All Your CAMARO interior work here..
i know some may not like the bling, but i do, so to each their own on that. i have some stuff you may like though, so here are some pics of my interior project. i'll try to go over the major things. too many details though. i tried to take the best pics i could with my $40 camera, haha.
i warned you, bling! that's a flaming river steering wheel, brushed aluminum/stainless accents. silver faces on the gauges, hvac, and headlight switch behind the brushed aluminum. aluminum *****, tilt lever, pedals, and mba shift ****.
no microsuede for me, all the suede in my car is genuine alcantara 9040 (dark black) suede. i got alcantara covering the dash top, upholstered the glove box, and driver bottom dash panels in it.
up close pic of my console. the shift plate is upholstered in alcantara and i deleted the ash tray. mba **** has "Z28" engraved. boot with stripes is from redline goods.
seats are a custom made design pattern that plays off the 98-02 design. they are made from super silky smooth european nappa leather that i had to import and the inserts are of course alcantara. full leather, no vinyl on the seats. some may recognize my embroidery as a play off the old 396 turbo jet emblem. except mine says "lt1 supercharged." you can see my redline goods console door from this angle as well.
here's a more far out pic where you can see my backseats. hard to see, but all my interior lights are blue leds as you can see from the rear courtesy light led. the courtesy lights also have alcantara accents around them above the little brushed stainless accent. leather wrapping is all the craze now, and i got to say it does add an extra something. all my side panels are upholstered. any panel you can see from the small ones above the seatbelt retractor to the large side pieces are upholstered. not much exposed plastic on my car. also chrome door strikers, and brushed stainless in the sill area.
the door panels were probably the hardest thing to do. i did a lot of the work myself, and these were horrible to upholster and took me months of free time to do, especially since i wanted to break them up differently than the norm. every piece is individually upholstered, no plastic. kind of a subtle 3 tone with the top, bottom and alcantara. i should probably change my speaker grill to ebony. to anybody that wants to fully upholster every square inch of the door panels, good luck, i'm glad my battles are over, haha.
alcantara everywhere!!
here's a farther out pic of the dash. you can see the alcantara more clearly on the bottom driver, the steering column, shift plate and e-brake shaft. there's an alcantara stripe going down the side of my upholstered a-pillars. lloyd mats, and yes i'm that crazy that i have to protect my floor mats, haha.
that's my interior.
i warned you, bling! that's a flaming river steering wheel, brushed aluminum/stainless accents. silver faces on the gauges, hvac, and headlight switch behind the brushed aluminum. aluminum *****, tilt lever, pedals, and mba shift ****.
no microsuede for me, all the suede in my car is genuine alcantara 9040 (dark black) suede. i got alcantara covering the dash top, upholstered the glove box, and driver bottom dash panels in it.
up close pic of my console. the shift plate is upholstered in alcantara and i deleted the ash tray. mba **** has "Z28" engraved. boot with stripes is from redline goods.
seats are a custom made design pattern that plays off the 98-02 design. they are made from super silky smooth european nappa leather that i had to import and the inserts are of course alcantara. full leather, no vinyl on the seats. some may recognize my embroidery as a play off the old 396 turbo jet emblem. except mine says "lt1 supercharged." you can see my redline goods console door from this angle as well.
here's a more far out pic where you can see my backseats. hard to see, but all my interior lights are blue leds as you can see from the rear courtesy light led. the courtesy lights also have alcantara accents around them above the little brushed stainless accent. leather wrapping is all the craze now, and i got to say it does add an extra something. all my side panels are upholstered. any panel you can see from the small ones above the seatbelt retractor to the large side pieces are upholstered. not much exposed plastic on my car. also chrome door strikers, and brushed stainless in the sill area.
the door panels were probably the hardest thing to do. i did a lot of the work myself, and these were horrible to upholster and took me months of free time to do, especially since i wanted to break them up differently than the norm. every piece is individually upholstered, no plastic. kind of a subtle 3 tone with the top, bottom and alcantara. i should probably change my speaker grill to ebony. to anybody that wants to fully upholster every square inch of the door panels, good luck, i'm glad my battles are over, haha.
alcantara everywhere!!
here's a farther out pic of the dash. you can see the alcantara more clearly on the bottom driver, the steering column, shift plate and e-brake shaft. there's an alcantara stripe going down the side of my upholstered a-pillars. lloyd mats, and yes i'm that crazy that i have to protect my floor mats, haha.
that's my interior.
Very Nicely done!
Did you wrap the dash and door panels in suede?
thanks for the compliments everybody!
i had some help on the dash because it required a lot of sewing, but the door panels are all me. the curvature on some places in the door panel, plus how things break up, made it a big pain, especially since i had to have things look professional. the arm rest had to have a seam, and that panel behind the door handle was an adventure. the door panels are something i would not want to do again, haha. TA doors would be a lot easier to upholster, but for some reason i just had to keep the camaro door panels.
i had some help on the dash because it required a lot of sewing, but the door panels are all me. the curvature on some places in the door panel, plus how things break up, made it a big pain, especially since i had to have things look professional. the arm rest had to have a seam, and that panel behind the door handle was an adventure. the door panels are something i would not want to do again, haha. TA doors would be a lot easier to upholster, but for some reason i just had to keep the camaro door panels.
i think you're taking about the area in front of the shifter right? that shape is just the way 93-96 camaro console's are, if i got the right idea about your question. i like what you're doing with your interior too!
I ment the area ontop of the dash. The 97-02 interior have a molded vent for the front windsheild, and i think it would be realy hard to make it look good when i cover it. Is the 93-96 a pice that you can snap off?
ohh, i see now. the 93-96 has the dash vent molded in as well. i didn't fold the suede into the vent, i just has a nice seam made around it. there's a thin piece of padding below the upper dash suede, and i folded the suede around the padding.
Here is my 94 1LE camaro.
I built the cage for the HotRod pump gas drags back when I co-owned a shop... I cut into the floor, A pillars, and ceiling to make it mostly disappear. I drive it to the office, so the cage couldnt get in my way of normal driving. I dropped it through the floor to weld the top, made some SFCs, then lifted it all up and welded it into the frame.
Then I prepped and primed the floor, added new carpet and seats. Sorry for the firebird dash in the camaro interior thread, but I needed a clean place to put gauges, so I switched. The seats are on stock mounts that I modified.
I built the cage for the HotRod pump gas drags back when I co-owned a shop... I cut into the floor, A pillars, and ceiling to make it mostly disappear. I drive it to the office, so the cage couldnt get in my way of normal driving. I dropped it through the floor to weld the top, made some SFCs, then lifted it all up and welded it into the frame.
Then I prepped and primed the floor, added new carpet and seats. Sorry for the firebird dash in the camaro interior thread, but I needed a clean place to put gauges, so I switched. The seats are on stock mounts that I modified.
Last edited by BaD AZz Z28; May 24, 2010 at 01:06 AM.
took the dash back out to organize the wiring, and decided to go ahead and paint everything for a black interior to match the seats and carpet
used rubber couplers to mount my shift light. this lets me pull it out to re-adjust it, and the couplers are a built in shock absorber
mallory hyfire ignition and LM2 wideband controller tucked away in the glove box.
used rubber couplers to mount my shift light. this lets me pull it out to re-adjust it, and the couplers are a built in shock absorber
mallory hyfire ignition and LM2 wideband controller tucked away in the glove box.
Last edited by BaD AZz Z28; May 24, 2010 at 01:24 AM.
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Verdad Gallardo thanks. I cleaned everything with soap and water, then used all SEM products...started with SEM soap, then for the hard interior plastics I used their plastic prep and Sand Free.. I did the dash with their vinyl prep, and then everything got a few layers of satin black color coat.
I still have the top dash piece and the A pillars to do (need to cut them to fit the cage), but some of the painted pieces have been in the car for over a year already without showing any wear.
I still have the top dash piece and the A pillars to do (need to cut them to fit the cage), but some of the painted pieces have been in the car for over a year already without showing any wear.
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Ah CobraHunter I have always loved your Camaro man. Exact work of what I want to do with my interior. Just need the $$$. Where was it that you sent it in again? I got the same lights underneath just not above.
Ah CobraHunter I have always loved your Camaro man. Exact work of what I want to do with my interior. Just need the $$$. Where was it that you sent it in again? I got the same lights underneath just not above.
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Suicidal? Just sit in the car with the windows up 
No but really it looks good... the interior looks nice do you have any pics that you can see how it goes with the exterior? Also how did you fill you visor hole? I took a piece of cardboard cut to shape and wrapped it in leather and screwed her in 
looks good!
No but really it looks good... the interior looks nice do you have any pics that you can see how it goes with the exterior? Also how did you fill you visor hole? I took a piece of cardboard cut to shape and wrapped it in leather and screwed her in looks good! 
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Suicidal? Just sit in the car with the windows up No but really it looks good... the interior looks nice do you have any pics that you can see how it goes with the exterior? Also how did you fill you visor hole? I took a piece of cardboard cut to shape and wrapped it in leather and screwed her in looks good!
No but really it looks good... the interior looks nice do you have any pics that you can see how it goes with the exterior? Also how did you fill you visor hole? I took a piece of cardboard cut to shape and wrapped it in leather and screwed her in looks good!Here's the full interior thread:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...pics-come.html
Here's the full exhaust thread:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/multimedi...pics-vids.html
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