thecause17

One of the previous owners of my car must not have been a big fan of red interior, so they made an attempt to die the carpet black, etc...

However, they didn't do anything with the panels. My two favorite colors are black and red, but I think the interior had a little too much red. So I decided to play around a little with it. Not much else I can do when the car doesnt' run. That'll be fixed soon to.

Before:


After:


what do you think?

81Rex6port13b

looks good. i like it with the red and black.

i like it alot more then the solid red.

what did you use? vinyl die?

purple82

Yery tastefully done.

FB II

yea, what did you use? that looks really good!

Gregs

nice!

Gatorgunner

I like how its just so modest, and not crazy, it makes it look very good. nice job man

thecause17

thanks for all the compliments. Yes, it's sort of a vinyl die, spray on. It seems like it will hold up nice. The thing I was worried about the most was if it would flex with the vinyl when it's moved or bent. I'm doing the entire interior like this, with a red/black scheme. I hope t all turns out ok. What I really need is another headliner. With its age, it hasn't faired too well. That and the dash, has a sizable crack right above the guage cluster, so I need to get a cover for it. It's coming along though.

Rotaman

i think they looks nice, but man you guys have such different door trims than us aussies

J Oliver

Wow looks good! Finally a custom interior thats simple. KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID! It kind of reminds me of the Honda S2000 scheme when done in red and black. Take a pic of the product you used. Was it a simple 1 step spray on? Also I put my hand over my monitor where your carpet is!! Try it, then dye the lower carpet on the door black. Or not

Rx7carl

Looks really good. Yes please tell us exactly what product this is and where to get it.

Thanks

ioTus

iTrader: (5)

i have done the exact same thing w/ my interior.

I just used vinyl spray paint from Napa.

Kirk0592

That looks very good, nicely done, please post pictures when you finish the whole interior.

Northern 7

iTrader: (3)

Really? How is the paint holding up? Did you just do the doors or did you do all the non-leather trim? BTW thecause, Looks great and I have the same color interior on my SE - including the vinyl fading problems that have been well documented - as noted earlier, are you going to tell us the name of the product?

thecause17

The stuff I've been using was made by a company called Mar-hyde. It's just called Vinyl Color Spray. Seems to work really nice. I know Plasti-coat makes a similar spray as well.

RixRotary7

Nice work, if you get a chance, post some more pics to show the rotary world what wonderful work you have accomplished.

vipernicus42

iTrader: (4)

The only think I'd suggest, is that in my mind, if you do the armrest in black, do the ... handle-thingy in black too. (meaning the handle that your hand would grab if your arm was on the rest... not the handle to open the door)

Other than that, great job.

Jon

thecause17

Well, yes, I was going to do that, but I have a reason for not doing so.

I was looking at that as a high wear area. Hands pulling on it, possibly rings on fingers. I don't have enough confidnence in this stuff yet to think it would stand up to a lot of wear. The handle is no biggie to touch up though, so I guess I could do it. It pops right off. I'm still deciding on that though.

Rx7carl

Nah, good thinking. I wouldnt put that in a high wear area or youll be repainting it every few months.

djmickyg

all out cars are black or grey inside.. i dont think red would sell down here..

Gregs

sell me some black door panels!!
hehe

-greg