Timpanogos Slim
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Hurtling up and down I15 in Utah
I like a ruler flat response down to about 30hz, but i realize I'm not going to get that in a car.
All of the trim kits look like shit out of the box. But you can fix that.
You'll want to hit the auto body & paint store and pick up some gap filler, some 1000 grit wet/dry paper, and plastic primer if they've got it. if they don't, you can get valspar plastic primer at lowes. You'll need some coarse sandpaper too.
Then stop by the nearest John Deere dealership and get a spray can of Blitz Black paint.
Use the gap filler to fill in the gaps between the pieces of the trim (most of 'em come as a 2-piece), then sand it down with the coarse paper. When you've got the shape you want, spray it with the plastic primer, then do a couple-three coats of blitz black. shake the hell out of that can - it's a high solids paint. If it comes out glossy you didn't shake it enough. When you've got a few coats of blitz black on, wet sand with the 1000 grit.
I ended up wet sanding three or four times and adding more coats of blitz black but i did a crappy job sanding. and i used jb-weld instead of gap filler.
after wet sanding, the blitz black looks exactly like the dash plastic. its uncanny. and tough as nails. john deere had valspar develop it as a chip-resistant paint for trailing arms and shit on tractors. It just happens to be a really nice 'suede' black as well.
