Ashtray Cover and Stereo Surround Revamp

[Turbo_Dazza]

Preping Ready For Spraying

Right i firstly i hate the wood effect who's stupid idea was it that thought hmmm that would be the cherry on top for a GTI,

First things first take out all the surrounds these should just clip of except the ashtray cover after i ripped mine out without breaking it i dont know,
but under the ash tray there is a tourqe swew just undo this and it will all slide out the back.

The cup holder just unclips either side like headunit i found the tool that comes with a headunit very usefull to get it out,

so when i had finished i ended up with this



The next step was to start preping them so i went to B & Q and got myself a multipack of wet and dry
sandpaper



I used the 180 paper to key the surface
for first lot of primer that i was going to apply
(smaller the number on the sandpaper the more course it is).

Heres everythings ready for priming- (Make sure you wipe the excess dust off everything first, do this with a wet cloth or somthing)



When everything was clean i started to prime, i used a palsti-kote plastic primer again from B & Q
think it was like £5 or something like that.
i actually thought it would be grey but its clear oh well...



And heres the result after the first coat,




I left it to dry for about 2hrs or so then i sanded it down again but this time with a finer grade,
then i gave it another coat
thats as far as im upto at the moment,
ive got to get my finishing coat sorted thinking of a matt black i will try and finish it
tommorow if my head lets me  .


The Finished Product



Sorry Pictures a bit crapy there done on my phone as my camera has no batterys 

Cheers Dazza

[MK2RussRacer]

that looks cool mate!!

ive gotta get the dash out of my gf's car as the heater controls dont light up...

did u say the screw to remove it all was under the actual ash tray itself?

[Turbo_Dazza]

Cheers going to fit in the morning when i can see 
yea to remove the whole compartment with the lighter and that its yea but im not sure about the heater controls the surround just clips off

[OutlawStar]

i assume you do the same to the arm rest bits....do they come off as easily? i have been toying with the idea of de-woodifying my golf

[Turbo_Dazza]

No i have'nt done the door handles or the arm rest on the drivers side think i might just front up some cash and get the r32/bora set

[Ridg]

i assume you do the same to the arm rest bits....do they come off as easily? i have been toying with the idea of de-woodifying my golf

the handles just pop off, although given the shape they could be awkward to mark off.  you can get plain plastic ones (non GTI spec)

i personally think the square net optic is the best looking

[Turbo_Dazza]

Well here it is all fitted 




Dazza...

[leeroy20vt]

looks sooooooo much better than the old wood look well done fella

[Turbo_Dazza]

Cheers mate just need to get some handles now and a gearknob and gator 

[leeroy20vt]

mee too lol i done the same but with brushed steel but cant see the stuff stickin on the door handles