Easiest TA Interior Mods
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Easiest TA Interior Mods I'm looking into buying a 99 Trans Am - love the exterior, hate the interior. I know you don't buy these cars for luxurious interiors, but what are some cheap interior mods you can make? 99's have the gray interior which just doesn't look as good as black... do seat covers in the 50 dollar range look ok or like crap?
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I dont know that I would want the interior of my car to feel like a big couch.
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Subtle because the thread is color matched to the vinyl he used, but the whole dash was wrapped, then gauge bezel was wrapped, and the under-windshield dash part (I don't know what to call it) was also wrapped.
Taken from Officermartinez's thread...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...95-bird-5.html
Taken from Officermartinez's thread...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...95-bird-5.html
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Here's some what I've done to spruce up my interior:
You can see pics of my interior here:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/10140822-post26.html
Check out these threads to see what others have done to their interiors:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...work-here.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...erior-mod.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...-interior.html
- Silver cloth door panel inserts
- Silver cloth arm rest cover
- Silver painted vent rings
- Leather Auto Shift Boot
You can see pics of my interior here:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/10140822-post26.html
Check out these threads to see what others have done to their interiors:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...work-here.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...erior-mod.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...-interior.html
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here is what I did, I have the chrome vent rings purchased from boyd on this forum. I have white gauge overlays from someone a lot cheaper than any site sponsors. I also had my headrests custom embroidered. I used to have chrome HVAC ***** but I never really liked those. Shift **** with chrome button is in the mail. One of my favorite things I had on my old firebird was the "firebird" humount, got a lot of compliments from that, I also had a triple gauge pod on that car. Here are pics of both my current car and my old one for some ideas. Like I said before, aside from the gauge overlays that I paid like 40 bucks for, nothing else is all that cheap.
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That's because whoever did that fails. lol.
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In this case, he removed the factory passenger airbag in the end.
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The passenger side airbag would deploy without ANY problems even with the vinyl mounted over the airbag. The airbag deploys so fast and violently that the human eye cannot physically see it inflate. The airbag fully deploys at a speed of 1/30th of a second. However, with that said, you nailed it right on the head, so to speak.. I did NOT re-connect my passenger side airbag. For my purposes, I have no need for it. So, I decided to leave the connector unconnected.
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Although I have a black interior because mines a 2000... you could do what I did and swap out the black 97-02 Camaro ***** for your HVAC, black Headlight switch/wheel and black steering wheel controls. It might be a good contrast on a pre-00' Firebird with grey interior. But then again, it might not lol. Personal preferance I guess.
I like the firebird factory *****.. besides why go through all that trouble when you cant change the door window switch color unless you paint? I wanted ebony interior but didnt want to pay 200.00 just for a door panel from a 00+ car.
I painted my interior panels in satin black. turned out very nicely and I love it. It dosent peel or crack. It scuffs but its not nothing un-normal I also added in chrome vent rings and tweeter rings.
I painted my interior panels in satin black. turned out very nicely and I love it. It dosent peel or crack. It scuffs but its not nothing un-normal I also added in chrome vent rings and tweeter rings.