[Merlin632Hrdcor]

Hey, I have a 1968 Coupe. I wanted to change the interior over from the gold color to black. I saw a show on it once but only caught the end so Im lost on how to do it. If anyone knows where I can get a How-To book or what paints/dyes I need, any help is greatly appreciated. Also, I was wondering if the original exterior color was gold and what the rear was. Can anyone tell from my VIN ( 8701C17759 ). Thanks a lot for any help!
David

[Veronica]

Hello.If you 'll look at the vin on your car I think that you'll see that the second digit is a T not a 7.The first digit is the year model.The second digit is the plant that built the car and they only built Mustangs at three plants.Dearborn(F),San Jose,cal.(R) and Metuchan N.J.(T).01 means that it's a coupe and C is a 289 2bbl.The rest is the sequential number of the car.There's a number after that 9 also.It should be 6 digits.That's all that the vin can tell you.There should be a metal tag held onto the latch area of the D/S door by two rivits .It will tell you what the original color was rumoured to be .You can buy a new one for about 20 bucks and it will say what you tell it to say,so there's always some questions surrounding the door tag data.Changing the interior color is not something that you'll be able to do on a saturday afternoon if you want it look right.You can re-dye the carpet and have it look pretty nice.You can't really do that to the seats,dash pad,door panels,arm rests and rear trim panels. You might want to just save up and replace those items.It will look much better and be far more durable.Hope that helps.

[Saleders]

For your car’s color selection I can suggest you a website from where I buy paints for my Corvette. It’s Automotive Touch UP I hope it’ll help u.

[The Greek]

To prep the vinyl surface, use Tri-sodium Phosphate (TSP) available at hardware stores. This stuff removes any traces of the mold release and Armorall from the vinyl surface.

After application of the TSP use a paint prep solution liquid like Prep All to remove any traces of silicone. Then you apply a plastic adhesion promotor. It comes in a rattle can spray and is usually labeled as "plastic primer" and it's clear in color. I got mine at Lowe's.

The vinyl is now ready for the vinyl dye. I used rattle can dye that is available at auto part stores. I dyed my headliner and all of my panels from a dingy off-white to black. The dye covered the vinyl extremely well. In fact much better than I thought it would.

I dyed the carpeting, too, but the high abrasion areas didn't hold up and I recommend not wasting your time and money doing that.

I had to mask off the interior to dye the head liner and used plastic sheeting to cover the interior for the most part. This was a little time consuming, but it was well worth the effort. It sure beat replacing the headliner. That was two years ago and it's still holding up.

[fastbck65]

I've had great success with Dupli-Color vinyl dye. It's cheap and effective. Dying to black should be easy and you won't have to worry about it as much as if you were dying from dark to light.

Just make sure you prep the surface as the greek said. Change the carpet all together, don't dye it.

[MIL1ION]

When I removed the Saddle colour from mine I used a paint remover because I wanted the original graininess of the panels to show.
Brush on paint remover and get it ready for primer. Because I was going with saddle again I used a yellow primer.
With black I would use either black or red primer.

I use the PREVAL paint system because of costs and ability to also do vinyl restore.

You can buy the EXACT interior paint at a auto paint and Body supplies store like NAPA, or the correct lacquer paint from Mustang parts suppliers.

After TSP I use Lacquer thinner with cheese cloth to remove all traces of anything. Then place in an dust free environment for painting.

Dry/cure with a heat lamp from a safe distance.

These parts need to cure properly before installing.

I have done 7-8 Mustang complete interiors and if you are doing plastic, the process is slightly different.

[Calponycarsmike]

California Mustang sells the correct colors in paints and dye for your interior with the prep in a spray can as well. I used it on a 1967 Coupe I did and it was very good, and lasted years.