KahnBB6

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I got tired of my cracked rear seatbelt covers and decided to replace them.



... with these, since Ivory or any other color is now unavailable.



I've read a bit about some owners using SEM plastic aerosol paints to change plastic interior parts to black but I haven't found much for going from Black to Ivory.

Has anyone had experience dyeing or spraying interior parts to an Ivory, Gray or Griege equivalent hue?

Exthultu

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A light sanding, and SEM platic prep to clean it, use gloves(latex) when handling. You can change the color to whatever you want afterwards. Use thin light coats. Allow to dry between coats. Magic three coats does the job.

KahnBB6

iTrader: (5)

Thanks Exthulu!

If I miss a few small areas with sanding on the underside of each cover but apply prep and the desired color to them, what is the worst that will happen?

pieisgude

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Yeah, i've always been wondering which color matches the best with our factory Ivory, not Black. Haha

Exthultu

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Nobody will see the underside. Check out somesthig called painters triangles or painter pyramids. They elevate the item you are painting by 1 inch and have a limited contact point with the painted surface. Good for the entire cover up.

Hil

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I'll trade you for factory tan ones from my 99. I need some black covers

O. L. T.

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Dye doesn't go that way. Light to dark, not the other way around. You can paint, but it will scratch.

Photon440

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Yep, any paint can scratch off. But SEM coatings can be quite durable. I've had plastics painted with that stuff that were so scratch resistant you could barely scuff it with a screwdriver.

-=Photon=-

Exthultu

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That's the thing, when do most of use even come in contact with the rear seats?

KahnBB6

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I use the rear seats a lot, actually. One of the main selling points of the car was the usable backseats There are way too many 2-seater RWD options these days and not enough 2+2's.

The scratching is what I'm worried about. I hope you guys are right about SEM coating being durable. We'll see.

spin all 4

SEM is not dye. It's a coating on top of the part and will change from light to dark no problem. Like any coating, prep is key.

Wear gloves, follow the directions, and it will last. The durability isn't so great on the actual seat portions but on those plastic parts it will last. And when you do eventually scratch it, you can do it over again in the same color 5 years from now.

KahnBB6

iTrader: (5)

Thank you for clarifying this! For these covers, I ended up finding a set of used ivory pieces instead of coating the black ones. The way it's been lately trying to source ivory plastic parts I'm probably going to run into this with another piece soon. If you were referring to the actual seat leather in your reply I'd only source out or buy the correct color leather rather than try coloring it.