medfly33
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Project Blackout
Hey Everyone!
So, I wanted to get an "orange" seat FX just because the headliner was black! I have a thing for black headliners! I kid...Although I like the "orange" seats, my love for black headliners meant that I just love black interiors in general I guess, so in April of last year I went and got my 08 FX35 in Platinum Graphite on Black leather (with the "greige" (gray-beige) headliner and pillars) and immediately joined IS! I swore that my headliner, etc would be black someday come hell or high water! Well I did it!!
It was my Holiday week project and it took most of it to do it I must say! I am a D-I-Yer of sorts and this was certainly a fitting D-I-Y because I have seen what some have paid to "pimp" their interior in this way. It's expensive! I did this to my Mitsu Evo IX a couple of years (and cars) ago so I had the "experience"! No in depth write-up here -- sorry. I just don't think I could do it right. It's really just a flathead, a Philips head, 10mm and 14mm sockets, spray glue (Super 77 -- one big can -- $16), black paint (4 cans of Krylon Plastic Satin Black -- $23), a bunch of micro-suede (JoAnn's Fabric Store -- $35), patience and a certain anal retentive quality. Oh and don't be afraid to PULL (as in yank). Clips don't intimidate me too much anymore -- the only casualty were my visor clips....twist those guys...twist them...:hmpf:
Here's a big photo montage of the work as it was in-progress. It's all done and fully installed now and I will take some proper final results shots very soon. Just need to hit the local dealer and get those aforementioned visor clips ($16)!! A small note: I painted the d-pillar/speaker panels at first but I actually wound up micro-sueding them!!!! I loved the way the a, b and c-pillars looked in the suede so I had to go all the way!The Verdict:It's amazing!!!! What a transformation!!! I am still a little puzzled as to why I got the micro-suede I gotta confess. On the one hand, I love it - it's soft and cool in an upscale way - but it yearns to be touched (that's what everyone does after I say look at my suede headliner) and when it's gets touched it leaves the mark where it was touched. Not a stain mark - it's just that the fibers get disturbed -- wipen your hand across it and it changes the shade of black where you swiped (see the sunshade shot below)... you guys know what I'm talking about. It kinda bugs me! Well, I brushed it all in one direction today and it looks really sweet...so don't nobody touch it. HA! Anyway, I'll stop ranting - enjoy the pics and I hope this inspires some you guys to give it a go too. It's a great community here and I have learned so much from so many that have been willing to post and inspire so I thought I would return a little bit of it back.(Plus, I finally got enough posts to add pics!)
Thanks and Happy New Year to you all!
Terry (medfly33)
Oh, one more thing......
Hey Everyone!
So, I wanted to get an "orange" seat FX just because the headliner was black! I have a thing for black headliners! I kid...Although I like the "orange" seats, my love for black headliners meant that I just love black interiors in general I guess, so in April of last year I went and got my 08 FX35 in Platinum Graphite on Black leather (with the "greige" (gray-beige) headliner and pillars) and immediately joined IS! I swore that my headliner, etc would be black someday come hell or high water! Well I did it!!
It was my Holiday week project and it took most of it to do it I must say! I am a D-I-Yer of sorts and this was certainly a fitting D-I-Y because I have seen what some have paid to "pimp" their interior in this way. It's expensive! I did this to my Mitsu Evo IX a couple of years (and cars) ago so I had the "experience"! No in depth write-up here -- sorry. I just don't think I could do it right. It's really just a flathead, a Philips head, 10mm and 14mm sockets, spray glue (Super 77 -- one big can -- $16), black paint (4 cans of Krylon Plastic Satin Black -- $23), a bunch of micro-suede (JoAnn's Fabric Store -- $35), patience and a certain anal retentive quality. Oh and don't be afraid to PULL (as in yank). Clips don't intimidate me too much anymore -- the only casualty were my visor clips....twist those guys...twist them...:hmpf:
Here's a big photo montage of the work as it was in-progress. It's all done and fully installed now and I will take some proper final results shots very soon. Just need to hit the local dealer and get those aforementioned visor clips ($16)!! A small note: I painted the d-pillar/speaker panels at first but I actually wound up micro-sueding them!!!! I loved the way the a, b and c-pillars looked in the suede so I had to go all the way!The Verdict:It's amazing!!!! What a transformation!!! I am still a little puzzled as to why I got the micro-suede I gotta confess. On the one hand, I love it - it's soft and cool in an upscale way - but it yearns to be touched (that's what everyone does after I say look at my suede headliner) and when it's gets touched it leaves the mark where it was touched. Not a stain mark - it's just that the fibers get disturbed -- wipen your hand across it and it changes the shade of black where you swiped (see the sunshade shot below)... you guys know what I'm talking about. It kinda bugs me! Well, I brushed it all in one direction today and it looks really sweet...so don't nobody touch it. HA! Anyway, I'll stop ranting - enjoy the pics and I hope this inspires some you guys to give it a go too. It's a great community here and I have learned so much from so many that have been willing to post and inspire so I thought I would return a little bit of it back.(Plus, I finally got enough posts to add pics!)
Thanks and Happy New Year to you all!
Terry (medfly33)
Oh, one more thing......
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