Thinking about customising my interior...
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Thinking about customising my interior...
I currently have the tan interior in my 01 Mag. Red 'Vert (Black top)and was thinking about redoing the entire interior since I don't really care for the tan interior. What do you guys think of my game plan so far?
Black Carpet (oem), Gray Lloyds floormats with logo, Black / Gray custom covered seats, Black / Gray door panels (oem), Black / Gray shifter cover, e-brake cover, console cover and Gray seat belts. Also might get the steering wheel custom black and gray and also the other little pieces such as the glove box, knee bolster, etc. to match.
Also since I have a double din, I was thinking about custom painting it Mag. Red to match the car and also make the black and gray a little more interesting hehe...
Black Carpet (oem), Gray Lloyds floormats with logo, Black / Gray custom covered seats, Black / Gray door panels (oem), Black / Gray shifter cover, e-brake cover, console cover and Gray seat belts. Also might get the steering wheel custom black and gray and also the other little pieces such as the glove box, knee bolster, etc. to match.
Also since I have a double din, I was thinking about custom painting it Mag. Red to match the car and also make the black and gray a little more interesting hehe...
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I currently have the tan interior in my 01 Mag. Red 'Vert (Black top)and was thinking about redoing the entire interior since I don't really care for the tan interior. What do you guys think of my game plan so far?
Black Carpet (oem), Gray Lloyds floormats with logo, Black / Gray custom covered seats, Black / Gray door panels (oem), Black / Gray shifter cover, e-brake cover, console cover and Gray seat belts. Also might get the steering wheel custom black and gray and also the other little pieces such as the glove box, knee bolster, etc. to match.
Also since I have a double din, I was thinking about custom painting it Mag. Red to match the car and also make the black and gray a little more interesting hehe...
Black Carpet (oem), Gray Lloyds floormats with logo, Black / Gray custom covered seats, Black / Gray door panels (oem), Black / Gray shifter cover, e-brake cover, console cover and Gray seat belts. Also might get the steering wheel custom black and gray and also the other little pieces such as the glove box, knee bolster, etc. to match.
Also since I have a double din, I was thinking about custom painting it Mag. Red to match the car and also make the black and gray a little more interesting hehe...
Josh painted my double din to match my Sebring Silver exterior. Great touch. Really set off all the other interior mods I have done before and since.
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Sounds like a good plan. Pics as you do the changeover would be great.
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I think you can over do the two tone theme. I like two tone interiors as I have a mod red interior, but if I started adding extra color to door pulls, console covers, shift boots, brake handles, steering wheels and so on it begins to look like a patchwork quilt to my eye. JMHO.
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Yes, the two-tone can definitely be overdone. However, it sounds as though the OP has this just right. One major accent piece and that's it. It will be beautiful. Black and red is a great combo.
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A double din is used to add an aftermarket head unit, that gives you a Navigation screen, and in most cases provides Bluetooth technology, HD Radio, Sirus radio, a Back up camera screen, the ability to play DVD's including HD movies. so a passenger in your car could watch a movie... this feature could be distracting to a drive, but the ability is there. The head unit can provide hands free texting, alerts to excessive speed via the Nav unit.. audible turn by turn navigation etc.. Hands free phone connection both in receiving and in sending, audible send and receive texting all hands free
If you need to find a gas station, restaurant, or drug store in an unfamiliar area... it will audibly tell you how to get there. A double din with head unit will bring your car into the 21st century.. many members here have upgraded their C5 to this modification.
Here is the stock din and a half in my car:
here is my car today with a double din and Kenwood head unit:
Hope this help with the question on double din
Bill aka ET
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In case anyone is wondering how "din" became a (pseudo) unit of measurement, the acronym DIN stands for "Deutsches Institut fur Normung", the German branch of the ISO. The actual DIN standard that matters here is DIN75490, which is now ISO7736:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_7736
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_7736
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We've also got a Mag Red vert (00) with a tan interior that we are making more and more black. Added black floormats and painted/dyed console and dash pieces black. Will keep going - need to recover the seats and will go black when we pull that trigger. Our car had the tan convertible top when we bought it in May - it was due for replacing and went with black which we thinks suits the car much better - looks more aggressive with the black top.
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I've been toying with the idea of lightening the color of my MSG gray/black interior by changing most of the black bits to a medium-dark gray, doing the seats in gray/black two-tone, and leaving the other current light-gray bits alone.
GF's 2005 Buick is also MSG, but uses a medium gray for dash and door panels: it just feels a bit airier than the C5 as a result. (Not having a black headliner also seems to make a lot of difference, so I may start with that just to get my feet wet.)
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A " din " is the terminology used to describe the radio opening in your dash.... single din, double din or in the case of the C5 its a din and a half..
A double din is used to add an aftermarket head unit, that gives you a Navigation screen, and in most cases provides Bluetooth technology, HD Radio, Sirus radio, a Back up camera screen, the ability to play DVD's including HD movies. so a passenger in your car could watch a movie... this feature could be distracting to a drive, but the ability is there. The head unit can provide hands free texting, alerts to excessive speed via the Nav unit.. audible turn by turn navigation etc.. Hands free phone connection both in receiving and in sending, audible send and receive texting all hands free
If you need to find a gas station, restaurant, or drug store in an unfamiliar area... it will audibly tell you how to get there. A double din with head unit will bring your car into the 21st century.. many members here have upgraded their C5 to this modification.
Here is the stock din and a half in my car:
here is my car today with a double din and Kenwood head unit:
Hope this help with the question on double din
Bill aka ET
A double din is used to add an aftermarket head unit, that gives you a Navigation screen, and in most cases provides Bluetooth technology, HD Radio, Sirus radio, a Back up camera screen, the ability to play DVD's including HD movies. so a passenger in your car could watch a movie... this feature could be distracting to a drive, but the ability is there. The head unit can provide hands free texting, alerts to excessive speed via the Nav unit.. audible turn by turn navigation etc.. Hands free phone connection both in receiving and in sending, audible send and receive texting all hands free
If you need to find a gas station, restaurant, or drug store in an unfamiliar area... it will audibly tell you how to get there. A double din with head unit will bring your car into the 21st century.. many members here have upgraded their C5 to this modification.
Here is the stock din and a half in my car:
here is my car today with a double din and Kenwood head unit:
Hope this help with the question on double din
Bill aka ET
The stock stereo set up is fine by me! I don't need all those other bells and wh
istles!
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How well did that work and how big a job was it?
I've been toying with the idea of lightening the color of my MSG gray/black interior by changing most of the black bits to a medium-dark gray, doing the seats in gray/black two-tone, and leaving the other current light-gray bits alone.
GF's 2005 Buick is also MSG, but uses a medium gray for dash and door panels: it just feels a bit airier than the C5 as a result. (Not having a black headliner also seems to make a lot of difference, so I may start with that just to get my feet wet.)
I've been toying with the idea of lightening the color of my MSG gray/black interior by changing most of the black bits to a medium-dark gray, doing the seats in gray/black two-tone, and leaving the other current light-gray bits alone.
GF's 2005 Buick is also MSG, but uses a medium gray for dash and door panels: it just feels a bit airier than the C5 as a result. (Not having a black headliner also seems to make a lot of difference, so I may start with that just to get my feet wet.)
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Good SEM spray dye on the plastics and dash..and either RubNRestore or Leatherique dye on the seats, swap carpet..and you're done..for a grand less than an interior shop, on a warm weekend!
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I currently have the tan interior in my 01 Mag. Red 'Vert (Black top)and was thinking about redoing the entire interior since I don't really care for the tan interior. What do you guys think of my game plan so far?
Black Carpet (oem), Gray Lloyds floormats with logo, Black / Gray custom covered seats, Black / Gray door panels (oem), Black / Gray shifter cover, e-brake cover, console cover and Gray seat belts. Also might get the steering wheel custom black and gray and also the other little pieces such as the glove box, knee bolster, etc. to match.
Also since I have a double din, I was thinking about custom painting it Mag. Red to match the car and also make the black and gray a little more interesting hehe...
Black Carpet (oem), Gray Lloyds floormats with logo, Black / Gray custom covered seats, Black / Gray door panels (oem), Black / Gray shifter cover, e-brake cover, console cover and Gray seat belts. Also might get the steering wheel custom black and gray and also the other little pieces such as the glove box, knee bolster, etc. to match.
Also since I have a double din, I was thinking about custom painting it Mag. Red to match the car and also make the black and gray a little more interesting hehe...
