Pics of painted interior panels in a westy

[Rusty Nuts]

As per title I'm thinking of painting the tunnel panels gloss black just wanted to see what it looks like - tunnel side and top panels, or is carbon the only way to go?

[NigelO]

The previous owner of my Westy took the interior panels off the sides of the car and painted the whole of the cabin in satin black - IMHO, it looks pretty good, gives a tiny bit more room and saves a bit of weight - what's not to like?

Not sure if you can see much in this shot....

[chriss1455]

Not painted but during a re build i replaced them with carbon panels

[BugMan]

Have a look at my build bud

I followed a few others so I'm not claiming any fame, fitted the panel to the target location on the car, held on with Cleco, then removed and cut to fit exact;y, de-bured all the edges, then sanded with a random orbital sander before 3 coats of DINITROL 445

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00C77DBN2/?coliid=IDYJL73J75WSV&colid=IDSM4454UMTK&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00746AJH2/?coliid=I3NYLHXS2D45F3&colid=IDSM4454UMTK&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

So 9 months to complete my build and about 3 months on the road and everything is holding up really well.  If I were to do a 2nd car (planing stage) I'd invest the time again as un-protected aluminum can seriously decay.  On of my group "Buttercup" has just re-built his car had had to replace large portions of crumbling aluminium.  Another builder here had them coated, whihc you might consider (a nice gray if i remember correctly)

Hope that of some help?

 

[Andrew O Byrne White - Ireland AO]

I've wrapped mine in carbon effect vinyl. Not going to be as light, hard wearing or as nice looking as real carbon but looks pretty reasonable on a budget! 

[corsechris]

Powdercoat sticks well to fresh aluminium and can look pretty good. Tough, too. BUT, don't try getting old panels done - once they've aged a bit and accumulated assorted blemishes you can have real problems getting a decent finish. Ask me how I know....