Interior color advise?
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 664
Likes: 1
From: Orlando, Florida
Interior color advise?
I have a metallic Mahogany '81.
The interior color is Camel...and I do like Camel.
However I saw this '68 interior in "Tobaco" and I fell in love.
Do you think this color is "too much" brown for my '81?
My wife doesn't like it...she say's it's too brown.
I think it would look excellent.
The interior color is Camel...and I do like Camel.
However I saw this '68 interior in "Tobaco" and I fell in love.
Do you think this color is "too much" brown for my '81?
My wife doesn't like it...she say's it's too brown.
I think it would look excellent.
Last edited by SGAL1; Sep 5, 2010 at 12:01 AM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 1,042
Likes: 1
From: Greensboro NC
Maybe do both...?
Keep the camel color on the lower dash pads, seats, door panels, etc, etc, and dye everything above Tobacco (including the very top of the door panels).
Something along the lines of how many new cars are done.
Keep the camel color on the lower dash pads, seats, door panels, etc, etc, and dye everything above Tobacco (including the very top of the door panels).
Something along the lines of how many new cars are done.
Instructor
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 208
Likes: 6
From: Baltimore MD
yeah, 2-tone may look cool. i suggest using the dyes too. will help keep cost down a lot. i went from brown to '75 oxblood in my '76 and used dyes and it turned out nice. one thing i did have a prob with is if you spray the dye or the clear for it when it is humid, it will blush real bad. may be use a retarder in it to slow drying. assuming you have a spray gun...
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 664
Likes: 1
From: Orlando, Florida
No...I don't have a spray gun and I've never died interior parts before.
I'll have to think about that.
Someone on another thread said the tobacco color is extremely difficult to locate, but I sure think it's beautiful.
I'll have to think about that.
Someone on another thread said the tobacco color is extremely difficult to locate, but I sure think it's beautiful.
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 37,637
Likes: 3,118
From: Crossville TN
Sorry. I agree with the wife. Dark brown/dark brown is too 'dreary' for me. "Rich" looking...maybe. Attractive....not in my book. I'm assuming that you have vinyl seats/interior. If so, clean the seatcovers and panels well, give all a coating of Nu-Vinyl, and enjoy what that car looked like when new.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 664
Likes: 1
From: Orlando, Florida
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 1,042
Likes: 1
From: Greensboro NC
Administrator
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 53,982
Likes: 6,209
From: About 1100 miles from where I call home.
Sorry. I agree with the wife. Dark brown/dark brown is too 'dreary' for me. "Rich" looking...maybe. Attractive....not in my book. I'm assuming that you have vinyl seats/interior. If so, clean the seatcovers and panels well, give all a coating of Nu-Vinyl, and enjoy what that car looked like when new.
Heel & Toe
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 16
Likes: 0
Would you be interested in a camel interior out of a 58000 mile car. Every piece is near perfect. I can hook you up for a really good price.
Includes every thing inside of your cars interior out of a 1982 Corvette.
Includes every thing inside of your cars interior out of a 1982 Corvette.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 664
Likes: 1
From: Orlando, Florida
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 664
Likes: 1
From: Orlando, Florida
Yea...I know what you mean...and it's not like I don't like the camel color. I appreciate your feedback.
