Binnacles

[Bruce Johnson]

Enjoying mine as well Stevie. Beautifully done!! BUT, you never told me what I should do with the one that you replaced!?

[gulwng3]

Unfortunately, I was one of the first set of buyers that experienced crappy shipping (not Stephen's fault). As a result, I have a chip in mine that shows the black fiberglass background. Does anyone have a suggestion for a gray paint to touch up this eyesore?

Thanks,
Andy

[DavidProehl]

I redyed mine to match the rest of my car...one thing led to another and I redyed my whole interior! Funny how things build.

I used SEM Acura Gray. Isn't a perfect match to the stock color (which is why I then did everything), but it is close. This is no longer being made so you need to buy on eBay or one of the few stores that have it in stock. Looks like New Egg has it:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA12E0JM0253

Here is a photo to show the color:


The seats are DMCH reproduction covers that should match the OEM color, you can see they are ever so slightly darker than the rest of the interior which is the SEM Acura Charcoal Gray.

[gulwng3]

Thanks David! When can you come and do my interior?

I ordered the spray paint from Newegg and here's the message I received back from them:


Unfortunately, while the item(s) you ordered may have been shown as being in stock at the time you placed your order, the order was cancelled by the marketplace seller. If you wish to contact the marketplace seller for inquiries, you may find the seller's contact information here: Seller Info Page

Sincerely,
Newegg Marketplace Team


Bummer!
Andy

[Bruce Johnson]

...and I was gonna ask how many cans it took...

[DavidProehl]

Sorry to hear that! Maybe others have new suggestions, otherwise my advice would be to watch eBay and hope a few remaining cans show up.

As for dying your interior...thanks but no thanks! I spent a couple hours every night for a couple weeks to get everything out, dyed, and re-installed. Not a quick job. To make matters worse, after I reinstalled everything but the binnacle I realized my dash was just a hair mispositioned and the binnacle wouldn't fit! Aarrrh! Needless to say, I now am very familiar with pulling the interior and dash.

Edit: Just saw Bruce's comment. I used nearly 4 cans, mainly because my passenger knee pad was originally black and I needed several coats to cover it. I've heard it is possible to do it with as few as two. Here is the tutorial I used, though it looks like the pictures are missing. Thank goodness I downloaded it as a PDF when I did my job (attached).

How to Dye Interior.pdf

[gulwng3]

Needless to say, I now am very familiar with pulling the interior and dash.

Yep, that's why you should come do mine... ;o)

Thanks for the great PDF! Good winter reading material.

Andy

[skill]

Thanks David! When can you come and do my interior?

I ordered the spray paint from Newegg and here's the message I received back from them:


Unfortunately, while the item(s) you ordered may have been shown as being in stock at the time you placed your order, the order was cancelled by the marketplace seller. If you wish to contact the marketplace seller for inquiries, you may find the seller's contact information here: Seller Info Page

Sincerely,
Newegg Marketplace Team


Bummer!
Andy

Andy, Try http://www.summitracing.com/ Item: smm 17333 You may want to call and confirm the item number, inventory before you buy online with Summit. Looks like these cans of paint are becoming rare like gold and gullwing cars. Good luck!

[gulwng3]

No go at Summit Racing. I found it online at another place - apparently, I am getting the LAST can on Earth! LOL!

Hi Andrew,

Apparently, the SEM 17333 was discontinued by the manufacturer and was missed when the revisions were done to our website. I have checked with about 30 different warehouses and I was only able to locate (1) can that's still available. Will this be enough to complete your job?

Thanks,

Gary

[Dangermouse]

Fwiw, if you go on the SEM website, they have a list of stockists.

I found an auto trim repair place near me that stocked the Black.