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Painted ashtray and cup holder.

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Posted by: Sal329

My cup holder and ashtray were pealing bad. So I decided to paint them black to match some of the trim. Plus black was easier to buy then a paint to match the interior

I painted the ashtray, shifter trim and climate trim. Here is the picture

Posted by: GMAN

Looks good. If you check the local salvage yards, you can get some wood trim pieces from a 94.

Posted by: mespock

I wish I could find a Mark VIII in one of our local bone yards.

Posted by: Sal329

Wood would be nice but then I would want the dash and doors to match

Posted by: kustomizingkid

There are a few places that sell full wood trim kits for our cars, they just adhesive in place. Thats what i wiull be doing for my early 94 that has no wood.

Posted by: Sal329

Yea Im not a big fan of the peal and stick trim.

Posted by: GMAN

The 94's have wood trim around the ac, the shifter, and the cup holder and ashtray.

And Rich, the bone yards around Houston are full of Marks.

Posted by: Calabrio

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Originally Posted by mespock

I wish I could find a Mark VIII in one of our local bone yards.

Keep checking- when it rains it pours. Last time I went, I found FOUR!!
And then I went a few miles away and found two more.

And these were scavenged wrecks either. I replaced my seats, grill, cargo net, center console, hard button controls, ect...

Never saw one before, in the past four years, suddenly, a half dozen. I expect to find more, relative to the production number, in the yards in the coming future. We're talking about a 14 year old car now, most people don't know that the stupid grill in decent shape will bring $150 on ebay.

Posted by: turborich

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Originally Posted by Sal329

Yea Im not a big fan of the peal and stick trim.

Yeah, what he said. It's got a cheap look to it. The black paint don't look too bad at all. Maybe wet sand the ashtray lid a little more as it looks like it might be a little rough. Other than that I think it looks a bit sportier that way.

Posted by: Stack

Just a little finishing work and you are golden!!!

Posted by: Sal329

Yea I could have spent more prep time on it. I will when I change out my climate control unit.

Posted by: turborich

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sal329

Yea I could have spent more prep time on it. I will when I change out my climate control unit.

If you do that it will look really good! I like it.

Posted by: unity

Im doing a leather wrap. I hate the wood, its gotta go

Though I may have so swap with someone with beat up stuff since I will be cutting and gluing on mine - no sense to wreak good trim.