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Old Nov 20, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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I like the look of peoples door panels when they wrap them with leather or vinyl fabric..I was planning on doing it but I have no idea where to buy the fabric....4 those of you that have done this where did u buy your fabric...my car is red so im looking for red perforated leather or vinyl
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Old Nov 20, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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I'd be curious about this too.
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Old Nov 20, 2009 | 11:06 PM
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just do a search on google. You may have to order it online though. I came across a whole section of perforated vinyl and leather material on a website a few days ago
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Old Nov 21, 2009 | 12:53 AM
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do you remember the website???
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Old Nov 21, 2009 | 12:57 AM
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Yes it is nice, but i got bored on my red insert and switching over to black this winter if i dont choose some snakeskin pattern.
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Old Nov 21, 2009 | 04:34 PM
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Look up your local automotive upholstery shop. I recently ordered the stock '97-'99 Firebird uphostery to recover my inserts on my Z28 door panels to match my Firebird seats. I couldn't find the uphostery online, but my local shop could get ANYTHING and had TONS of samples to look at if we couldn't find the exact match. I paid $60 for a yard, but it looks to be enough to do it twice. They would sell me a 1/2 yard for 1/2 the price as well, but I wanted to make sure I had enough.

If you're looking for a perforated leather, I'm sure your local shop can get it if they're anything like mine!
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Old Nov 21, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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I bought red vinyl really cheap online. The local shop wanted like $12 a yard, I got it online for under $5 a yard. I'm pretty sure I can find the site.

Just PM me. They aren't a sponsor and I don't want to be hunted down by the mod ****'s.
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Old Nov 21, 2009 | 10:57 PM
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I went to a local fabric store.. Jo Ann Fabrics. picked up two yards of it for 40 dollars.

I didnt cover them very well and need to re-do it. Anyone who does this, you should do a better write up then whats already out there.

Id be curious to see how you detach and re-attach the panels yet again lol.
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I actually thought this guy's write-up was pretty good:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...teup-pics.html
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Hampton vinyl where I got mine. Many F-Body shops use them. Nice to deal with and nice vinyl.
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Originally Posted by Screamin_99
I went to a local fabric store.. Jo Ann Fabrics. picked up two yards of it for 40 dollars.

I didnt cover them very well and need to re-do it. Anyone who does this, you should do a better write up then whats already out there.

Id be curious to see how you detach and re-attach the panels yet again lol.
$40 for 2 yards? Pricey.

The write ups on here are great, it's just a pain in the *** no matter what. I had a shop say they would do both doors for $100 - I wish I would have taken the offer.

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Hampton vinyl where I got mine. Many F-Body shops use them. Nice to deal with and nice vinyl.
I'm pretty sure my seats are made out of Hampton Vinyl.
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