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- 03' Mazda Protege 5
You can get the vinyl fabric duplicolor paint at any Autozone, shucks, or Napa. It says vinyl fabric paint on the can. It will be different for you since you have a sedan but all you have to do is basically:
Step 1:
take off your sunvisors in the front(three screws total)
Step 2:
take off your "Oh crap" handles(one screw at each end which are covered with a cap to line up with your handle).
Step 3:
Pull back top of A, B, and C pillars. They are just snapped into the frame of the car. In some cases you might have to take the pillars completally off which would involve un-bolting your front seat belts, taking off lower B pillars, and taking off bottom sill covers. All which just snap in also. Some have some of those snap clips though.
Step 4:
take out dome light. Pop off lense cover with flat head screw driver, remove screws that are under lense, and unclip wire harness.
Step 5:
Remove headliner. It would be handy to have a second person to help you with this. With the P5's you remove the headliner out the rear hatch, but with the sedans you have to remove it out one of the rear doors. Don't be afraid to bend the headliner a little bit. It will appear to crinkle but they come out and are not shown once returned to normal shape.
Step 6:
If your headliner is dirty wash with a soap soaked rag and let dry before painting. Like I said I did four layers of paint which aquired the shade of black I wanted, which took four cans of paint. For you sedans it will probably only take 2-3 cans. Also they sell several different colors of this vinyl fabric paint to match your interior color or preference.
Step 1:
take off your sunvisors in the front(three screws total)
Step 2:
take off your "Oh crap" handles(one screw at each end which are covered with a cap to line up with your handle).
Step 3:
Pull back top of A, B, and C pillars. They are just snapped into the frame of the car. In some cases you might have to take the pillars completally off which would involve un-bolting your front seat belts, taking off lower B pillars, and taking off bottom sill covers. All which just snap in also. Some have some of those snap clips though.
Step 4:
take out dome light. Pop off lense cover with flat head screw driver, remove screws that are under lense, and unclip wire harness.
Step 5:
Remove headliner. It would be handy to have a second person to help you with this. With the P5's you remove the headliner out the rear hatch, but with the sedans you have to remove it out one of the rear doors. Don't be afraid to bend the headliner a little bit. It will appear to crinkle but they come out and are not shown once returned to normal shape.
Step 6:
If your headliner is dirty wash with a soap soaked rag and let dry before painting. Like I said I did four layers of paint which aquired the shade of black I wanted, which took four cans of paint. For you sedans it will probably only take 2-3 cans. Also they sell several different colors of this vinyl fabric paint to match your interior color or preference.
