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Old Dec 3, 2012 | 03:54 PM
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interior upholstry redoing and need opinions

has anyone redone or attepted to redo there upholstry on the roof and the front window side airbag pilars im trying to black out my interior and i dont like the tanish poop color it dosnt sit well with a all white and black rx8 the only things night white or black is the uphosltry any upholstry dyes recommended or interior paint that people have used and would use again please let me kno thanks
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Old Dec 3, 2012 | 05:54 PM
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Ive used VHT aersol on vinyl before when i had a bmw e30... Came out pretty good. Headliner removal is pretty easy due to the butterfly doors... You dont have to squeeze it out of one door like you eould with other cars (major pita). Theres a thread out there for it. I wouldnt dye the headliner, just reupholster it with fabric or vinyl. I had a friend in high school who reupholstered his civics headliner with a mario bro's bedsheet and didnt look that bad.
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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 09:28 AM
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has anyone redone or attepted to redo there upholstry on the roof and the front window side airbag pilars im trying to black out my interior and i dont like the tanish poop color it dosnt sit well with a all white and black rx8 the only things night white or black is the uphosltry any upholstry dyes recommended or interior paint that people have used and would use again please let me kno thanks
Replace them with carbon fiber pillars. Please don't just plastiderp them
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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 09:37 AM
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The headliner and pillars should be whitish grey, unless you are talking about the interior panels being poop color that would be chaparral...






Or are your seats tan?

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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 12:07 PM
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what does the exterior of the car look like in that top photo? just out of curiosity
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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 12:12 PM
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I just swapped my interior such as door panels and seats to red and black everything above the panels is tan and that's what I'm going to be changing I found a couple options such as paint and vinyl just havnt found a product for the rofs upholstry
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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Rorschach
what does the exterior of the car look like in that top photo? just out of curiosity
Mine was black. Pics in sig.
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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 12:49 PM
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Silver pretty sure
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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 01:05 PM
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Interior looks better with black exterior
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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Rorschach
what does the exterior of the car look like in that top photo? just out of curiosity
Look at the door jams.
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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 06:02 PM
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I sprayed my headliner and moon roof door(that was a bitch) with duplicolor fabric sray(black) and the a and c pillars with VHT matte black,,, perfectly matches the factory dash,,,
Also did the same for the dark grey door panels and rear seats, came out great,,,

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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 06:16 PM
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^ Very nice!

I think that's what this guy was looking for.

Is that the buckskin wrap from autoexe?
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Old Dec 11, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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yes,,
and alcantar shift boot and arm rest from ShiftStyle.com
the AutoExe wrap is top notch, the shiftstyle pieces are acceptable, actually the arm rest is rather good, with really great fitment, the shift boot is perfectly patterned but I wish is was made of a little thicker material
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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by CForette
has anyone redone or attepted to redo there upholstry on the roof and the front window side airbag pilars im trying to black out my interior and i dont like the tanish poop color it dosnt sit well with a all white and black rx8 the only things night white or black is the uphosltry any upholstry dyes recommended or interior paint that people have used and would use again please let me kno thanks
Whatever you decide, you also need a set of commas. Couple of periods. Bunch of apostrophes. Set of capital letters. And a question mark. Easy to get; most keyboards have 'em.
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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotr8
yes,,
and alcantar shift boot and arm rest from ShiftStyle.com
the AutoExe wrap is top notch, the shiftstyle pieces are acceptable, actually the arm rest is rather good, with really great fitment, the shift boot is perfectly patterned but I wish is was made of a little thicker material
I ordered a shiftboot from shiftstyle 2 weeks ago and still have not received it. I wasn't aware they had an armrest deal as well.

How difficult was the steering wheel wrap to install?
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Old Dec 22, 2012 | 10:03 PM
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ok update....i finished the rear seat shells got pics but ima post them when the whole interior is done i still have to do the center consol and roof and side pilars but....FYI VHT Vinyl paint is horrible and not worth the price go to your local home depot or lowes and grab yourself the Valspar Spray paint its is anywhere from 4-5$ and its worth every sent not one drip or run. great product never buying any spray paint but Valspar again
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Old Dec 22, 2012 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by shadycrew31
I ordered a shiftboot from shiftstyle 2 weeks ago and still have not received it. I wasn't aware they had an armrest deal as well.

How difficult was the steering wheel wrap to install?
It took about 7 hrs to hand stitch. All the tools and supplies needed are included, but its still tedious work. I bought a spare wheel and did the work on that, it made it easy to move around and get to all the nooks. I cant imagine trying to install it on a wheel in a car
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Old Dec 22, 2012 | 10:35 PM
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ok update....i finished the rear seat shells got pics but ima post them when the whole interior is done i still have to do the center consol and roof and side pilars but....FYI VHT Vinyl paint is horrible and not worth the price go to your local home depot or lowes and grab yourself the Valspar Spray paint its is anywhere from 4-5$ and its worth every sent not one drip or run. great product never buying any spray paint but Valspar again
Just by reading into your comments I would imagine your methods are flawed. No spray paint, especially VHT should run or drip if used properly.
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Old Dec 23, 2012 | 02:07 AM
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I didnt say the VHT ran or driped I said that the valspar dosnt and hasn't ran or driped the problem I ran into with VHT was 2 things it wrinkled on the rotary seat symbols and the red was very light I was doing the ring around the shift boot and I was four coats in and still seen threw to the original plastic tell me of my methods were flawed
Step 1 sand with 300 sand with 400
Primer wet sand 400
Apply coat
Apply coat
Wet sand with 400
Apply coat wet sand with 600
Very light coat
Clear coat wet sand x3

The valspar paint is far more superior than the VHT
The ring I was talking about two coats and didn't see nothing but red
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Old Dec 23, 2012 | 02:08 AM
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Don't hate on anything you havnt tried
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Old Dec 23, 2012 | 02:13 AM
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Rotr8 I do agree with you 100% done properly there should not be any runs but drips are caused by by design on the caps or cheap products VHT is 7-8 a can valspar is 4-5 and I think it's better I bought VHT 2 black 1 red 1 primer 1 clear 35 in paint or the same paint in valspar for 23-24 not everything for cars is at autozone lol
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