeling to their dashes?