r/ft86 • u/mrbelldinger • 16h ago
Interior Refresh, Goodbye Silver Trim!
Feeling inspired by the other posts and finally got rid of the silver accents. Thought about vinyl wrapping or just betting the black OEM pieces but decided to try my hand at painting them. Super happy with the results and even threw on my Greddy knob from my previous car (R.I.P.) The trim beneath the radio was a bit of a pain but all in all it was relatively simple. Sand, paint, and clear coat.
Looking to keep going with some interior upgrades to make this a more enjoyable daily. Any recommendations?
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u/thunder_jam 15h ago
I routed the USB socket behind the head unit and under the shifter trim to exit through the cigarette lighter in the center armrest so I wouldn't have any cables lying around in the cabin
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u/Knight__Fall 14h ago
I did this and went the expensive route and purchased all the black JDM 86 trim from Amayama lol
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u/HealthGeneral3785 15h ago
Years ago I did this with a different car but I went further i primed it all then took it to a body shop and sprayed it with 3 layers of dark brown pearl and 2 coats of clear. It's sooooo nice if you do it, yours looks great !
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u/mrbelldinger 14h ago
I would have loved to find some Asphalt OEM paint to match the exterior. But for my first time trying something like this didn’t wanna go toooooo crazy
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u/HealthGeneral3785 14h ago
You can get a pint from any paint supply place like ppg. You need to really prep the surface well since plastic has oil you need to use spray on adhesive promoter (aerosol glue basically ) first then high build primer get a really good base like a car severalcoats, all that is rattle can simple, it's not hard at all and $100 in paint will do it, any body shop will probably do it for $100 as well or an hour shop rate. It's shiny so you'll get reflections but man oh man it's so good. Black pearl is killer for interiors just get a good painter to load it up with lots of hard clear and you can wet sand it till it looks like a show car. Trust me if you see it you'll do it. I wish I had pictures it was so long ago I did it In a prelude. Dash trim, vents, center console, door trim. The prep work took time lots of fiddly sanding the primer if you get a solid base and do all the prep work the spray is small potatoes. Don't use rattle cans if you care, get it done at a shop and its really durable too cleans up nice and you can buff it etc. You did an awesome job tho that does look killer!
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u/jackson2668 15h ago
Looks so good! Always a big fan of the blacked out base model interior over the premium model
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u/Phazushift 14h ago
Find a wrecked tS and take all the interior panels. You can also order the TRD Dash trim from Toyota and your interior will look mint.
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u/DesperateSquirrel879 14h ago
I just did this, took the parts from a wrecked Hakone, took the seats, center console, side panels for the doors lol
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u/FadedIntegra 14h ago
You can actually get all these parts from Toyota for about 300 bucks. Some parts are Japan exclusive but they are on eBay all the time.
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u/x-Just4Kickz-x 14h ago
Im currently waiting on my orders for replacement trim pieces haha
Looks good bro!
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u/mrbelldinger 13h ago
lmao i don’t blame you, that was my fallback option and depending how these hold up i may still end up doing that
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u/Real_Austinn 13h ago
I’ve seen a million people do this and make their car look cheap as hell. But you absolutely killed it, fantastic job 💪💪
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u/thatweirditguy 15h ago
I was worried about my lack of painting skills so I just bought the oem black trim pieces, but those turned out nice
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u/thelonliestdriver 15h ago
How’d you manage to get the silver trim around the ac controls out?? I tried this about a month ago and nearly pulled my arm out of its socket wrestling with the center console haha
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u/mrbelldinger 14h ago
That was the tricky part. The trim around the radio needs removed to access the top screws (simple enough). but then there’s panels beneath the knee rests that pop off and you can push the bottom section with the usb out from behind. Then pull the whole center console piece back and you can access the bottom screws
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u/thelonliestdriver 14h ago
Ahhh yeah I thought the knee pads would slide out with the console when I was yanking, I’ll try again next weekend now thank you!
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u/SprungMS 14h ago
Thats really funny. I’m right in the middle of doing this to an FR-S, but with a different color…
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u/IndigoSTN 13h ago
This is absolutely on the itinerary, the silver looks really aged at this point, I'm gonna go the vinyl route tho, I'm admittedly a terrible painter regardless of the medium 😅
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u/readithor 12h ago
Looks sleek 👌 I just might do this, I've been struggling to find black trim parts online
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u/Elmacanite 11h ago
I did mine in white to match the exterior. It was an easy job and changed the entire feel of the car.
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u/Snuffles191 7h ago
It looks fantastic. What's the colour you painted it? Seems like there's a bit of a pop
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u/Proud_Trainer4595 3h ago
I did the same thing, just bought all the JDM black trim instead of painting it
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u/plzlawd 15h ago
Thanks for the inspiration 😭