Refinishing my gray interior with black SEM
04-19-11, 07:10 PM
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Wow where to start. Interior disassembly was probably about 3 hours. Mostly because I was learning as I went. I probably spent about 12 hours disassembling trim pieces cleaning prepping and painting. Reassembling the interior has been a couple hours. I spent about 3 hours last night scraping all of the foam material off my headliner. So quite a bit of time I invested but I enjoy it.
04-25-11, 08:56 PM
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Well got my suede today. I am terribly impatient so I went ahead and installed in the comfort of my living room much to my wife's delight
Drum Roll....
Looks pretty nice. So here is some feedback for you guys thinking of doing this. If you want the piece of mind that you did it and thats how you like to do things than by all means do it.
IF you want an absolute factory look, take it to a shop. IMO level of difficulty on scale of 1-10, about a 7. Flat parts are easy, obviously. Around the front where the dome light goes and there are all kinds of different levels it was just a PITA. ONce you lay the glue and lay the fabric down its done. IF you try to re-pick it up you risk the fabric coming detached from the backing. I have a few spots I am not happy with, but what can I do. Ill see how it looks once its reinstalled. My unhappy areas might be completely out of sight behind trim.
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Looks pretty nice. So here is some feedback for you guys thinking of doing this. If you want the piece of mind that you did it and thats how you like to do things than by all means do it.
IF you want an absolute factory look, take it to a shop. IMO level of difficulty on scale of 1-10, about a 7. Flat parts are easy, obviously. Around the front where the dome light goes and there are all kinds of different levels it was just a PITA. ONce you lay the glue and lay the fabric down its done. IF you try to re-pick it up you risk the fabric coming detached from the backing. I have a few spots I am not happy with, but what can I do. Ill see how it looks once its reinstalled. My unhappy areas might be completely out of sight behind trim.
05-01-11, 06:52 AM
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Another update. Got the headliner installed along with all the rest of the trim. Came out fantastic. Those spots I was worried about, covered up by the visors and everything else.
