The Interior - Civic saga continues.
Here is the deal. I took almost everything out of this car. Now I would like to put it back together. But in a nicer way. First I need to come up wit a consistent theme for this car, though. Here is some ideas options, and issues associated with them:
- headliner - repainting with rubbery textured paint; requires patching existing holes, would need to purchase a spray gun, air compressor, and paint.
- headliner - gluing vinyl/fabric headliner material that resembles or matches rest of the car onto the existing headliner - cheapest solution; requires 3 yards of material, and appropriate glue, still could be painted afterwards...
- headliner - scrapping off existing foamy stuff and redoing it with foamed backed material; probably cleanest/neatest solution, slightly more expensive than the one above, biggest issue is to glue material into molded visor niches (heat gun and formed wood?)
Neat thing about painting the headliner would be ability to use the same paint/texture on door panels as well as other elements to create a matching design. Plus those painting skills will sure come in handy.
- plastic panels and a dashboard; everything would be ok if I liked brown. But I don't. Not so much. Idea - repaint it all.
- sound system;
- seats; well this option is out of the question now. Local upholstery shop is asking for 500.00 to redo only front seats! Optimally I would like to do it myself but I don't have sewing machine and most importantly SKILLS required for the job. On the other hand a pair of brand new Corbeau seats would cost me just as much. Here are my favorites:
Good thing about having duct tape on your seat is that once you start sticking to it - it provides extra security in case of head on collision... even if you did not wear your seatbelt...
Other things to consider:
- carpeting;
- console with cup holders;
Apr. 24, 2008 00:05
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