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Old 02-28-10, 06:12 PM
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Arrow Dyeing to have black interior *peek of new items on pg4*

Well I wanted to have some fun so I started to dye my interior. I cant find by before pics, but who cares
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Old 02-28-10, 06:17 PM
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^ that turned out good so far. keep going
Old 02-28-10, 06:45 PM
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SEM black? Looks good so far.
Old 02-28-10, 06:46 PM
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looking good dude
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Cool mod, love black interiors
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No I'm using VHT dye.
Old 02-28-10, 08:57 PM
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how do you dye the carpet. I am tired of my dirty looking tan.
Old 02-28-10, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by NSeagle78
how do you dye the carpet. I am tired of my dirty looking tan.
I used the same stuff.
Old 02-28-10, 09:21 PM
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Nice wordplay, looks good so far
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How do you guys "dye" your interiors anyway and prevent it from looking like ***** lol? I have tan in my SC too and I would love to have a black interior as well but I am afraid I'll mess it up lol. It is probably cheaper than swapping out everything for the real black interior though. What kind of work is involved, like prep work, etc? I'm interested in how to do this cause I might do it one day.
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wow, looks oem, never thought dyeing would turn out like oem black interior, the more you know lol
Old 02-28-10, 11:17 PM
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that looks really nice. i'm thinking about dyeing mine soon. i've seen some of these turn out really good, and I really wanna go black/tan.
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Very nice....
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Originally Posted by rooticon
How do you guys "dye" your interiors anyway and prevent it from looking like ***** lol? I have tan in my SC too and I would love to have a black interior as well but I am afraid I'll mess it up lol. It is probably cheaper than swapping out everything for the real black interior though. What kind of work is involved, like prep work, etc? I'm interested in how to do this cause I might do it one day.

you can use SEM spray("dye") paint and its works very well. been discussed a million times on this forums. search around.

i used SEM Landau Black and it looks just like the OP door pannel above(except mines came out bettre )
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Not bad at all...more pics needed!!


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