redo interior

[hershy314]

Has anyone completely redone their interior? I'm thinking bout takin my boring tan cloth interior and changing it to either black or a dark grey. I'll be throwing in an accent color to kinda break things up but not sure what color to use right now. The car it self is painted med. seafoam green met. I could bring that color inside like on the dash, but I don't the door panels. Now I'm not going to go out and buy all new carpet and seat covers and stuff. Instead I'm going to use dupli-colors fabric paints. Only thing that I'll be buying far as fabric in concerned is the head liner. It looks like someone had a fun time with scissors on the roof. Yes I know I've spoke of getting rid of this car, but I think I'll keep it a while longer. The transmission is going out on it and will need to be rebuilt or replaced sometime in the near future, but with only 115k on the engine the car is still in great shape. Anyways back to the interior, any thoughts about what I should do here. I want it to look good since I spend alot of time behind the wheel.

[white4d96]

That fabric paint sucks. I got a can to try doing exactly what you are talking about, tested it on a junk door panel, and the fabric on it got rock hard, almost like it had something spilled on it that dried. And it looked like ass.

You could troll some junkyards and look for darker seats, door panels, etc. The plastic and/or vinyl parts you could just paint with a plastics paint or if you used an adhesion promoter before spraying it. This is the mode I'm in right now, gonna start amassing leather for my car, bye bye nasty cloth!

[hershy314]

True true, I could try that. It would be easier, who knows the jy may even work out a deal or something.

[white4d96]

True true, I could try that. It would be easier, who knows the jy may even work out a deal or something.

Never hurts to ask. If you come up to the checkout with half an interior I'm sure they would "forget" to charge you for some parts, especially if you're a regular.

[hershy314]

I may do just that sometime, still unsure what to do about the headliner. Got a quote a while back from a local shop for $180 to fix it. I'm thinking about doin it myself, but not sure what material I should use. I like the look of suede but I don't think I should use that. Or should I hmm.

[white4d96]

I know your pain. I want to redo mine, but what material to use...

[hershy314]

Ok so heres an idea I had for my interior, instead of yanking out the seats and door panels, and possibly carpet. I think instead I'm gonna go with a black and tan theme. The carpet would still be replaced but that would be it. I can probly add black highlights to the door panels by painting some of the plastic parts. Still unsure about the head liner tho.