How hard is an interior swap?
Not hard and well worth it. Mine was grey and I switched to ebony. DO IT ALL THOUGH. Dash included. Yeah, it is a PITA but it doesn't take more than an afternoon and you'll enjoy it the life of the car...
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I think you guys have convinced me. 
It won't be done now or any time soon because there's too many other priorities. But eventually I will need to basically strip the interior anyway for new carpet, a roll bar, and possibly some sound deadening stuff. Probably look for a car that's being parted out around then for all the parts.
It won't be done now or any time soon because there's too many other priorities. But eventually I will need to basically strip the interior anyway for new carpet, a roll bar, and possibly some sound deadening stuff. Probably look for a car that's being parted out around then for all the parts. How hard is it to take the dashboard out? That seems like the only real big PITA thing to me.
yeah it isn't hard at all and you may find some interesting things with the interior stripped 
duplicolor vinyl and upholstery paint in flat black looks good on the plastics and even the vinyl on the door panels. look for a thread by devildougws6.
duplicolor vinyl and upholstery paint in flat black looks good on the plastics and even the vinyl on the door panels. look for a thread by devildougws6.
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Like they all said, not hard. Don't even have to remove the steering wheel. Pull the a-pillars, pull the dash pad, pull the center console and then work the edges finding the bolts.
Just takes time disconnecting the wires and then wiggling the beast out and getting the other one in.
Again, I did it in an afternoon without any real experience on it... I take that back, I've pulled a few stripping cars an did a 1993-1996 conversion to a 1997+... Anyways, just do it
Just takes time disconnecting the wires and then wiggling the beast out and getting the other one in.
Again, I did it in an afternoon without any real experience on it... I take that back, I've pulled a few stripping cars an did a 1993-1996 conversion to a 1997+... Anyways, just do it
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I just did my interior swap on mine going from light grey cloth to a full leather graphite interior. Front start to finish i think it was about 6hrs which is a little on the speedy side but i had an idea of how everything came apart seeing as i pulled the new interior from the parts car the week beofre to know how everything comes apart and goes together. Make sure you have all you the pieces needed to do the swap and take you time! Dont rush and end up breaking something.
i just finished switching my interior to black. heres my list i made (all i need is door panels and dash
1.Front seats
2.rear seats
3.Dash
4.Dash pad
5.door panels
6.a pillars
7.Upper center console
8.lower center console
9.headliner
10.rear seat panels
11.seatbelts
12.kick panels
13.dome light
14.sunvisors
13.rear hatch speaker pnaels
14.hatch panels
15.t-top holders
16.t-top trim
17.little peices where t-top latches to
18. shifter trim
19.carpet
20.coat hooks
1.Front seats
2.rear seats
3.Dash
4.Dash pad
5.door panels
6.a pillars
7.Upper center console
8.lower center console
9.headliner
10.rear seat panels
11.seatbelts
12.kick panels
13.dome light
14.sunvisors
13.rear hatch speaker pnaels
14.hatch panels
15.t-top holders
16.t-top trim
17.little peices where t-top latches to
18. shifter trim
19.carpet
20.coat hooks
Thread Starter
TECH Resident
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 749
Likes: 1
From: Spokane, WA
Like they all said, not hard. Don't even have to remove the steering wheel. Pull the a-pillars, pull the dash pad, pull the center console and then work the edges finding the bolts.
Just takes time disconnecting the wires and then wiggling the beast out and getting the other one in.
Again, I did it in an afternoon without any real experience on it... I take that back, I've pulled a few stripping cars an did a 1993-1996 conversion to a 1997+... Anyways, just do it
Just takes time disconnecting the wires and then wiggling the beast out and getting the other one in.
Again, I did it in an afternoon without any real experience on it... I take that back, I've pulled a few stripping cars an did a 1993-1996 conversion to a 1997+... Anyways, just do it
I just did my interior swap on mine going from light grey cloth to a full leather graphite interior. Front start to finish i think it was about 6hrs which is a little on the speedy side but i had an idea of how everything came apart seeing as i pulled the new interior from the parts car the week beofre to know how everything comes apart and goes together. Make sure you have all you the pieces needed to do the swap and take you time! Dont rush and end up breaking something.
i just finished switching my interior to black. heres my list i made (all i need is door panels and dash
1.Front seats
2.rear seats
3.Dash
4.Dash pad
5.door panels
6.a pillars
7.Upper center console
8.lower center console
9.headliner
10.rear seat panels
11.seatbelts
12.kick panels
13.dome light
14.sunvisors
13.rear hatch speaker pnaels
14.hatch panels
15.t-top holders
16.t-top trim
17.little peices where t-top latches to
18. shifter trim
19.carpet
20.coat hooks
1.Front seats
2.rear seats
3.Dash
4.Dash pad
5.door panels
6.a pillars
7.Upper center console
8.lower center console
9.headliner
10.rear seat panels
11.seatbelts
12.kick panels
13.dome light
14.sunvisors
13.rear hatch speaker pnaels
14.hatch panels
15.t-top holders
16.t-top trim
17.little peices where t-top latches to
18. shifter trim
19.carpet
20.coat hooks
i love when people ask to borrow a pen. i also found a toy car and a picture of a little black kid with dreads. i love that stuff.