Interior Restoration
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srhutch said:
According to the guides I read, there are 2 screws at the hinges that need to be unscrewed to take the door off. You can then reach the 2 screws at the base behind the door. The hinge screws are covered up on mine and I couldn''t see a way of removing the BT module as there was no plug, so I had to do it all with the rear console in situ.
Jonny essex said:
Yeah it's a real shame. I can't fault him for trying, but they look like they've been painted rather than dyed (I believe he even used a spray gun which set alarm bells ringing!) I've dyed a set of seats before in an old E36 and it took days of building up very, very watered-down layers of the dye, and the result was really good. Patience is key! If these weren't so buggered I'd give it a go myself, but I don't think it's going to be possible to get the dye off because there's so much of it.
A couple of finishing touches, some brand new OEM black mats and new door handle trim covers. Looking much more like a 5 year old car now 8)
Also, there may still be hope for the bodged leather. I noticed that a corner was peeling on the old knee pad, and sure enough because it has been applied like paint rather than dying the leather, it just peels off without causing too much damage. These small parts only took a few minutes. Obviously two whole seats would take much longer, but it looks I may be able to sort them out myself
Also, there may still be hope for the bodged leather. I noticed that a corner was peeling on the old knee pad, and sure enough because it has been applied like paint rather than dying the leather, it just peels off without causing too much damage. These small parts only took a few minutes. Obviously two whole seats would take much longer, but it looks I may be able to sort them out myself
Nice job. Myself I'd have got the car out once the seats and carpet was up and got someone inside the car while I jet washed it on top and underneath to see where that water was getting in. :wink:
It looks so much better with that black carpet. That was the colour scheme in my Coupe.
It looks so much better with that black carpet. That was the colour scheme in my Coupe.
shortfuse 2
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looking great now 
Thanks! Hasn't cost too much so far which is why it didn't scare me off the car, maybe £200 in total for new carpet/mats, plastics, leather, trim etc. However the seats are another matter as a retrim will cost at least £700, and as you know sports seats are very hard to come by so I don't have much hope of a black set coming up any time soon.
The current plan is to pull all of the champagne 'paint' off them, and restore them to the original sand/grey colour which I actually quite like. Then I will either keep them as is and source some matching grey leather door card inserts, or sell them and buy some black seats. At the moment they are worthless, nobody is going to buy them in this condition. So I am just waiting for a dry day I can spend pulling all of the paint off as it's very time consuming.
The current plan is to pull all of the champagne 'paint' off them, and restore them to the original sand/grey colour which I actually quite like. Then I will either keep them as is and source some matching grey leather door card inserts, or sell them and buy some black seats. At the moment they are worthless, nobody is going to buy them in this condition. So I am just waiting for a dry day I can spend pulling all of the paint off as it's very time consuming.