Interior mod.
Teching In
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So I have a question for the people who have done this. I've wrapped speaker boxes with carpet before, but never anything like this.
What kind of difficulty rating would you give this? Any tips/tricks or websites with details of how to do this?
I love my car, but they are kinda cheap looking from the factory and thats been my biggest complaint. exterior and paint mods and stuff are easy for me, but interior stuff is not really something I've really messed with
What kind of difficulty rating would you give this? Any tips/tricks or websites with details of how to do this?
I love my car, but they are kinda cheap looking from the factory and thats been my biggest complaint. exterior and paint mods and stuff are easy for me, but interior stuff is not really something I've really messed with
So I have a question for the people who have done this. I've wrapped speaker boxes with carpet before, but never anything like this.
What kind of difficulty rating would you give this? Any tips/tricks or websites with details of how to do this?
I love my car, but they are kinda cheap looking from the factory and thats been my biggest complaint. exterior and paint mods and stuff are easy for me, but interior stuff is not really something I've really messed with
What kind of difficulty rating would you give this? Any tips/tricks or websites with details of how to do this?
I love my car, but they are kinda cheap looking from the factory and thats been my biggest complaint. exterior and paint mods and stuff are easy for me, but interior stuff is not really something I've really messed with
Last weekend I installed a headliner in my dads truck and the material he got was thich and the glue he got set up in about 2 minutes (was suppost to be ~10 minutes) and it turned out ok, but not the best. We would have pulled it off and redid it since we had another piece of headliner material, but no more glue so he said eff it and we put it in.
The vinyl on the other hand can be stretched and heated to make more pliable (SP) and IMO might be a little easier to work with, but probably rather difficult
I'll let you know in the next few weeks when I start gathering material and glue and pulling my car apart to start applying vinyl
Any upadtes? I should be getting a few samples of some vinyl fabric and then deciding which one will be the best. I'll also be getting some 3M adhasive and tearing my car apart LOL all I need is carpet, seat belts, and new seats that aren't tan 
but I don't have alot of money right now so my interior is probably going to look like poo for a little while until everything comes together, but at least it runs and drives 
but I don't have alot of money right now so my interior is probably going to look like poo for a little while until everything comes together, but at least it runs and drives 
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Wow - I would love to try this as a project, only maybe tinker with a little foam under it in the shape of flames.
Kind of like you see in some older hot rods, and VERY subtle so it doesn't stick out so much.
Nice work!
Kind of like you see in some older hot rods, and VERY subtle so it doesn't stick out so much.
Nice work!
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Regarding the time , it is really hard to tell, most time is to wait for the Fastbond glue to dry. After application i often let it dry over the night.
Have completed the upper dash panel.
Have completed the upper dash panel.
Wow that looks great, you keep getting better and better at it. I'm not going to go as far as you did with everything right now, mabye someday LOL, but I'm just doing the sail panels, trunk trim, and the kick panels. Then I'm going to tear into my door panels unless I find a good deal I can't pass up on
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Since i´m living in Sweden i cannot help you with where to get this superstrech in US. You can order it from the shop i using in Sweden.They have a web page in English as well. Prices on vinyl etc.is in Swedish money + tax. Send them an email and ask Q and (enquire for the export prices)
They are really great to deal with.
LMK if you need any help
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They are really great to deal with.
LMK if you need any help
PM with web url sent to you-since no sponsor
Teching In
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how to do the dash piece vent?? ive started looking for interior parts after seeing this thread (i figure ill keep all the stock parts in case it doesnt turn out, since my interior is perfect rigth now) after seein the picture of the dash....how do you cover the dash with the vent in it???? it looks amazing, but im curious how you make that turn out good and not be able to easily notice the material over the vent area
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The interior on the color match with the SOM is unreal.. Love that.. I tried to get that color matched at a local interior shop here and had a hard time getting the color right so I never did it.. Do you know where this color match was done? It's pretty damn close.
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^^^looks really good 
Only changes I would make is fix that arm-rest, it looks loose and baggy. And some LT1 back seats would compliment the fronts much better. Dash looks great.
Only changes I would make is fix that arm-rest, it looks loose and baggy. And some LT1 back seats would compliment the fronts much better. Dash looks great.
Hey guys, just want to give you another place to look for parts selectproducts.com
I did custom car audio with fiberglass fab and interior stuff on alot of diff things. select products is great and there fabrics,vinyl and glues are quality.
hope it helps guys
A+ on the determination to make your interior nice
I did custom car audio with fiberglass fab and interior stuff on alot of diff things. select products is great and there fabrics,vinyl and glues are quality.
hope it helps guys
A+ on the determination to make your interior nice
Could you please shoot a better picture of the dash pad in the area of the defroster grille? I'd like to see how you handled the vinyl on the boarder of the vent. I tried to zoom in on that and there is just not enough resolution.
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I will fix that armrest, lucky for me it is an overlay, didnt even thought about it thank for notice
Yes, in one piece. It was not easy i streched the damn vinyl to its limit in some areas.
I will take some better pictures, including the dash pad.
Yes, in one piece. It was not easy i streched the damn vinyl to its limit in some areas.
I will take some better pictures, including the dash pad.
Looks good viking! I'm just paying to have my panels wrapped in vinyl and the dude said he can't do the upper dash panel. IDK why, I guess he thinks it'll be hard or something. So I guess I'll have to do it myself
, I did one t-top cover and said "F*CK that, I'll see how much it'll cost to have it done." The guy is only charging $250 for all the plastic panels minus the dash.