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has anyone done this? If so how difficult is it, im thinking about painting the surrounds of the heaters to match the car. (reflex silver) has anyone got pictures/guide on how to do it. Ive got a haynes manual so i can follow to remove it all.


any help will be apprecaited.

It would be exactly the same as painting anything, except you use plastic primer.

Clean, prepare and sand down areas
Prime 2-3 coats of plastic primer
2-3 coats of reflex silver
2-3 of thick laquer, try and avoid paint runs. But you only get true shine when thick layers are applied

Between each coat, you want to be lightly sanding down with 1200 wet grit paper.

you mean like this?







i did the centrle consol top bit with the cd plaeyer to and all the way up to the top and both side grills where the hear fans are.

IMO keep it black
the orignal here looks much better

not a good look IMHO plus it will make your car much harder to sell on when the time comes

JPR_polo_gti wrote:not a good look IMHO plus it will make your car much harder to sell on when the time comes

Agreed also. The only alternative finish to OEM I would opt for would be the piano gloss black finish that the clocks trim on the GTi use.

yeah kipper thats what i was going for?

so shoildi do them a 'shiny' black? anyone got photos of GTi clocks?

6n2 Nathy wrote:yeah kipper thats what i was going for?

so shoildi do them a 'shiny' black? anyone got photos of GTi clocks?

I would, but you can get a special finish on them in Piano black, I can't remember the process but it gets them looking like the OEM lip on the GTi clocks. BIG RHYS was talking to a guy at a show about them.

Best pic I could find:

notice the lip on top of the trim above the clocks.

Here's some more colour coding, it's too much IMO