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[Lesopc]

Hi all, i have just started to tidy up the interior of my facelift miggy while it is off the road temporarily. Being a GLS, all of the walnut trim in the centre of the car was covered in a funny rubber/plastic like substance which was all scratched and peeling, showing the walnut effect beneath. I have removed the tray around the gear lever and completely stripped it of the said substance, and then sanded it. Next i used some GM grey primer spray as i want to paint it Red (not to everyone's taste). The problem is that in certain spots, the paint is not sticking and looks aerated (small holes like air bubbles). Can anyone tell me what if anything i am doing wrong? :-? :-? :-? :-? :-?
Thanks.

[albitz]

Try spraying plastigrip adhesion promoter on it first.

[RobG]

Hi all, i have just started to tidy up the interior of my facelift miggy while it is off the road temporarily. Being a GLS, all of the walnut trim in the centre of the car was covered in a funny rubber/plastic like substance which was all scratched and peeling, showing the walnut effect beneath. I have removed the tray around the gear lever and completely stripped it of the said substance, and then sanded it. Next i used some GM grey primer spray as i want to paint it Red (not to everyone's taste). The problem is that in certain spots, the paint is not sticking and looks aerated (small holes like air bubbles). Can anyone tell me what if anything i am doing wrong? :-? :-? :-? :-? :-?
Thanks.

Whatever floats your boat

[tunnie]

Hi all, i have just started to tidy up the interior of my facelift miggy while it is off the road temporarily. Being a GLS, all of the walnut trim in the centre of the car was covered in a funny rubber/plastic like substance which was all scratched and peeling, showing the walnut effect beneath. I have removed the tray around the gear lever and completely stripped it of the said substance, and then sanded it. Next i used some GM grey primer spray as i want to paint it Red (not to everyone's taste). The problem is that in certain spots, the paint is not sticking and looks aerated (small holes like air bubbles). Can anyone tell me what if anything i am doing wrong? :-? :-? :-? :-? :-?
Thanks.

Whatever floats your boat

Yeah that blends in well   

[cem_devecioglu]

Try spraying plastigrip adhesion promoter on it first.

yep.. 

sanding the surface with 420 or 800 then plastigrip and then normal paint.. or paint wont stick to surface..

ps: if you wont apply a base layer after plastigrip, use 1200 ..

[twiglet]

No offence intended mate, but it will never look anything more than a dogs dinner if you paint these parts.  They are high use areas, and need to be able to resist damage from finger nails, keys, phones, etc.

Why don't you just replace the gear level surround, stereo surround and ashtray cover (all shown in red in Rob's pic above) with a decent secondhand set?

I have a full set available here in both walnut (elite) and brushed silver (mv6), which you can buy for probably less than you will spend on all the paint and primers you're looking at buying.

PM me if you are interested.

Cheers 

[Lesopc]

No offence intended mate, but it will never look anything more than a dogs dinner if you paint these parts.  They are high use areas, and need to be able to resist damage from finger nails, keys, phones, etc.

Why don't you just replace the gear level surround, stereo surround and ashtray cover (all shown in red in Rob's pic above) with a decent secondhand set?

I have a full set available here in both walnut (elite) and brushed silver (mv6), which you can buy for probably less than you will spend on all the paint and primers you're looking at buying.

PM me if you are interested.

Cheers 

I like the sound of brushed silver, does this mean all three parts (ashtray cover, gear surround and stereo surround)?
What would you charge for supply and postage?

Also, how do you remove the stereo surround part as i have gently tried to prize with a screwdriver but it seems stuck fast??? :-? :-? :-? :-?

[Osprey]

Is this any help?

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152745540

[Lesopc]

Is this any help?

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152745540

Helps a lot. Thanks.

[twiglet]

No offence intended mate, but it will never look anything more than a dogs dinner if you paint these parts.  They are high use areas, and need to be able to resist damage from finger nails, keys, phones, etc.

Why don't you just replace the gear level surround, stereo surround and ashtray cover (all shown in red in Rob's pic above) with a decent secondhand set?

I have a full set available here in both walnut (elite) and brushed silver (mv6), which you can buy for probably less than you will spend on all the paint and primers you're looking at buying.

PM me if you are interested.

Cheers 

I like the sound of brushed silver, does this mean all three parts (ashtray cover, gear surround and stereo surround)?
What would you charge for supply and postage?

Also, how do you remove the stereo surround part as i have gently tried to prize with a screwdriver but it seems stuck fast??? :-? :-? :-? :-?

You can have all 3 parts for £30 delivered mate. 

To remove the stereo surround...

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152745540

While you are at it, are the buttons on you climate control panel all worn away? If so I have a mint one here that I will throw in for an extra £15. 

[Lesopc]

No offence intended mate, but it will never look anything more than a dogs dinner if you paint these parts.  They are high use areas, and need to be able to resist damage from finger nails, keys, phones, etc.

Why don't you just replace the gear level surround, stereo surround and ashtray cover (all shown in red in Rob's pic above) with a decent secondhand set?

I have a full set available here in both walnut (elite) and brushed silver (mv6), which you can buy for probably less than you will spend on all the paint and primers you're looking at buying.

PM me if you are interested.

Cheers 

I like the sound of brushed silver, does this mean all three parts (ashtray cover, gear surround and stereo surround)?
What would you charge for supply and postage?

Also, how do you remove the stereo surround part as i have gently tried to prize with a screwdriver but it seems stuck fast??? :-? :-? :-? :-?

You can have all 3 parts for £30 delivered mate. 

To remove the stereo surround...

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152745540

While you are at it, are the buttons on you climate control panel all worn away? If so I have a mint one here that I will throw in for an extra £15. 

Only the on/off button (now white plastic). I'll let you know. Thanks.

[twiglet]

No offence intended mate, but it will never look anything more than a dogs dinner if you paint these parts.  They are high use areas, and need to be able to resist damage from finger nails, keys, phones, etc.

Why don't you just replace the gear level surround, stereo surround and ashtray cover (all shown in red in Rob's pic above) with a decent secondhand set?

I have a full set available here in both walnut (elite) and brushed silver (mv6), which you can buy for probably less than you will spend on all the paint and primers you're looking at buying.

PM me if you are interested.

Cheers 

I like the sound of brushed silver, does this mean all three parts (ashtray cover, gear surround and stereo surround)?
What would you charge for supply and postage?

Also, how do you remove the stereo surround part as i have gently tried to prize with a screwdriver but it seems stuck fast??? :-? :-? :-? :-?

You can have all 3 parts for £30 delivered mate. 

To remove the stereo surround...

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152745540

While you are at it, are the buttons on you climate control panel all worn away? If so I have a mint one here that I will throw in for an extra £15. 

Only the on/off button (now white plastic). I'll let you know. Thanks.

Sorry, just to clarify. For £15 you get the complete climate control unit (which comes out with the stereo surround), not just the buttons.

I can install the one I have here into the brushed silver surround for you before I send it if you like. Then you can keep your unit as a spare.

Cheers. 

[Lesopc]

No offence intended mate, but it will never look anything more than a dogs dinner if you paint these parts.  They are high use areas, and need to be able to resist damage from finger nails, keys, phones, etc.

Why don't you just replace the gear level surround, stereo surround and ashtray cover (all shown in red in Rob's pic above) with a decent secondhand set?

I have a full set available here in both walnut (elite) and brushed silver (mv6), which you can buy for probably less than you will spend on all the paint and primers you're looking at buying.

PM me if you are interested.

Cheers 

I like the sound of brushed silver, does this mean all three parts (ashtray cover, gear surround and stereo surround)?
What would you charge for supply and postage?

Also, how do you remove the stereo surround part as i have gently tried to prize with a screwdriver but it seems stuck fast??? :-? :-? :-? :-?

You can have all 3 parts for £30 delivered mate. 

To remove the stereo surround...

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152745540

While you are at it, are the buttons on you climate control panel all worn away? If so I have a mint one here that I will throw in for an extra £15. 

Only the on/off button (now white plastic). I'll let you know. Thanks.

Sorry, just to clarify. For £15 you get the complete climate control unit (which comes out with the stereo surround), not just the buttons.

I can install the one I have here into the brushed silver surround for you before I send it if you like. Then you can keep your unit as a spare.

Cheers. 

I'll give it some thought and let you know.

[blackviper90210]

Hi mate,

I'm not a lover of the walnut trim on my elite and fancied something different. As mentioned above, I rubbed the plastic down, grey primer then several coats of silver and finished off with several coats of laquer.

I think it's worth doing, but each to their own. I reckon you should get a spare set of plastics for your car and give it a go, if you don't like it put the other set back 

This is mine:


HTH 

[Lesopc]

Hi mate,

I'm not a lover of the walnut trim on my elite and fancied something different. As mentioned above, I rubbed the plastic down, grey primer then several coats of silver and finished off with several coats of laquer.

I think it's worth doing, but each to their own. I reckon you should get a spare set of plastics for your car and give it a go, if you don't like it put the other set back 

This is mine:


HTH 

Keep in mind that this is a prefacelift, whereas mine is a year 2000 facelift with different dash.