EVO full suede interior with dash trim inserts
Sep 8, 2008, 05:01 PM
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There is some pics of my car exterior, together with my friend white MR and his girls 350Z. Check out my blog: http://jdm-factory.blogspot.com
Sep 8, 2008, 05:08 PM
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The point of having a suede dash isn't to look good it's to keep glare off of the windshield will driving in bright conditions, which is why a lot of the Aston Martins and Lambo's have it.
Sep 8, 2008, 08:15 PM
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All Lambo suede is for great finishing touch, nice stitching, beautiful material, Lambo is Lambo that is different story. Besides most very expensive cars have leather rather that suede finish.
If you use very fine suede on Evo, which has textured dash from factory, you can't have anything close to Lambo feel that's why I am against suede on EVO dashes. Dash has to have no texture to look perfect, not like EVO. Just my personal opinion.
Sep 9, 2008, 07:58 AM
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Just like every other high end car that has the same thing its going to start to smell after some time goes by. And there is only so many times you can clean it before it starts to fade.
Sep 9, 2008, 08:55 AM
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Very nice. For the headliner, did you simply glue the new fabric over the existing factory fabric, or, did you remove the factory fabric down to the layers that support the overall shape of the headliner?
I really dislike when people take the "unique whip" approach and simply put aftermarket fabric over their existing OEM fabric. First it makes it too thick, and too cheap looking. Reminds me of a simple seat cover, only more expensive and easier to ruin.
I am just wondering because i was thinking of doing my headliner, but i did not want to have it look like a cover up, i want it to look and appear OE, and still allow the exisiting panels to line up correctly without any part buldging or having a gap.
let me know
I really dislike when people take the "unique whip" approach and simply put aftermarket fabric over their existing OEM fabric. First it makes it too thick, and too cheap looking. Reminds me of a simple seat cover, only more expensive and easier to ruin.
I am just wondering because i was thinking of doing my headliner, but i did not want to have it look like a cover up, i want it to look and appear OE, and still allow the exisiting panels to line up correctly without any part buldging or having a gap.
let me know
Sep 9, 2008, 02:50 PM
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I was thinking of this and what it would look like a few months ago. But was not sure if I could do it (need instructions) or what an upholsterer would charge.
You did a very nice job. So what would this sort of thing run material wise? Maybe you should a how to on this as well so that others could at least try it. If the instructions are good enough more people could do this.
Again that looks sweet, much better than the factory and no painted pieces (not really a painted interior fan).
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You did a very nice job. So what would this sort of thing run material wise? Maybe you should a how to on this as well so that others could at least try it. If the instructions are good enough more people could do this.
Again that looks sweet, much better than the factory and no painted pieces (not really a painted interior fan).
Raist
Sep 10, 2008, 02:09 AM
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I think it looks pretty good, and I left the same portion of my seatbelts unpainted as well...did you paint the oh **** handles or are they covered in suede? How did you go about doing the visors? It looks like you were able to iron(?) them together but you can still see the warning sticker outline underneath...overall looks good.