I'm looking around to find any upholstery shops that would make some custom door panels like this one I found:

I don't really like the "velvet" or "suede" look, but I'm looking for other fake leather or nice smooth vinyl type surfaces.

Anyone ever try asking around their local shops for getting custom door panels like this?

Thanks for sharing

 

does anyone have any more pics of thise interior

 

http://www.stitchcraftinteriors.com/ http://www.gabescustom.com/http://www.divinescustomcreations.com/

 

I'm mostly looking into taking it somewhere who would be able to do a good job for reasonable $$$. maybe $200 per door panel? at leat 2-3 hours of skilled labor it seems. Hope it's not more than that.

 

I am having mine done on Monday with black vinyl. I will post pics once they are done. 2 days and $400....

 

Not to insult...but a custom trimmed door panel like the Sparco one in the picture, if you want real Sparco cloth used, is going to run you at least double what you are looking to spend. If you find it for less, please let everyone know.

 

What you see in the picture at the top for that ONE door panel was probably over a grand, wouldnt surprise me one bit.

I had a customer like you today....she just couldnt understand why it costs more than 20 or 30 bucks to have her ENTIRE Yukon tinted , I mean, she said there was only 7 windows, and she thought I was charging her way more PER window than she thought the entire job should cost.


Sorry, just so many people think that a tradesman should work for peanuts for some reason, or attempt to jew me down to a price they are happy with, not even taking into consideration that they aren't just paying what they think is a fair price but also what they are paying for is all the blood sweat and tears I, and any other tradesman, has poured into learning and developing a professional skill.

 

Well RX-7 People are notoriously Cheap.... to boot... Especially FD's (they're always broke)

 

I don't know, there are alot of nice FD's floating around here.

Actually, it's just the ones that can't afford their cars that stand out because they make it a point to low ball everyone in the parts section and they shadow everyone else because of their "cheap" acts.

 

Spandy, maybe I wasn't entirely clear... the pic I posted was just for show. It's the best interior door panel I've ever seen .. but in no way was I trying to get that Sparco panel for $200 bucks. I'm sure it did cost around a grand... however, I would be looking more for what someone else mentioned about a vinyl panel for a few hundred ... think that's reasonable?

I didn't expect to be taken literally to actually spend $200 for a Sparco panel, c'mon.

Anyway, less critique and more hard info would be nice for this thread.

cheers!

 

does anyone have any idea what place did the sparco door panels i kinda like them

 

My order of choice for "any piece" of the interior, especially the door panels would be :

vinyl -> suede -> leather

I have called a few local upholstery shops who have estimated anywhere from $400-700 for both door panels for a quality vinyl that would last. I'm also getting the same $$ quote for both seats redone in suede.

Thanks for the responses ...

 

Don't know, but any decent interior place should be able to duplicate it. This was done by Stitchcraft (link in a few posts above) for me; alcantara and leather recover, with the Sparco 'billboard' logo toned down:



They've done Sparco's demo cars, so I figured it was as good a place as any to send them to. It was around $900 for the pair of seats, IIRC. I just sent them the original covers and cushions, and they got it back to me in a couple weeks. 6 years later, I still haven't got the seats in the way I want.

 

http://www.alcantara.com/

I've seen and felt interiors wrapped in this stuff.

It is very nice.

 

Found the FD that has those custom Sparco door panels and other goodies. nice article.

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...ofile38&bhcp=1

 

Whatever you decide and do, take some pictures to let us see how it turned out and let us know what you paid!