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dyaballikl

08-20-2007, 02:34 AM

lol, I'm actually 23, so I'm not susceptible to japanese influence ;)

however, i do think i have a pretty good artistic eye, so i started to work on that ugly carpeted door. my interior is all grey, super boring, so i got some black vinyl and a buttload of flat black krylon fusion. i'm still very early in the project, but here's what i've done, and it's going to be my new theme:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1106/1166895690_e72c1413a2.jpg
Black on top, grey on bottom, all around the car, with a bit mixed in. In this pic, I use the vinyl on the top two parts of the door panel, then sanded and painted the door handle (which i did to all 4). After this, I'm going to do the dash board black, and I'm currently working on the vinyl on the armrest. My question is this: am I changing the car too much, does anybody think I should stop now because I'm ruining the car? Thanks for your honest replies :)

[edit] btw, yes, i did take this pic at 100 mph ;)

striker2

08-20-2007, 10:41 AM

im actually thinking about changing all the cloth to black suede in my car ;)

mystiquevltwin

08-20-2007, 03:59 PM

I think it looks great! I don't think you are changing the car too much at all. It looks like your vinyl wrapping skills could be improved a little (im not criticizing you, and Im sure it is no easy task) but overall, very tastefully done!

icysvt

08-20-2007, 07:43 PM

I really think it looks good. the wrapping and pulling skills will come with practice and patience. Good job so far

ryanblacksvt

08-20-2007, 07:49 PM

Yeah get it tight and then your good, damn its been forever since I saw a non power windowed tour.

Ray

08-20-2007, 08:14 PM

By the time you get done with the 4th door, you're going to have improved so much that you will end up ripping the other 3 (already done) doors off to redo them with your new skill..

I like the look, though.

dyaballikl

08-20-2007, 10:50 PM

i totally do intend to redo this door. but you guys are right, i'm really bad at this! i could definitely use some pointers. btw, that middle panel actually has two separate vinyl strips sewn together, that's why it looks a little off. but making the vinyl contour to the contour (lol) is very difficult, a helluva lot harder than i thought.

[edit] btw, stryker, suede sounds like a really good idea. sure would be a lot easier!

striker2

08-20-2007, 10:53 PM

plus it feels so much nicer than vinyl

RawBurt

08-21-2007, 08:53 AM

[edit] btw, yes, i did take this pic at 100 mph ;)

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :crazy:

dyaballikl

08-21-2007, 11:09 AM

plus it feels so much nicer than vinyl

yeah, that it certainly does. however, i'm going to be painting the dash to continue the color scheme (God! I love how the door panels continue their lines onto the dash!), and i don't think vinyl would look very good with what i'm going for. lemme know if you need help getting that door apart, though. i seem to think i've developed a pretty decent method :)

AnastasiaRae87

08-25-2007, 07:43 PM

I have done a lot with my interior as well... The whole interior was tan... including the dash...

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g210/anastasiarae87/SVT001.jpg

Mostly just working with dye and vinyl paint... I Love the two tone look!!!

HolyRollerzC3

08-26-2007, 04:20 PM

bagged

08-26-2007, 04:38 PM

anastasias car is hot:drool: interior looks awsome. ever think about doing seat inserts?