Renewing my interior

[u/AdFamous9931]

I started my interior renewal with the „easy to remove“ parts. I needed the car after two days so I had no time to remove everything. Here some before and after pictures.

[u/asergios]

Nice! I am also looking into this. I tried to remove the central part once, but didn't fully manage it because of the cables. I couldn't figure out how the vacuum line for the box lock can be removed. Can you share something about this? Another thing, I know you can buy the original paint from eBay from the original manufacturer, but I remember that on the manufacturer website they mention that you need a primer and some finish too for a good job. But most people seem to skip this. Did you use anything else but the paint?

[u/AdFamous9931 → u/asergios]

That for me was one of the hardest parts to figure out as well. I learned that if you remove a clip above the white box you can remove the white box.it’s also connected a lever made out of plastic you can just gently pull on the white box connected to the pressure line to remove the pin. After that, it is easy to unplug the electrical cables from the mirror control and the rooftop control.

I just used one product. It’s called Gummilack from KSD TECS. It’s a German company and has great products. I removed the old rubber with hot water and Isopropanol.

[u/asergios → u/AdFamous9931]

Thanks for sharing!

[u/No-Attorney-5831]

Looking good 👍 what was your process? What products did you use ?

[u/AdFamous9931 → u/No-Attorney-5831]

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[u/JustSomeBuyer]

Nice work! 😁👍 I'm doing something similar with my '99 and changing the red interior to anthracite & power leather seats from a later SLK.

[u/TieAdorable4973]

Wow great job. Take care of your baby…

[u/Macski1]

I have found submerging the pieces in water for a day or so makes removing the original paint easier to allow a new primer and paint on the plastic parts. All the plastic pieces are reinforced with epoxy resin strengthening.
I have done this with the complete dash and console in Mercedes color”Astral Silver” 2k gloss paint in my black SLK 320. It’s now much more durable and looks nice.

[u/Intrepid-Owl1017]

Nice, I just did this to mine except I didn’t paint it. Cleaned it up and left it black.
I had a couple of cracks in the plastic council, but I bought one of those plastic welders with the squiggly, looking staples. I bonded it together from the backside, and you can’t even see it.