Painting interior chrome

Just wondering what type of paint and process everyone has been doing on the chrome interior cup holder surround and silver and chrome trim around the gear shifter, would like to get I'd of it but would only like to do the process once the right way if possible, not really too terribly interested in viynl wrapping either, thanks for the advice anyone may have

 

Krylon paint for plastic what I used, cup holder, silver part around shifter and chrome around shifter, 2 light coats black primer, then 3 good coats flat black, wet sanded down with 1000 grit before primer

 

Spunds pretty simple, have you posted any pics how yours turned out?

 

A while back, I know it was done last year summer, I can't remember if it was on Tundras Live or the What have you done to your 3rd gen? Threads, holding up good, on the back side of the shifter the small chrome piece looks like has plastic rivet heads, I used a straight razor and em off and the chrome piece can be removed so that you won't paint the gloss black section of the shifter, and this goes for the silver larger section around the shifter, I used a glue gun to hold pieces back together

 

What chrome cup holder?

 

I was using krylon and it kept chipping. Trying out plastidip on it now which seems to be holding up better. It seems to have some flex if that makes sense. I’ve also seen in an older thread where someone used spray on bedliner from a can that looked pretty sweet.

 

Yea thats why I felt the need to ask, it seems as if alot have people have gone quite a few routes with it

 

Scuffed mine up with some 120 grit then shot it with some matte black.

 

320 sanded mine hit it with etch primer out of a spray bomb and then painted with some automotive paint. Almost 2 years ago, holding up great. I transferred it out of my 16 to the 18. This is the best picture have right now.

 

I really like how that matte black turned out. Looks factory.

 

Tried vinyl wrapping, but it doesn't do nearly as well as paint - had a couple spots bubble up on the cup holder and shifter trim. Switched to paint recently and was super simple to do and looks a lot better. For the shifter trim I just put tape over the PRNDS area and painted the whole shifter piece as one. Did some sanding with 220 then cleaned it up before painting flat black.

 

Do any of the other trims(SR5/Platinum) off something other than chrome, can the piece be ordered?

 

How hard is it to take off the silver trim around the gear shift? Can you just pop it out the same way you can for the cup holder? Or are there screws?

 

Anyone got any videos on how to remove all this stuff? I'm gonna buy the black center panel kit and air vents and paint all my console.stuff soon, YouTube not showing much as far as disassembly

 

It's all just clipped in. The cup holder trim can be popped out with a flat head or plastic trim tools, even a credit card works. The trim around the shifter also just pops up, just takes a little more work. I start on the driver's side near the arm rest/console and work my way forward. Once you get one side up the rest will come off easy. The black part the shifter sits in has one or two clips that you'll need to push down on the driver's side to pop it out, and it takes some finesse.. especially to put it back in.

 

I'm going to bump this to ask.. Does anyone happen to have a paint brand/code that is close to the silver interior pieces (around the gear shift)? I'd like to paint these chrome pieces to match that silver.