The interior of my 1990 is in poor condition. The dash is cracked in a few places and it has shrunk away from each other. The center console is also cracked and worn in a few places, and parts of it don't "fit" together very good anymore. It makes me wonder how many times it has been removed and put back in over and over because of the kind of condition it's in.

I look at interior parts online and it seems it would cost a fortune to fix it up. I can replace a few big things, like carpet and seat covers which would help alot, but that would just barely be getting into it and I would already be into thousands of dollars.

Does anyone have any advice on if there is a better or cheaper way of making it look pretty? I thought about using body filler/fiberglass to replace cracks in the hard plastic and touching it up with paint, and recovering the dash, but I don't think anything but replacement parts will work since it looks like they have been warped by heat or something.

I have thought about trying to sell it as is before I put anymore money into it and buying something in better condition, but I don't think I could afford too. I paid 5500.00 for it and probably got ripped off. It was my first vette and I didn't have alot of money and it was hard getting a car loan on a vette I could afford (finally I was able to find a credit union that would loan on a car, but the loan amount was 5k max for 1989 or newer only, which really, really limited what I could buy, in fact this was the only car in my price range and I looked for a few weeks).


Wish I could find a wrecked vette where I could just take the entire interior for cheap.

 

Ebay.

I refinished my entire carpet, door sills, and door panels with a few cans of Dupli-color vinyl spray and an adhesive promoter spray before that. It works on carpet and interior trim. The improvement was massive and I spent maybe $10 to make my interior look brand new. The painted carpet looks indistinguishable next to a set of new black floor mats. My plastic trim was in good condition though. Everything was just sun faded. I did not do my dash because it did not need it.

 

Or you could part it out, as the parts go for pretty good prices, and save up to get the vette you want!
Good luck.
Laura

 

I have done the same. Just take your time, refinish what is useable and just replace what is needed a little at a time, what ever you can afford.
A nice restoration doesn't happen over night!

 

Has anyone good any good pics of the shifter console where the power seat controls are? Mine look a little funny, like they aren't original or don't fit right or something. This is a 1990 by the way.