get all that rubber of our your f....d, paint dont no sorry but would think anything for plastic would do

i've just finished spraying mine, i've done it in peugeot cossack grey. i'll put some pics up tomorrow when its dried and on the car it looks lovely! hopefully it will on the car too <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

oh and and a foot note... anyone thinknig of doing this the rubber is an absolute nightmare to get off!

anyone got any pics of the centre console in gloss black, or gloss silver/grey??

is there a how to or forum guide on how to prepare, prime and the best sprays to use for centre consoles??

well here's a guide for removing it and putting it back
http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/...83&an=0&page=1#Post55583
As for prepare, prime and paint then apparently the rubber is a bugger to get off.
I've got one to do but haven't had time yet, I'll be somehow stripping the black gack off then using halfords primer, paint and laquer.
Unless the guy who painted my kit has some paint left and gives me a good price!!

mark i'll put some pics up tomorrow, mines a kind of dark grey it looks really nice with red

so how do you remove the 'rubber' finish on the standard finish centre console???

i finished painting mine on saturday and put it back together yesterday. i've painted it peugeot cossack grey with paint from halfords. its a little darker than it looks in the pics, im really happy with how it looks! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o180/nrenz123/DSC00256.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o180/nrenz123/DSC00255.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o180/nrenz123/DSC00254.jpg

I think it goes well with the red dash, what you all think?

Liking it, nice work.. Just need to find someone with a spare centre console for me to try it out now as i'm not brave enough to use my orginal! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I used my nail <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> (for the heater control area of my 16VT. Worked out nicely, my index fingernail wasn't too happy though. I was afraid of scraping it with something harder since I'll leave it as is, not bothered painting it at the moment...

Could self etching primer be used instead of taking off the rubber??

Apparently oven cleaner is advised for this - I tried soaking it in meths overnight and failed miserably, also tried nail varnish remover and (rubbing with) thinners; all to no avail <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Im going to be trying the oven cleaner approach over Christmas since my console is a mesh of scratches now due to failed attempts, otherwise ill just sand it off wth wet & dry then paint over it... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Well Cowboy and Bilbo yours look absolutely great!

I think it depends on the colour of your car whether it is advisable to paint the console, further in think the consoles with black left for the heater and around the gear stick look the best by far.

It gives it that "insert feeling" the dash strip is there for in the first place instead of just covered all over. Just my opinion but i think darker colours look best but just do the inserts.

Now considering for my LE <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

There's a vid from France (in the coupe video section) with a gloss black one/carbon fibre. Worth a look.

Did someone not post the holy grail of products to remove the gunk, something like meths or something similar?

Now was it on this forum or the old one?