Starting to paint the trim round about the radio hopefully it goes well. Here goes haha

Before I started

Primed and waiting to dry

And finally the finished article lol definetly one of the cheapest mods I have ever done to a car and looks great in my opinion. Must stress though I am far from a professional at painting.

looks good!

 

i want to change mine at some point

 

id be doing the vent surrounds the same colour though . 

 

Think im going to go for Piano Black to match the Columbus and Yeti multifunctional leather wheel, which both have bits of piano black on already  

Nice I like it, simple but does make it stand out a bit, not sure what colour I'd want to go for though as I do quite like the majority black interior but I like the idea :clap:

I only picked the White to brighten things up think I will change it a few times till I am happy though. Suppose for £2 pound it will do for a while.

I only picked the White to brighten things up think I will change it a few times till I am happy though. Suppose for £2 pound it will do for a while.

it looks good. does brighten it up somewhat and looks abit more funky  

Cheers mate

looks good!

 

i want to change mine at some point

 

id be doing the vent surrounds the same colour though . 

 

Think im going to go for Piano Black to match the Columbus and Yeti multifunctional leather wheel, which both have bits of piano black on already

Don't even think about trying to remove the center air vents! They need some sort of special tool apparently and without said tool you can only get them part way out, not the rest, then you can't get it back in again because the whole vent pushes back then you have to buy a new vent at £60ish and when they fit it it will be misaligned. You have been warned, please learn from my mistake.

 

OT, not sure I'm liking the colour to be honest. I prefer all black. But whatever floats your boat.

Don't even think about trying to remove the center air vents! They need some sort of special tool apparently and without said tool you can only get them part way out, not the rest, then you can't get it back in again because the whole vent pushes back then you have to buy a new vent at £60ish and when they fit it it will be misaligned. You have been warned, please learn from my mistake.

OT, not sure I'm liking the colour to be honest. I prefer all black. But whatever floats your boat.

Ah. Cheers for that!

So. Basically. Dont bother even trying? Hahaa

Ah. Cheers for that!

So. Basically. Dont bother even trying? Hahaa

Yeah, not worth the hassle. I'm not even the only person on this forum that's fallen for it, although I can't remember who else there was. I was only trying to hide a GPS antenna.

Edited 15 December, 201510 yr by Outofthi5world

Yeah, not worth the hassle. I'm not even the only person on this forum that's fallen for it, although I can't remember who else there was. I was only trying to hide a GPS antenna.

Ah! Cheers for that then mate

I've done it and the "special" tools mentioned are just long pins. It can be done easily if you got the patience. 

http://workshop-manuals.com/skoda/fabia-mk2/heating_ventilation_air_conditioning_system/heating_air_conditioning/heating/repairing_the_heating/removing_and_installing_the_centre_dash_panel_vent/

I've change all of mine air vents and door handles to alloy/sport ones looks loads better

I've done it and the "special" tools mentioned are just long pins. It can be done easily if you got the patience. 

http://workshop-manuals.com/skoda/fabia-mk2/heating_ventilation_air_conditioning_system/heating_air_conditioning/heating/repairing_the_heating/removing_and_installing_the_centre_dash_panel_vent/

Seriously? This cost me so much.

Seriously? This cost me so much.

 

I've removed mine twice now - once in order to paint it and twice when I swapped my old vent handles with the chrome ones off the later spec Fabias.

No money involved - just a few pins that I got from the missus knitting kit. 

Edited 16 December, 201510 yr by 32KOFDATA

White is only the first colour hopping to change it to silver or something soon. Amd thanks for the advice on the vents before I tryed that.

I've done it and the "special" tools mentioned are just long pins. It can be done easily if you got the patience. 

http://workshop-manuals.com/skoda/fabia-mk2/heating_ventilation_air_conditioning_system/heating_air_conditioning/heating/repairing_the_heating/removing_and_installing_the_centre_dash_panel_vent/

 

Cheers 32k

 

i can do patience.. but i would be gutted if i fluffed it up

 

Ill give it a go sometime when i eventually get round to it (ive been meaning to do it for about a year already haha)

I've started on mine as well. Done the side vents and radio surround in a color called Black Cherry. It's a Jaguar/ Land Rover color and is black with red flecks through it which is great cause I have a red/ black monte. I'll get pics of it up once ive done the centre ones.

Small update since im off doing the side vents to.

Painted and laquerd

All done

Looks good! i would like to do something like this too, but do not know what color, as my interior is totaly black, roof too. 

I am going to change mine a few times till i am happy hope to get the engine cover done too.