After easily overcoming the seatbelt issue, I moved onto the plastics. All of the plastics were tan and although everyone and their brother said "the plastics can't be painted", I painted mine. I first cleaned the pieces with dish soap and water. I then lightly sanded each piece with 400 grit just to rough up the surface. I wiped the pieces to be painted with brake cleaner and started painting. I sprayed each piece with 3 coats: one lightest, one light, and one medium coat. The tan piece is before, and the charcoal one is after. I did this to all of the plastic pieces that were originally tan including the console.






For the back pieces, I got a little creative. Since I wasn't planning on having a backseat, I didn't want the rear seatbelts. I decided to eliminate the opening for the seatbelts to go through for the rear seats. To do this I used fiberglass. Being my first fiberglass project I've ever done I must say it wasn't the easiest thing. It wasn't extremely hard, but it gave me a good bit of confidence to take on future projects. Although this was just a small, subtle difference, they all add up! Here is one of the panels with the hole eliminated:

To refinish the door panels I removed the chrome L shaped strip on the panel. I buffed these up a bit and repainted the thin black line which runs down the center of each piece. Like the carpet, I planned on purchasing new door panels as well. I figured I'd try to dye then and if that didn't turn out too well then I would just order the new set. As I began dying the panel I realized it would look best to have a two-toned effect. I opted for a darker gray for the top of the panel, to match the seat fabric, and then a lighter color on the bottom carpeted portion to match the carpet. The door panels made a huge difference.

To complete the look of the interior I installed:

-New dash pad
-New console lid
-New headliner from Hawk's
-New ABS sail panels from Hawk's
-GM power door lock switches
-GM power window switches
-90's style rearview mirror