Well its been too cold to be productive in the garage so I'm finally finishing up my tan to black conversion.

This is what I've been using to get rid of the tan and it's been working out pretty well.





Don't mind Bane


Finished the seat plastics


And now finally onto the good stuff!





The seats were done by Austin of ESH Upholstering out of Maryland. He's done a lot of FD seats and it shows, really great work.

I also got a matching headliner from him


Can't wait to get this all in the car!

 

im in the process of tan to black. how did the paint work out?

 

I really like those seats. Looks new and retro all at the same time.

 

I did the door sills and kick panels over a year ago and they have held up fine with no chipping. They are a pretty high traffic area so I expect these to last for a while.

 

Yeah he definitely knows what he's doing.

I'm eventually going to give him my old tan door panels and see if he can match the seats. That would really set the whole interior off I think.

 

man those seats looks killer. U send him your seat to recover? if so how much was shipping and what was the turn around time?

 

I dropped them off in person while I was on vacation and he had them installed in a couple days.

He had made them ahead of time, so I'm not sure how long it would take from scratch.
Plus I also had the headliner done, shift boot, and ebrake boot.

I would imagine a couple weeks depending on how busy they are. He'll have to chime in to give you the details, but definitely worth it IMO.

 

What's Austin's name on the forum?

Can you confirm this is the address and phone #?
Phone: (443) 567 6795
1659 Robin Cir
Forest Hill, MD 21050-3274

 

Yup that's his new shop.

His name on here is turbodrx7

Just tell him you saw my seats

-Colter

 

Beautiful seats!

 

mmmm.... That headliner!

 

Would you be willing to tell us what the seat recover cost? They look awesome.

 

Seats came out awesome guy. Love the red stitching.

 

Well they were quoted with the headliner and shift/ebrake boots so I don't have a specific seat price. However, it was very reasonable especially considering the quality.

 

I'd love to see the headliner installed please!

 

That Tan conversion looks very nice ! It looks OEM

 

well its finally above freezing here so hopefully I'll have it installed within the next couple weeks.

 

stop being lazy and get out there install the interior!!!!!

 

Carpet is in. Got my battery cable today so I'll run that. Pulling the motor and trans right meow. Allllmost there :-)

 

Since you're lagging it, can I buy your headliner?

 

We got no engines Ted!


Sure thing. 2k plus shipping and it's yours

 

thanks for the inspiration on the seat, i decided to use a local guy and i love how they turned out. For reference i got these seats recovered, shift boot and e brake boot done for $950.

Not trying to jack your thread but i thought i share my seats for reference for other ppl.

 

Seats look perfect. I'm in the process of re-doing my tan interior and have been toying with changing to black. Your experience is a big help- also there are no more Mazda factory reupholstery kits available anywhere in the USA and the used seats I just bought are only slightly better than what I already have. Like Mick Jagger says.... "Paint it black"

 

nice

 

Well this took way to long.

Pics of the interior finally going back together.