Ferrari style interior!
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actually svt the speaker goin in is only a 6.5", only .5" over stock. and i am apolstering everything and making it look like stock exotic/muscle. I am not painting anything glossy or nothin like that. I do not like the layout or look of the stock lt1 interior so i am redoing it. How is taking heavy parts off to go fast hipocritical? I am reshaping the door panel too look smoother and change the angle of the speakers. Rice would be filling the door panel with a **** load of speakers that are not placed properly or molded into the door correctly. I see nothing wrong with driving around on the street with a nicer interior and then shedding the extra weight to go faster. Rice = Noise with NO Performance or style. Also a new dash will let me incorporate all new better gauges into a stylish dash so i can monitor my 415rwhp camaro better. I wouldn't call that rice or hipocritical.
I have been doin the work myself, No i haven't done much yet cause of time issues but, it definetly is worth it if you have the determination and are not a quitter like some people.
I have been doin the work myself, No i haven't done much yet cause of time issues but, it definetly is worth it if you have the determination and are not a quitter like some people.
why dont you just put a tv in there ah hahahaha jk, ok now to be serious i can seriously appreciate the time and effort and skill it takes to pull something off like that, but for your 6.5" speaker i think your speaker pod is a little disproportionate to the door, (which maybe why the term rice cameout) i think that kind of design especialy if you were attemtping to enhance the sound quality would have been better if incorperated into a kick panel type mock which would not look so bulky on the door course my opinon may change once the door is in, but i think if you had used a kick it would have left for more of a cleaner looking door design. with that being said i may eat my words when you have finished with your interior mods, i just personally think you went a little large on the speaker pod, other than that i think you have a great idea of makeing a one off type interior and when done tastefully i think they look incredible and you decideng to apohlster it rather than paint it is a huge step in that direction, and like you said there is nothing wrong with haveing a street car with a great interior, but unless you are shooting for sound quality i would reconcider your door speakr design (less is more) so to speak, but thats just my opinion coming from the guy that spray bombed his interior in spots and removed his rear seat for an ampwrack that is covered in leather
Last edited by blackbyrd; Nov 28, 2007 at 01:28 PM.
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ya i know what u mean it's is kinda trial and error. I was actually thinking the same thing but i am gonna see how it looks first. I can always change it. I just don't feel like changing it yet cause it is a fair bit of work. But i am also gonna make a custom grill over top that will clean it up nicely. Also that hole is not cut out all the way yet by a long shot so that is part of it. I will try to finish it this weekend and post a pic. I always like input on what people think of it.
taking weight out to go faster is a ricer thing i mean look in any fart can honda and the inside isnt there when i got to the track i leave my **** in if you need to take weight off to go fast you might sould reconsider im not calling you a ricer just what you are planning on doing
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if u look around alot of domestics do it too. Thats not ricer. Actually i wouldn't call hondas who do that to go faster ricer. It serves the purpose of going faster which is not ricer in my opinion. Look at any race car they are stripped. Would you call a nascar a ricer? Maybe you should try taking weight out of your car next time you are at the track. They say for every 50 or 100lbs. you take off (i can't remember which) you can shave a tenth of a second of your et. Thats not ricer, thats smart. Just cause it is import doesn't mean it is ricer in my opinion. It is what you do with it.
on my old lt1 TA i had smoothed out all the interior panels and painted them black with clear coat to be different. I loved it but it was a PITA to keep clean and got extremely hot. It was one off and awesome but not conventional for a college student who drove the car almost every day. Now on my 00 TA I've purchased a crap load of leather and I'm going to start wrapping everything with that. I'm not going to just do certain parts, I'm gonna do the dash and every little trim piece that is possible. Yes it will add weight but it's going to be a show/autox car! I've also got some carbon fiber that I may wrap some pieces in, but I'm just tired of the plastic and how it fades and cracks and looks like crap. I'll be starting on this in about two weeks when the school semester is over! It'll prolly be a while before it gets done though I've got this lined up: sending tranny out to get rebuilt, headers, true duals, custom front bumper, new hood, paint, and interior!
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My interior mods:
* Silver Vent Rings
* Silver cloth on door panels and center console arm rest
* Black/silver painted radio bezel
* Black painted TCS switch plate
* Black leather auto shift boot.
* Antenna switch in custom switch plate in ash tray
This is the only good pic I have of the interior:
Door panel and center console fabric was not yet changed in this pic.
You can see a hint of the red antenna switch under the ash tray lid.
My glove box door would droop a bit and not push in the switch far enough so the glove box light would stay on. I added a small round clear rubber drawer/cabinet-door bumper to the riser on the door that pushes in the switch. Now the switch gets pushed in far enough and the light stays off when the glove box door is closed.
* Silver Vent Rings
* Silver cloth on door panels and center console arm rest
* Black/silver painted radio bezel
* Black painted TCS switch plate
* Black leather auto shift boot.
* Antenna switch in custom switch plate in ash tray
This is the only good pic I have of the interior:
Door panel and center console fabric was not yet changed in this pic.
You can see a hint of the red antenna switch under the ash tray lid.
My glove box door would droop a bit and not push in the switch far enough so the glove box light would stay on. I added a small round clear rubber drawer/cabinet-door bumper to the riser on the door that pushes in the switch. Now the switch gets pushed in far enough and the light stays off when the glove box door is closed.
Last edited by VIP1; Nov 28, 2007 at 02:58 PM.
First of all, I tried wrapping my interior in CF, to much of a pain in the ***, so, I paid someone to finish it. Of course, it wasn't me doing the work so therefore there was not as much care taken with it and it did not turn out how I wanted. Now, I am going back to stock.
Second, to carbon fiber the interior like in the ferrari pic would take hundred of dollars in materials, many spare parts for the times you screw up or just get pissed off and break the part, and hundreds of hours in work. Then sanding, sanding, sanding. In the end, it will still have the Honda Civic aftermarket interior look.
Third, roadhog_113 I am not as hateful towards "rice" as you claim to be. I think modding a car is just that, modding a car. If you want to dress up a Honda, do it. BUT, to say you hate rice, then fiberglass your doorpanels with a bigger speaker hold AND to say since it will be so heavy you will take them out when you go to the track seems hippocritical. I'm just saying....
Last-more power to you interior modders, but, take it from me, NOT F'ING WORTH IT!
Second, to carbon fiber the interior like in the ferrari pic would take hundred of dollars in materials, many spare parts for the times you screw up or just get pissed off and break the part, and hundreds of hours in work. Then sanding, sanding, sanding. In the end, it will still have the Honda Civic aftermarket interior look.
Third, roadhog_113 I am not as hateful towards "rice" as you claim to be. I think modding a car is just that, modding a car. If you want to dress up a Honda, do it. BUT, to say you hate rice, then fiberglass your doorpanels with a bigger speaker hold AND to say since it will be so heavy you will take them out when you go to the track seems hippocritical. I'm just saying....
Last-more power to you interior modders, but, take it from me, NOT F'ING WORTH IT!
lol i had great success with what i did to my interior on my last car. It was totally worth going from the crappy gray stock interior to all black and red and I did 85% of the work myself. I had the seats reupholstered and that was it. But then again it all comes down to how much you love your own work and if what you do ends up being something that you like or hate.
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I miss my corvette interior! 
Call it rice if you want, but I loved the CF look. I am thinking about wrapping the center console in my T/A and molding in the front area so I can add some switches there.
Call it rice if you want, but I loved the CF look. I am thinking about wrapping the center console in my T/A and molding in the front area so I can add some switches there. 
wow, all of that carbon fiber looks good, except for one thing...on every part the pattern goes in a different direction, it would look much better if they all went in the same direction.
as far as ferrari interiors go, its tough to pull off tan leather and then carbon fiber. if anyone attempted it, i doubt its someone who could afford to do it right, otherwise theyd already have a ferrari.
my best idea of updating a camaro interior is to use corvette parts for camaros, and GTO parts for trans ams. everything might nit fit right, but custom work should take care of that. I personally dont dig the arizen racing seats, they look like cheap knock offs to me. If i changed my seats theyd probably be corvette seats, but the leather would need to be brand new.
as far as ferrari interiors go, its tough to pull off tan leather and then carbon fiber. if anyone attempted it, i doubt its someone who could afford to do it right, otherwise theyd already have a ferrari.
my best idea of updating a camaro interior is to use corvette parts for camaros, and GTO parts for trans ams. everything might nit fit right, but custom work should take care of that. I personally dont dig the arizen racing seats, they look like cheap knock offs to me. If i changed my seats theyd probably be corvette seats, but the leather would need to be brand new.
the first part of my interior moding is underway! I just wrapped the upper back part of my 01 SS in Black Suede. My interior is all black so it looks pretty cool. Next is going to be tan italian leather that will cover the center console and the rest of the dash. then i will take out the carpet in the doors and replace it with black suede and last but not least will be my sparco milano seats wich are also tan.