theorie

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My R1 seats had pretty faded seat straps when I got them. I'm sure others have done this as well, but just wanted to share...



All you need:



Took only a minute and the seats look a lot nicer. Don't know if you would want to do this to actual seat belts - I would be worried about it getting on your clothes - but I do have an extra set of black belts that are pretty faded so maybe I could experiment with re-dying them.

Now I just need to plastic-weld repair the broken clip...

Sgtblue

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I love the threads on easy, cheap fixes.

Monkman33

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It actually looks really nice. Lol. I wonder how long it will last.

Scrub

iTrader: (25)

..or use a magnum and get it done in half the time!



-Dan

GoodfellaFD3S

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Best thread in the 3rd Gen tech section this year, by far

theorie

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Only took me 100 hours and 50 boxes of markers to color my red interior black!

Double_J

iTrader: (28)

Nicely done. Just a couple of questions. Did you use vertical or horizontal strokes? Lol

Carpenter

Did you use a left hand or right hand Sharpie ??

theorie

iTrader: (31)

Double grip for precision. paint the fence technique

Mr rx-7 tt

iTrader: (5)

Try black shoe polish.

adamrs80

iTrader: (7)

Try "rit" clothing dye.

Natey

iTrader: (19)

try dirty bong water

Ryan95

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A way better way is dye, rit works well and is easy. Heat it on the stove in a pan and you can brush it in, just make sure it doesn't drip.

The sharpie is going to fade and streak.

theorie

iTrader: (31)

It's just the retaining strap...not the actual belts. These seats came out of a car with no tinted windows so I think that's why they faded so bad.

The industrial sharpie is rated to 400f, by the way.

My car has tinted windows now, so it should be just fine.