So, I colour coded the er.. Rover

One More Solo · 3 Apr 2006 at 20:42

Had some spare time over the weekend so got round to colour coding the interior of my '01 Rover 25 (1.4 litres of power).
Before:

Wood be gone!:

I think it looks a bit better. Only problem is I lost one of the sliders so in the process of finding a replacement.

<(Multi)> · 3 Apr 2006 at 21:01

How did you do that then matey?

I've got a late 200, with the same interior. The woods a bit, well, crap.

Malachy · 3 Apr 2006 at 21:18

silver "Plasti-kote" is one of the better paints to use for interiors, dont costa bomb like some interior paints use and is cheap enough from B&Q etc

gam3r · 3 Apr 2006 at 21:37

Hey that looks pretty good mate compared to the wood, good job.

Big Chris · 3 Apr 2006 at 22:13

Looks much better mate, nice job

. I've never been a fan of wood or wood effect even on really expensive cars, it just looks odd.

paradigm · 3 Apr 2006 at 22:29

I don't like rovers, but that is more than a 100% improvement over the standard interior, great mod that mate

One More Solo · 3 Apr 2006 at 22:34

It polishes up nicely, hehe.

The way I did it...
1/ Keyed up the surface using 400 grit wet and dry paper.
2/ Cleaned the parts in warm soapy water and dried them.
3/ Two coats of standard Halfords grey primer, left to dry for about 12 hours near a radiator (wet 1200 grit sanding between coats)
4/ Two coats of Halfords Rover Platinum Silver paint (wet 1200 grit sanding between coats), same 12 hours drying
5/ Two coats of the clear lacquer
6/ Stick it back in the car

From my experience it takes a couple of weeks before you get a really good glossy finish, then it polishes up nicely.

geiger · 3 Apr 2006 at 22:40

One More Solo said:
Only problem is I lost one of the sliders so in the process of finding a replacement.

Nice job, I have those sliders in my Honda

Its just about to go the way of the dodo so I went out to see if they come off easy. I pulled it right off and it flew away into the dark recesses of the car so I got the one on the left more carefully, you can have it if you like.

Lashout_UK · 3 Apr 2006 at 22:44

Really good touch! Like it :cool:

One More Solo · 3 Apr 2006 at 22:44

geiger said:
Nice job, I have those sliders in my Honda Its just about to go the way of the dodo so I went out to see if they come off easy. I pulled it right off and it flew away into the dark recesses of the car so I got the one on the left more carefully, you can have it if you like.

That would be marvellous, I tried to prise the right one off and it ended up somewhere in the dashboard.

Is your trust email the right one to use? Just noticed, you're in NJ and I'm in England which makes this a bit awkward for you. I'm sure I could find one much closer to home and save you the trouble.

geiger · 3 Apr 2006 at 23:22

No my location is off Copland, thankfully it was just a fictional movie. Just send me your addy and I'll post it tommorow most likely. Its the white one on the left of your pic.

Hawk Tuah · 4 Apr 2006 at 00:34

Looks good mate. I did *** same with my Rover mk2 dash. Much better than wood!

geiger · 4 Apr 2006 at 16:07

Nice look Bug one, though Iam not sure about how slippy that pedal mat would be compared to a rubber mat

I just posted that heat control knob thing..