Satin, sorry I haven't updated any, working on non-sequential conversion, I HAVE to get this car back together mechanically, my FC **** itself.

 

wheres a good place to look for black interior?ive tryed looking through junk yards and Google isnt much help.

 

You wont find any in junkyards unless your very quick, its a high demand car and they get sorted out by the owners usually.

Update: Duplicolor Vinyl & Fabric Coating is seeming to be stronger than the VHT equivalent. I purposely dropped a crescent wrench on a cured door panel . . . nothing, not a scratch. The VHT on the plastic though? so far . . HORRIBLE, might take a nylon wire brush to the parts I've done and either coat them with Duplicolor Bumper Coating or black Ultrasuede.

 

I would recommend using the product called plasti dip for all the plastic peices. It comes out looking awesome. The key is to do a good prep job on the parts and then take your time. 3 to 4 coats and you are set....i have redone about 20 pieces thus far. All of them have sold on the forum.

I am having my second set of tan door panels recovered by the upholstery shop i use. They do a fantasic job and it's only $350 for both doors.

I am thinking i may let them recovery the trans tunnel to match the doors.

 

I'm unsure of plasti-dip at the moment, I'm still playing with the idea of wrapping the plastics in black ultrasuede.

 

I have an "s" model that came with black vinyl seats and carpet. I redid the seats with a camel color cloth and camel carpet too. The difference was night and day since my "s" has no power accessories - no air!! That car was undriveable in hot weather even with the windows rolled down. I'm sure you have "air" but I am really pleased with the switch. The seats were redone by a reputable company in town - they made up all the carpet based on the factory templates they dug up - I installed foil heat and sound proofing under the new carpet which made a noticeable difference.

 

fastrx7man, where is it that you get your plati-dip? I had an idea I'm gonna try and can't seem to put my finger on the thread that states the stores that carries it.

Static, how goes everything? I've begun reinstalling parts and doing the same as far as wear tests, yet instead of wrenches I just left mine in my daughters "PLAY" room. After weeks of beating and banging, dinosaurs, matchbox cars, and barbie dolls, they still look great. The one piece that was scratched had only 1 coat. So 2 coats for everything from here on out. It might up the cost, but I think it will increase the durability. Nothing destroys stuff like a child. LOL. Much like most of the forum looks down on a young driver getting a RX-7. Pics as soon as I find my camera.

 

Things are going slow, the VHT turned out to be a nightmare and really crappy, so now I'm going to re-coat all the plastics with Duplicolor bumper coating. Did a few small things, worked ok.

 

Did some plastic work tonight. Filled the stupid line on the shifter surround. Plast-Aid is amazing stuff.








going with a Spirit R style gray.

 

More pictures.



Really loving the dark gray plastics. One tip, on the plastics, always use the Adhesion Promoter that Duplicolor sells.

 

More updates:


Many a passenger have yanked this handle off the door under boosted situations, never again will it break. Green is masking tape to protect the handle portion from any runs in the ABS epoxy.

 

That seems to be a great idea and appears to be working out well.

I have black interior in my FD but I'm looking to go Tan. I've just always loved the look of the tan interior.

 

^ wow you should have contacted me before I went through all this work. I'll trade you carpet if ya want.

 

More pics:









Oh **** handle is fixed!

 

Reinforced map pocket:

Finished passenger door plastics (finally)

 

Passenger door complete.

 

Static,
Could you detail to us the process exactly and what was used on the tan plastic and vinyl parts?

If I gathered correctly, you have cleaned and prepped REALLY well.
Used Duplicolor Adheshion Promoter
Used Duplicolor Bumper Paint

Thanks!

 

Yep just follow those steps, use adhesion promoter on plastic only, it wont matter on the vinyl door panels. before adhesion promoter its a good idea to sand to 600grit. Although I wetsanded my plastics to 400 and they turned out great.

 

Moar!!!!!!!



Test fitting, can't bolt them down until I finish these:

Still might be done before SevenStock!

 

More speaker bracket work.

 

 

Niceeee!!! Looks GREAT!



Hey, I have tan interior and looking to swap to black. Wanna swap?




~Shar

 

^ lol already tried haha, needs black carpet

 

Aww....is that what he meant....black carpets




~Shar

 

Looks great, I've had to put mine on hold for some time now, bc of all the work I've had to do lately. Great job on the speaker brackets, I'll have pics of them on my shop table when I make some for myself.