Originally Posted by
C.Bennett
This morning I sprayed the face sides of the infill panels to match the rest of the work in my luggage compartment. I used SEM Trim Black.
I masked off the underside of each panel using tape and brown paper and lightly rubbed each panel with a 3M Scotch-Brite Ultra Fine Pad. Before painting I used SEM Soap and prepped with SEM Prep and SEM XXX Adhesion Promoter. I hung them from slightly angled cardboard and affixed them by using super strong tape - affixed to the reverse of the panel and then twisted to affix to the cardboard.
For the fuel filler infill panel I also applied a brand new upper seal (the bottom seal is no-longer available). It’ll squish in perfectly once I bolt it back on. Before painting the panel I used a medium rasp to open some of the screw holes to ensure a perfect fit. Interestingly, someone in the DeLorean factory clearly couldn’t be bothered opening some of the holes up and instead filled them with black silicone. Fixed now.
I’m going to order a new seal for the fuel pump panel and brake fluid panel this week.
Of course, the metal of the spare wheel is going to wreck havoc on that new paint so I got a custom cut piece of circular wood from a local hardware store (18” diameter) and used it as a template to cut a perfect circle from a nice piece of Home Depot’s thin grey carpet - that closely matches the texture of the hood carpets.
The results look really nice. Super smooth and non-patchy.