Has anyone covered their dash in Tweed or Suede ?
I originally wanted to swap in a newer dash from a miata but I don't have the patience right now for that big of a project.
I'm considering a tweed dash. Just a simple pull out and recover with tweed. My only concern is the FB dash has some pretty tight curves. Has anyone succesfully done this ? |
i saw a FB dash with suade on it once. it had green glitter paint and tripple gold daytons too.... >:(
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kind of old school. ive seen leather, its kinda 80's and the austrailians do it too
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Yes, I've always liked the looks and feel of tweed. I loved the early 1990 looks of custom trucks. They usually always used Tweed. It's cheap and easy to work with.
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Originally Posted by Hyper4mance2k
(Post 8356760)
i saw a FB dash with suade on it once. it had green glitter paint and tripple gold daytons too.... >:(
dont forget the hydraulics :lol: I do remember that pix from a few years back. :lol: :lol: :lol: |
Originally Posted by Viking War Hammer
(Post 8357350)
Yes, I've always liked the looks and feel of tweed. I loved the early 1990 looks of custom trucks. They usually always used Tweed. It's cheap and easy to work with.
I was considering wrapping my dash with some type of fabric for a while, but have since changed my mind and am now going to build a new dash out of carbon fiber. I've got a spare dash in my spare room, along with many other interior parts that I'm working on cleaning up and getting them ready to make molds from. |
i did my truck dash and headliner in black suede. looks sweet.
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Originally Posted by JYD
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i did my truck dash and headliner in black suede. looks sweet.
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I'd go for some of that electrostatic-gun stuff, thats commonly used on race and rally cars.
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Originally Posted by Kim
(Post 8359991)
I'd go for some of that electrostatic-gun stuff, thats commonly used on race and rally cars.
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Originally Posted by Viking War Hammer
(Post 8358931)
Yes, that's exactly want I planned. Cover the dash, headliner, panels and whatever else. You know, just give it a nice clean look. Hell, Tweed is $9 per yard so it's dirty cheap.
as an aside i totally dig the plaid they used on the 79-80's its super tacky, but cool |
Victoria British er.... "Black Dragon" sells a dash cover for first gens, its made of the same type material as stock, its cut to fit and it like sticks on or something. A friend had one and it looked nice except if you looked close around the edges. perhaps someone who's actually used one can comment on it.
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I had a 70 Ford LTD in high school. I re-did the dash with black fake fur.
Honestly. |
suede can be difficult to work around tight curves, you got to take your time with it, but it looks nice. low low's generally are velour. suede looks much classier. as far as colored burlap...i mean tweed, i never have cared for it, but hey, we all got our own taste. if you like the tweed, i would do that, it should be a lot easier to lay smooth. another option is called heat formable vinyl, i use it on custom fiberglass audio video installs here at the shop. you heat it with a heat gun as you lay it and it stretches and conforms to curves.
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Originally Posted by NOPR
(Post 8360647)
Victoria British er.... "Black Dragon" sells a dash cover for first gens, its made of the same type material as stock, its cut to fit and it like sticks on or something. A friend had one and it looked nice except if you looked close around the edges. perhaps someone who's actually used one can comment on it.
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Originally Posted by Viking War Hammer
(Post 8359997)
What is that ?
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Originally Posted by NOPR
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Victoria British er.... "Black Dragon" sells a dash cover for first gens, its made of the same type material as stock, its cut to fit and it like sticks on or something. A friend had one and it looked nice except if you looked close around the edges. perhaps someone who's actually used one can comment on it.
This is a interior covered in Tweed. I want something, clean and classic. http://www.collectormotors.com/galxe/09.jpg http://www.collectormotors.com/galxe/10.jpg Or this one, but he's got ostrich inserts. http://images.truckinweb.com/feature...erior_view.jpg |
oooo that looks nice
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This isn't PIMP MY RIDES. :lol: :lol: :lol: Some people just have god awful taste.
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I think the first one looks nice.
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it does look nice, the first one's my fav. i think it'd be a pita to keep clean tho, and i can only imagine the second one :P
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Originally Posted by blackdeath647
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it does look nice, the first one's my fav. i think it'd be a pita to keep clean tho, and i can only imagine the second one :P
Alot of new cars came in Tweed. Heck, even the stock Cosmo came in Tweed. http://hometown.aol.com.au/MIKSRX7/Cosmo/8.jpg http://hometown.aol.com.au/MIKSRX7/Cosmo/9.jpg |
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Originally Posted by Viking War Hammer
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I think the first one looks nice.
No shiny stuff to spray on dash..... L8R |
Originally Posted by Viking War Hammer
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