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Bye bye woodgrain! (and some more) Update.

Old Sep 3, 2007 | 03:12 PM
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Ever since I got my '92, I could not stand the woodgrain dash surround in it. It just did not match anything in the car, so I went to Autozone and picked up a can of this Duplicolor metal speckle paint. It is "Charcoal gray", and is the closest matching non-OEM paint with specks I have found. It has a nice texture to it and does bond to plastic.

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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 03:17 PM
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If you got the stuff Boosty uses it would look factory.

http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...r=asc&start=20
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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looks much better now. gm has some ugly fake wood, thats for sure.
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 03:52 PM
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still looks good though.
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 03:55 PM
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Now that looks really really nice

I might just want to do that to my surround even though it is already gray
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 03:56 PM
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how long before you get tired of the two-tone look and repaint all of the black areas to match?
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 04:10 PM
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now you should wire up a cooler looking flat switch for the AC clutch. not a real big fan of petey'* big *** red thing

looks really good tho.
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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Yeah it looks really good. I may do other certain pieces, but other than, it kinda matches except for the metal specks.
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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Exact name of it is Dupli-Color Textured Metallic Coating. MX100 Graphite Text Met. (Don't mind the background, it'* the basement wall.


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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 04:57 PM
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Pfft, Woodgrain FTW
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