Topic: My Build Thread

[ShakerBreaker]

looks great.  Seriously---- nice and clean. Looks inviting.

[BONES]

Nice work Trevon.  Beautiful job so far.  Keep us posted on your progress.

[Trevon]

Thanks!  Hopefully can use this next paycheck for door panels and the doors' weatherstripping.  May have to wait a couple of weeks, got bills to pay...  Doing these "bigger" changes just makes me want to keep going; I have to look at the interior most, and now I'm starting to enjoy it much more!

[Kevin]

The seats are sick. I want some whenever I get some extra money this summer. Are you going to do an over the shoulder harness set up at all? Schroth makes a really nice setup that works with our cars perfectly..

[Trevon]

I thought about it, and was looking into that bout I doubt it now.  It may be cause I had trouble finding the correct ones or I found the seat belts that use the rear anchors; I know the rear seats not real big, and probably won't be used much, but I still want the option to use it.

If the price is right, however, I'd still consider doing it.  After redoing the seats I did notice I'd like to at least get black seatbelts instead of these navy blue ones.

One last thing, I do like the "raciness" of the harness, but do they ever get annoying?

[y88rick]

nice touch, how much did the seats set you back?

[Trevon]

The fronts were about $320 a piece, and I had to get the mounting bracket for them which was low $100 something for both.  There was no way to avoid it though, my seat frames were beyond the amount of work I had the resources and time to put into and the foams were decent (but they are sold now) so I spent a little more than I would have if I just bought the frames foams and covers and I think they were definitely worth it.

And the rear was in pretty good shape so I just ordered a rear seat covers from Hitman here for $119 and they went together great.

[SoonerTA]

Your interior is looking Great!  Like everyone has said above, the front seats look great.

[Trevon]

Does anyone have any pictures of the inside of the door without the door panel on?

You may have noticed from the pictures that these new front seats are set a couple inches higher than the stock seats...the reason I'm asking is I would like to see how the arm rest is mounted.  Right now its pretty low compared to the seat and if I could, I would like to put in the earlier style strap door pull with the standard door panels.

Is this possible? Or am I better off just dyeing my current arm rests black and reusing them?

[golfswithglock]

Those jet black seats look bad a**, Trevon. Good work!

[Trevon]

Thanks!  When It all gets to be black, it should look even better!

I never thought I would spend so much on my interior...and then I started changing things.  Now in an effort to save money, as I've stated before, I am going to paint/dye the rest of the interior trim...this got me thinking; is there any product I can use to dye the entire headliner black?

I am just about ready to purchase standard black door panels from here to finish the lower interior, but if I had to get both door panels and a new headliner, that sets me back another $500!  I don't want to be cheap about it, but I have been putting quite a lot into my interior (more that I ever expected...) and would like to save some money on this, the last 2 items, that are costly...

Edit: I've decided against an attempt on dyeing the headliner and will spend the money for a new one.

[xmoney]

Very Nice indeed I really like those seats . are they comfy? I'm looking for a set on another car of mine.

[Justin]

Is this what you were looking for? It's from the instruction RENOVATIONS gave me for adjusting my windows.

[Trevon]

Thanks Justin, thats exactly what I was looking for!  Still is a little hard to picture where the arm rest goes though.

Thanks xmoney, I think they are very comfy, only have maybe an hour two sitting in them, so they need a little wearing in; they hug you in really good.  I couldn't be happier with these seats and even though they were a bit expensive, I think they were worth it.  Definitely would recommend them to a friend.  Just remember to get the bracket with them! (or have the means to make one)

[Justin]

The arm rest screws into one of the little holes above the "7" (I believe it is the top one of the two)and over on the right side of the "1" near the large cut out. Then there is another screw for the handle on the arm rest that screws in on the right side of the door latch(left side on the other door. They are just little holes for srews.