I'm looking to completely rework the interior of my 88 Vert. My original plan was to mold new trim for the dash, doors and other plastic trim pieces.

Has anyone ever done this? what technique did you use?

I'm not looking forward to making press molds for each piece, so I thought about replacing or re-covering cloth/leather components and painting and sealing the plastic components.

I've done small bits and pieces of interior work here and there but this is my first complete interior re-work...

Any advice?

 

fiberglassforums.com
check the interior section
they have some crazy work, although most of it being guys who have been doing fab work for years, but still gives an idea of how to do it

peace

 

Thanks, I'll check it out!

Basically I want to go from pic 1 to pic 2. (Keep in mind the pic is only an artist rendering of what I envision)

Pic 1



Pic 2

 

so lemme get this right... you want to take a perfect black leather vert interior and turn it into a giant candy cane????

why dont you just sell your vert to someone that wont butcher it

 

Wow...

 

hell, ill take the seats. seriously, dont do it. unless its a showcar that you will never drive, or you dont mind being made fun of, have a shitload of money for the embroidry work, or have about 5 other cars, dont do it.
but if you do, ill take the seats!

peace

 

Your not going to find alot of people that will like your idea. This is an rx7 forum not a suv forum

 

Dang guys, its his car, if he wants to do it and he likes it, so be it.

 

I would also like some details on how to mold plastics for the insides of our cars. Im not talking about covering up the old stuff, im talking about making entirely new pieces that have that "factory type interior trim" surface. If i could do this i could make a whole new interior! There has gotta be a way to just spray plastic into a fiberglass mold and then Viola! brand new interior piece. I caled a plastics company (smooth-on)and they werent very helpful. Said what i wanted to do was too hard and too costly. Same **** i heard when i first got into fiberglass composites. I am sure there is a easy way to do this! HELP!

 

Hahahhahaha, looks like someone spilled paint.