blynham Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 My carbon cube interior is looking a bit tired so am thinking about giving it a spray. I want to go for a piano black finish. Would I just need to sand prime and paint? I've never done any spraying before and don't want it to look pants lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_D Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 you won't get a piano black finish, especially not over carbon cube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0B Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 I don't think it would work as the dash and gear surround trims are a pressed pattern in the aluminium, the door handles are a pattern too. You would have to smooth off all of the trims to get a nice flat base before you start with the black. It's probably a lot easier to buy a set of wooden rims and spray them black, I saw a set go for around £30.00 on eBay the other week. Then you could give you cubed trims a quick going over with satin black and sell them on to cover the cost of the wooden trims and all of the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blynham Posted July 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Ah okay. Silver carbon cube would be my other option. Would that work to just spray over the existing black with a few coats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0B Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Ah okay. Silver carbon cube would be my other option. Would that work to just spray over the existing black with a few coats? Yes that would work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockman_321 Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 My carbon cube interior is looking a bit tired so am thinking about giving it a spray. I want to go for a piano black finish. Would I just need to sand prime and paint? I've never done any spraying before and don't want it to look pants lol. I had carbon cube on mine mate and it was a problem to get them sprayed piano black. Best bet is to look for a set of plain coloured trim on eBay and paint those. That's what I did. Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blynham Posted July 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Think im gonna spray my cube silver and see how that comes out. If im not keen then will order some wood trim and go piano black. Hopefully the silver will look nice and break up the black interior a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsport Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 I went from silver to black but even with 3 coats of lacquer it scratched very easy, I ended up wrapping mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Judge_ Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 I did mine silver, but then resprayed to sparkling graphite in the end: http://www.e46zone.com/forum/topic/53098-sufs-sapphire-black-330d-sport-saloon/page-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee330Ci Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 (edited) I did mine "ford sea grey" ages ago, the driver pull is a bit worse for wear now but only because I end up whacking my keys against it:http://www.e46zone.com/forum/topic/51830-carbon-cube-interior/?fromsearch=1 Edited July 20, 2015 by Dee330Ci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
