"Spinningheadboy's Interior rebuild- Black Leather Heated Seats & Alcantara Dashboard

[spinningheadboy]

Started the rear bottom seat today and completed the right rear door panel. It took me a bit to get one corner or the rear seat to stretch correctly....but I'm happy so far, and still more room to shrink some leather.

Pulling the cover up to reveal the hog ringed metal seem rods.

Adding the new leather.

Finished and working with the heat gun a bit.

Test fit in the car.

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Here is the right rear interior door panel. It had two grey fabric trim pieces that I recovered in black preforated leather from the same seller.

Finished!

 

[vIetDrIfTeR]

omg so da beatifull

 

[eraezer]

Your seats and panels looks great!
I'm about to do the same, I'm currently waiting on some samples to determine the correct color code which matches the stock medium gray.

 

[K_SHAN]

our cars need to mate, and have a child. the child would be teh best supra everrr

 

[Supraboy87T]

I've been wanting to redo my interior and this helps a lot. Now I just wanna finish my civic build so I can start on the supra build. 2 projects bills and school really tap out the income.

 

[scotty]

Really great job on the recover Looking very nice, can't wait for more updates.

 

[spinningheadboy]

Was a bit of a busy weekend, I only finished up the drivers door panel....much more difficult than I thought. Here's what I did.
Before:

Panel removed front and back.

Below is the problem with this panel for an easy recover. The foam and fabric are glued down the center and then it turns downward.
So to avoid sewing the panel, I went after some new foam to glue the leather to....and get the leather to keep to the same contour as stock. I went to my friendly Michael's craft store and bought the kids construction style paper foam....in black. I believe its important to add this foam so that you don't see the metal tabs that hold the panel to the door panels...and leather is just too thin to apply direct.....plus it feels better with this layer.

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I cut the thin black foam to fit the panel, and cut a relief at the seam that the original seem went.

Here you can see how I cut the foam.

Adding the spray glue to the leather and the door panel to get the proper adhesion.

Here you can see the contour and bend of the panel.....really didn't know this before I took it apart.

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After glueing the leather down I added a duct style tape to cover the sticky overspray and keep things tighter.

Finished Panel.......just need to put it back on the door and add the bezel. This truly was an experiment for me to figure out how to do this....I'm pleased with the results...the flash makes it look a bit harsh to me.

 

[spencyg]

I am setting aside a nice set of spare seats I just acquired specifically to duplicate your project....your work is an inspiration and I look forward to trying it myself at some point. Keep up the excellent work.

SGinNE

 

[KevinM]

Looks good. I remember doing that on two cars years ago, it's alittle patience to get it to come out nice.
Kevin

 

[spinningheadboy]

Thanks for the comments.....the car is not a daily driver so I do have some time to complete the project.

Chris

 

[spinningheadboy]

Had to leave town for a bit....also found my 6.5 door speaker to be blown...Alpines 6.5 mids have been added.

Finished Drivers door panel installed.

 

[spinningheadboy]

I had some time this weekend to work on the passenger seat. It was a bit more involved than I thought....and the headrest cover is way too big. I added a dacron wrap and made it look lots better. Mind you the finished product had not been heated to shrink wrinkles just yet. I'm happy with the results.

Before:

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Pulled the back off (The back of the seat is light grey.....going to have to fix that as the leather kit does not change the cover color)

Headrest steamed and ready for test fit. Note: had to add a wrap of padding to make it fit correct.

Time to get the seat heaters ready for install.

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The back is a pain because of the shoulder pieces that have to be transfered to the new cover....not real hard, just a bit of a time waster.

The leather is on, but everything is not tight yet. You can't tighten the cover completely until you attach it to the bottom frame.

After steaming the bottom cushion.....ready for the seat heater.

Seat heater cut out for wire seam holders.

Under seat bottom...hog rings installed.

Finished bottom

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Bottom Seat attached to the seat frame.

Finished product, just need to heat the seat to shrink it a bit.....perhaps a few hours in the hot sun too.

So far I'm really pleased with this kit.....Note: the bottom from seats are slightly different....the covers are not marked. The bottom bolsters on the front seats differ.....the bolster near the door is wider than the one towards the console. Glad I didn't screw that one up.

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[spinningheadboy]

So far so good.

cwd

 

[boostcraver]

I like what your doing here with this interior. Then again, I'm biased cuz I'm doing something about the same on my build I've got mine mostly installed so check me out if you want to compare, or get a feel for what it will look like installed. http://www.supramania.com/forums/sh...esto-modification-build&p=1711567#post1711567

 

[spinningheadboy]

I like what your doing here with this interior. Then again, I'm biased cuz I'm doing something about the same on my build I've got mine mostly installed so check me out if you want to compare, or get a feel for what it will look like installed. http://www.supramania.com/forums/sh...esto-modification-build&p=1711567#post1711567

Did you redo the seats or are you just showing me a black leather interior?

cwd

 

[K_SHAN]

ive got some rear seats if u wanna do em and sell em. lmk

 

[boostcraver]

Did you redo the seats or are you just showing me a black leather interior?

cwd

Bought the seats as pictured. Just installed. Showing you what it looks like with solid leather vs. perforated leather. Sorta wishing I had done it like you now that I've seen it the other way.

 

[supra1008]

Its coming along very nice! Really like what you're doing. I'm going to be doing this once my engine is back up and running.

 

[OneJArpus]

top notch work. +1 great job so far can't wait to see the finished product

 

[spinningheadboy]

Thanks for the comments.

Yes.....seat heaters work.....and I sat in the garage by myself like an idiot, on the floor with the battery charger......with a warm back side.

cwd