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upholstery PAINT???

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Alrighty, don't get me wrong. I'm sure that "Butterscotch" was the height of fashion back in '73, and it looked alright when paired with my original green paint. But now my z is yellow and I'm looking to go black inside. The daimond vinyl is in exceptionally good shape, and I'd rather not pay a fortune to replace it. Soooo, my question is regarding these upholstery spray paints I've seen. Any feedback on whether these will cut the mustard for vinyl interior, or am I stuck with the clash, or a hefty replacment bill?

Appreciate any thoughts...

I used black vinyl dye/paint on my old 240z (it was originally metallic Green with tan interior) on all the vinyl parts and it turned out great. I think i even used it on the plastic interior pannels also.

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Many thanks, Mr. C! That's exactly what I wanted to know. Sounds like we may have had the same orinal color combo...

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I only recently discovered that my car (originally #113 green) didn't come with a black interior like it had when I bought it. It was silver at that time so one of the previous owners also took the dye route. I would have never known the difference.

I haven't used it myself, but Les at Classic Datsun Motorsports reccomended S E M brand dye for interior panels when i was considering buying his panels which only come in black & I wanted to make them White.

Works fantastic. Turned my yellowing-original white/cream to a brand new black. I was impressed, my friends were stunned. There are others on the market that also work well, but S E M is primo.

:classic: I just bought some , came highly recommended to me by escanlon , however he said that to get the best results to be sure to get SEM cleaner . From what he said it is secound to none. The paint store was out of it when I was in there so I cant give you any numbers. They have vinyl prep , plastic prep . There is also a flexable bonding clear, I don't know about this stuff. Like anything else prep is the key. My 2c:classic:

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