Interior Fabrication
can anyone with experience make a small but detailed guide for doing this, i and the community would be very thankful! just the process and wait time, what materials/supplies to use. how much is the material costing you? sry to bombard your thread like this, but use it as a compliment, it looks great 
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From: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
I don't think you have to worry too much about the airbag functionality... that thing comes out at about 300+Km/hr and I've seen wrecked cars where the passenger bag went off and it almost always shatters the front windshield in the process. I don't think a bit of suede is gonna hold that puppy back 
looks alright i suppose. I think it'd look better on the OZ though., it would blend in with the black interior, unlike the ES, it stands out too much and doesn't fit.
good work still
good work still
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Newfound... not to sound like a dick or anything, but what do you do for a living?
The reason that the windshield breaks like that is because the top mount airbag systems reflect of off it to position themselves properly. They have to reach that position at the exact time needed, or they will do more harm than help. Chances are, yeah, it will rip the suede... but it will be slowed to the point that it does not get where it needs to be in time. And, there is still the possibility, depending on the quality of the suede, that the airbag will not actually be able to get through it and end up just lifting the top of the dash.
Either way, as was stated, it is illegal most everywhere and a huge safetly liability.
Ton's of research and developement go into creating an affective safety system. Chancing my life (or, even worse, somebody else's) for a piece of cloth, not a chance.
It is your car, you decide. I've said my peace, that's all I can do.
Oh yeah, for anybody questioning my abilities to make such an argument... I'm a professionally trained and certified automotive specialist, with an emphasis on upholstery and collision work.
The reason that the windshield breaks like that is because the top mount airbag systems reflect of off it to position themselves properly. They have to reach that position at the exact time needed, or they will do more harm than help. Chances are, yeah, it will rip the suede... but it will be slowed to the point that it does not get where it needs to be in time. And, there is still the possibility, depending on the quality of the suede, that the airbag will not actually be able to get through it and end up just lifting the top of the dash.
Either way, as was stated, it is illegal most everywhere and a huge safetly liability.
Ton's of research and developement go into creating an affective safety system. Chancing my life (or, even worse, somebody else's) for a piece of cloth, not a chance.
It is your car, you decide. I've said my peace, that's all I can do.
Oh yeah, for anybody questioning my abilities to make such an argument... I'm a professionally trained and certified automotive specialist, with an emphasis on upholstery and collision work.