Newly Finished Interior (pics)
03-27-2009, 04:58 PM
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Newly Finished Interior (pics)
Here are some pics of my newly finished interior. For staying on a low budget I'm pretty happy with it for now. My favorite thing by far is the IGGEE seat skins. These things look and feel awesome!
03-27-2009, 05:46 PM
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Looks Great 
Doing something different is cool makes the car more personal 
You might want to think about getting rid of the bread box and extending that onto the passenger side also.
Doing something different is cool makes the car more personal You might want to think about getting rid of the bread box and extending that onto the passenger side also.
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03-27-2009, 06:17 PM
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Wow, you definetly kept the 80's in that vette. It looks like a brand new car from the inside.
Look awesome.
Question? Did you do this yourself? Or did you have someone do it for you? If so what was the cost, details on what was done? Etc
Looking great regardless.
Look awesome.
Question? Did you do this yourself? Or did you have someone do it for you? If so what was the cost, details on what was done? Etc
Looking great regardless.
03-27-2009, 08:05 PM
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Thanks for all of the great comments you guys.
xsalvioutlawx,
I did all of the work by myself and the only item I really spent any great deal of money on was the Iggee seat covers. They cost me about $190 shipped. I also spent about $25 for the hurst T-Handle shift **** from ebay and $20 at Mid American Motorworks for short shift plates for the 4+3 transmission. The rest was just paint and elbow grease. I cleaned the carpets with my little green machine carpet cleaner. All of the trim panels and speaker grills were taken off, sand blasted, cleaned and painted with silver metallic paint. I used a heat gun to straighten out my door panels that were a little warped from age and I added the red pin stripes just for a little originality. The whole process took me about a week to do.
xsalvioutlawx,
I did all of the work by myself and the only item I really spent any great deal of money on was the Iggee seat covers. They cost me about $190 shipped. I also spent about $25 for the hurst T-Handle shift **** from ebay and $20 at Mid American Motorworks for short shift plates for the 4+3 transmission. The rest was just paint and elbow grease. I cleaned the carpets with my little green machine carpet cleaner. All of the trim panels and speaker grills were taken off, sand blasted, cleaned and painted with silver metallic paint. I used a heat gun to straighten out my door panels that were a little warped from age and I added the red pin stripes just for a little originality. The whole process took me about a week to do.
03-27-2009, 09:35 PM
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Looks great, man! The silver pieces look like brushed aluminum, a real nice touch and different than anything else I've seen here. Those Igees are perfect. I'll definitely get them for my car when the original leather starts looking too worn.
03-27-2009, 09:58 PM
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Overall it looks great
I think you did a great job on your car. The silver paint looks great in there. I think the red striping is a nice touch. The only thing that could be improved is the seat covers.
You will need to understand my perspective on this first. I have done upholstery on collector cars for the last 25 years. I see too many pulls and wrinkles in the covers. This is not your fault. A properly made set of covers, on new seat foam, properly installed, would not have those. To me it looks like the seat covers were made a little too large, which makes them much easier for the average person to install. A correctly made seat cover would be fairly difficult to install but would not have those wrinkles and pulls in them. If you would want to try and get rid of them, you would need to look at them carefully, note where the wrinkles are, loosen the covers at the appropriate areas, partially remove the covers and add a little cotton or foam padding onto your seat and then reinstall the covers. After doing this a few times you will get the knack of it and have them looking perfect, instead of just nice, in no time.
You will need to understand my perspective on this first. I have done upholstery on collector cars for the last 25 years. I see too many pulls and wrinkles in the covers. This is not your fault. A properly made set of covers, on new seat foam, properly installed, would not have those. To me it looks like the seat covers were made a little too large, which makes them much easier for the average person to install. A correctly made seat cover would be fairly difficult to install but would not have those wrinkles and pulls in them. If you would want to try and get rid of them, you would need to look at them carefully, note where the wrinkles are, loosen the covers at the appropriate areas, partially remove the covers and add a little cotton or foam padding onto your seat and then reinstall the covers. After doing this a few times you will get the knack of it and have them looking perfect, instead of just nice, in no time.
, in addition, I'd add the bread box delete and carry the theme to the passangers side
