vbrock1137
04-06-2005, 05:31 PM
Thought I'd share some pics from my aluminum interior attempt. The goal would have been to cover all the wood with brushed aluminum. I figured the door pieces would be hardest next to the upper dash piece, so I started with them. First I tried bending aluminum flashing that I bought at Home Depot for like $5 to cover the wood, but it proved to hard to bend to the contours on the piece. Figured it would be great for the center console though.
Next I tried using aluminum tape, again bought at Home Depot for like $5. I covered the wood with vinyl to protect the finish from the adhesive on the aluminum tape to be safe. This was after realizing that the aluminum tape picked up the texture of masking tape; vinyl worked much better. It turned out to be somewhat difficult to get the aluminum down without any creases or other imperfections, but definately possible. The problems were making the curved parts at the ends look good, which I couldn't achieve, and the fact that the tape was not as wide as the wood piece (you can see the seem in the pictures). You can't tell in the pictures, but the tape actually looks like brushed aluminum.
Overall this cost me less than $20 and gave me something to do over a weekend. I wish it could have worked, but overall I didn't lose too much trying.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/vbrock1137/AlTrim1.bmp
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/vbrock1137/AlTrim2.bmp
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/vbrock1137/AlTrim3.bmp
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/vbrock1137/AlTrim4.bmp
These pics were taken with my cameraphone, I'll get a real digicam if I ever pay off my speeding tickets.:rolleyes:
Hope they show, this is my first time posting pics.
Next I tried using aluminum tape, again bought at Home Depot for like $5. I covered the wood with vinyl to protect the finish from the adhesive on the aluminum tape to be safe. This was after realizing that the aluminum tape picked up the texture of masking tape; vinyl worked much better. It turned out to be somewhat difficult to get the aluminum down without any creases or other imperfections, but definately possible. The problems were making the curved parts at the ends look good, which I couldn't achieve, and the fact that the tape was not as wide as the wood piece (you can see the seem in the pictures). You can't tell in the pictures, but the tape actually looks like brushed aluminum.
Overall this cost me less than $20 and gave me something to do over a weekend. I wish it could have worked, but overall I didn't lose too much trying.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/vbrock1137/AlTrim1.bmp
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/vbrock1137/AlTrim2.bmp
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/vbrock1137/AlTrim3.bmp
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/vbrock1137/AlTrim4.bmp
These pics were taken with my cameraphone, I'll get a real digicam if I ever pay off my speeding tickets.:rolleyes:
Hope they show, this is my first time posting pics.