I'd be surprised if you had the stock speakers, and if you do, really surprised if they're in one piece. Mine had pretty much crumbled when I took them out of my 78 15 years ago...

That said, if you do 6.5s in the kicks you'd probably be just fine with just a sub in the rear. The 4x6s in the dash are worthless and having sound projected from behind you is kind of strange; especially with only a two seater.

I had this setup in my 02 Corvette and absolutely loved it.

You want to amp everything that you can, even the nicest aftermarket head units have very minimal RMS power output. You want more power on the amp side than the speaker side; if possible.

 

ANYBODY have the full set of pics on that vette in the 2nd picture. I used to have them and lost them somehow. That was the nicest C3 I've ever seen.

 

I could be wrong on them being the stock speakers. I know the car was kept in a conditioned garage for about 10 years in the 90's though. Who knows. They seem to be all trebble though, no bass. I know some people do not think the rear speakers are needed, but I figure, I have speakers there now, might as well leave speakers in there. The rears sound a ton better than the dash. Also, the head units were designed for 4 speakers, might as well use 4 speakers! lol.

And yes, if someone has more pictures of that interior on the 2nd Vette, I would love to see them!

 

here is another question. I have been doing some research here on the forum, and have heard alot about the SEM vinyl dye. I am seriously liking the Pacific Blue and think it would look great with my body paint and Oyster interior. Some kind of black is a close second. I think making the interior 2 tone would be a nice touch, and really freshen it up. But with the SEM stuff, do you have to have a lighter color to spray it on, or will say an oyster color interior piece turn out the same as a black pannel? Also, it sounds like some people have used this on leather as well. Does it work? Sounds like this stuff is easy to use, I just don't want 3 different shades of blue if I go with the blue, but start with parts that are either different colors or material.

Also everyone, keep in mind, this is a brainstorming thread, nothing posted here is set in stone.

 

...I guess? Once you've put the 6.5s in the dash and a sub in the rear, the 6x9s will become very superfluous.

And the 6.5 (component setup, hopefully) will sound much better than the 6x9 setup in the rear. Also, you *really* don't want to use the head units if you're going for sound quality. If you're NOT going for sound quality and just want to run 4 speakers because the head unit can do that, don't waste your time, money, or interior space on setting up the 6.5s and just replace the 4 speakers as planned.

You will get significantly better sound out of an amplifier than what the head unit will give you.

 

I don't believe you can use the SEM stuff on leather, only on pieces that do not see a lot of flexing. Your butt will flex that leather seat quite a bit.

As for black... IIRC the new seat hinge covers come in black and the SEM vinyl dye coated it well.

FWIW, certain panels were not an exact match in every color combination. The pace cars use a darker, matte gray for the e-brake cover, seat hinge covers, seat roller lockout lever handle and door armrests, whereas the seats, windshield surround, seat buckets and door panels are more of a pure silver color.




You can make out that the bottom hinge has the correct gray color here:


Here's a before and after with SEM:

 

Are you calling me fat?!

So from the pictures, it looks like it covers pretty well. Really leaning towards the Pacific Blue with my Oyster. I wonder if I can find something for the seats that will give me a good match to the blue...

I am thinking if I can refurbish my current seats, and dye sections of it to give the seats a nice 2 tone, that will make me happy. I do have one small (about an inch) tear in the drivers seat. If I can fix that, I will be good to go.

 

That'd be nice. Black and white interiors look really stark and cold, that'd be a poor choice. All black or all white isn't bad, but the two combined look terrible.

 

I don't plan on going white with anything, but I am curious as to how the black and oyster would look. But if the blue goes good with my 2004 LeMans Blue, I would rather go that route.

I did some reading, the the SEM website says that you can use their product on leather as well, so I am REALLY thinking this will be a step I am going to definately do.

Audio upgrade first, then two-tone. Maybe a few things before I dye the interior.

 

Black with oyster is what I was referring to when I said black with white. Oyster to me is just a fancy term for white. To me its just a harsh and depressing look, but perhaps one woman's harsh and depressing look is another person's bold and dramatic look.

 

To each their own, right? I do agree with you and think the blue would look better. Who knows, if I hate the blue, I could always go to black, but would probably be harder to do the other way around.

 

Yes, that's for sure. I'm sure we've all seen situations where someone thought some artistic vision of theirs was the cat's bum and we thought it was hideous and vice versa.

 

Yeah, next tuesday I am going to get the spears put on my hood (stripes on the side of the hood cowl). Since my crossed flags are customized red, white and blue, I thought about getting the spears done in white, with a thin red pinstripe around them. I can'd decide if it will look good or hideous. Kinda one of those, tie everything together, or run for the hills decisions... Either way, the spears will be white, with either white or red pinstripe, and still trying to find out if I wanna put "L-48", "Corvette" or "L48?" or "Bad Attitude" on the spears on each side.

"Bad Attitude" is going on a sticker on the back bumper. It was on there before the accident last fall. My dad put it on there, and I want it back, but in more fitting colors.

 

My advice - don't go crazy on the interior! it is very easy to overdo it and the results are hideous! 20 years from now someone will look at it and think of it as much as as we do about fuzzy, baby poop brown carpeting in a car...

The two pictures posted some time ago - the first one looks like someone rattle can sprayed the door panels and removed what was easy to remove and sprayed it silver as well... this is not going to appeal to a lot of people cause it creams bubba. Just the silver color here and there(the way it was done)- gauges and other mods are OK.

1. SEATS. the stock seats look very good IMO, but are simply not my size - I dont fit in them, I do kept them stock as they are in good shape, If you fit in yours, reskin them, change padding and your good to go.

2. GAUGES. they look old and act old with the needle jump and all that (plus they are very inaccurate) , You might change them, DONT GO DIGITAL - leave that stuff to david hasselhoff cars. You might be tempted to go "white face" but that mod is so common on fart can compacts that its throwing me off. I think something classic with red needle and dark background would look good, modded but not out of place. While you at it toss something where the clock is - who needs a clock nowadays, trans temp or something...

3. CONSOLE WITH ASHTRAY, this is the big place for improvement (If you do smoke I hope you wont do it in a vette with new interior). search for mods in that area, gauges, switches.

4. PAINTING INTERIOR. fresh refinish to most of the plastic parts will do wonders but DO YOUR RESEARCH first as it is very easy do butcher this job completely with the wrong paint/application, you do not want it to look like kids were running wild with rattle cans inside your car.

5. SOUND, all was said I think, go with a head unit that has Bluetooth so you can stream live music from pandora etc.


PS. new seat belts would be nice if yours look as bad as mine...

 

Even though blue is my favourite colour I actually prefer the interior in the first picture to the one in the second picture - looks pretty good to me.

 

Here is the story and within the thread is the build thread.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...post1565332305

Terry

 

I agree with Papa.

1. Not gonna go overboard with the 2 tone. keeping the original color and the main color, I am just going to break up the dull monotony with blue accents. New skins down the road are planned.

2. I think so body color gauge background would look nice. with some white LED or Blue lighting, but not looking to go that far just yet. And yes, I have horrible bounce in my gauges, plan to address this maybe as early as this fall. Might wait until after the interior.

3. I smoke, but not in the Vette. I will look into some options here.

4. any "painting" will most likely be done with SEM dye, starting to lean away from painting certain interior parts body color, except for the area mentioned in #3.

5. I have an aftermarket head unit right now. It does not have bluetooth, but it does have a USB port. Unfortunately, I think it either does not work well, or the cable I have leading to my thumb drive is not very good. I will look into a bluetooth or other media method after speakers.

 

soft, padded surface, like a door panel- SHOULD NOT be silver, if you want silver, go with stainless or aluminum, not rattle can...

 

Sounds like a plan sir!

with the dye - do some large scale test run, die some bed sheets or something like that in two tone of your choice and see how it looks in the car, wrap the seat in it, put it down where the carpet is etc... just to have a vibe if you will be very happy with it. WHen it comes to painting, and especially multitone stuff often comes up a lot different than what we imagined.

and be a good sport and toss a picture here once a while, Good luck

 

I plan to take some pictures of the interior as it sits right now, I am just waiting for the monsoons to end. The town 5 miles north of me has a driving ban from flooded roads...

Good idea on spraying a sheet first. I actually plan to pick up a piece of vinyl from a fabric store that matches as close as possible my current interior, and spray that. The speakers I want to do after the wedding (July 27th), and will probably be starting the rest in the fall.