Bigpimpin18

Ok here's a teaser pic of the door panels being wrapped in suede. The first three pictures are parts of the upper door panel being wrapped with the wood grain in it!!



Here's the door panel with the insert being worked on. I have to push it down in the crevis than let the glue dry and take a sharp knife and cut it!




I'll post pics of it in my car and the rest of the interior being suede'd just give me a lil bit and stay tuned!!

97BlackAckCL

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Wow, looks like a pain in the ass, wonder if the leather/vinyl inserts on our doors are glued down the same, I'll find out soon enough. Looks good pimpin, can't wait to see the final product.

PimpCL23

thats a whole lotta fuckin tape son!!

klepto

looks sick dude, maybe you could post up a DIY

dragon084

nice, im diggin it,

but CarDomain is so early-2000, time to step it up to photobucket

Bigpimpin18

yea, but I don't care Alright I'll post a DIY of it for the other door panel, I'm also sueding the headliner later I'll post a DIY of that.

starboy2nv

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where did you get the suede from?

Bigpimpin18

Well I shop at Magnolia Hi Fi all the time and my buddy works there and I'm pretty much one of their demo cars, like I get discounts and they do a lot of free shit for me, so I got it through them. I got 1 sq. yd. for free for a test for them and then I ordered 5 more sq yd. of it yesterday.

Bigpimpin18

Here are some pics of the door panel all done.







Here are some pics of my tweeter pods. These are the reason why I have to Suede the upper part of my door panel. Because the guy that made these didn't have the car and they were too tight of a fit so we had to cut some of my door panel and than he ripped part of my vinyl so I just figured I would redo the top part in suede as well.




Like i just posted, I'm a test subject for magnolia hi fi. So they have me do all this stuff to my car for cheap and then they take pictures of it and then they have picutres of it to show-off their talents.

dragon084

u glassed that Door Sail piece?

that shit looks nice.

I'd have to see the suede in person,

grey or dark grey mightve been a better move then straight black.

looks real good nonetheless

Bigpimpin18

I didn't glass it, I had magnolia hi fi do it. they used metal and a lot of bondo.

Bigpimpin18

hey guys. I got an update for you. I finally finished fiberglassing the rear deck, covered it in suede and installed the speakers. I also finished both door panels. Than I did the inserts on the rear panels and got to thinking about doing it on the top so it follows the line down the car. I also suede'd the armrest. I had to go to the junkyard cuz my armrest was broken and the guy there said I could only take the center console or nothing just to get the armrest. So I have the back half of the center console from a 1997 2.2CL that I will pretty much give away to anyone that wants it. other than that I just have to finish spray painting some pieces, install it and than enjoy it. Here are some pics of the parts I finished so far.






Here's the rear deck that I fiberglassed and installed the speakers. They are a 6 3/4" Pioneer PRS component speakers. I also have the 5 1/4" PRS's going in the front.

PimpCL23

Props Go To You Man!!!! Nicely Done!

5-speed

looks hot

Bigpimpin18

I just need to get my seats done, but that'll be later. I need to finish my suede and my system. Than I'm gonna do the seats or work on the outside of the car.

starboy2nv

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keep in mind, keep your door panels dry....

klepto

looks friggin sweet! but yea, watch out for when it rains and you gotta get in your car. you should also paint or do something with the wood trim since you got it all off.

herbalist

that looks great. nice work.

herbalist

i agree. maybe wrap it with a black leather. suede and leather would be a ballin combo.

Bigpimpin18

yea I wanna do something with it, but I don't wanna use green, grey, or black. So I'm sorta stuck unless there is a black/grey woodgrain we can get? cuz I ain't wrappin it in carbon fiber vinyl but now that I'm putting black in the car around the wood grain, it makes it blend in a lil better.

agranado

awesome bro. Looks tight as hell! now suede up the seats!

teh CL

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ya man, look damn good..

i need to redo my interior

97BlackAckCL

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The panels look sweet man, nice job

suremang

that looks awesome. nice job.

Bigpimpin18

So what do you guys think I should do with the woodgrain?? Leave it how it is, Paint it, Cover it in carbon fiber vinyl, or suede in another color?

97BlackAckCL

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Originally I thought it looked horrible till u did the shots of the 2 panels together, personally I think you can leave it, unless you wanna paint it black or gray or something along those lines.

Bigpimpin18

I was going to, becuase if I did painted black than that would be a lil over kill.

herbalist

wrap it dude.

ZeroCL

Wrap it in leather, i think that would totally look a lot better. Good work either way man!

sikemcl

leave it you dont want overkill. car looks good!

Bigpimpin18

yea I'm just gonna leave it the way it is. Does anyone need the rear half of a center console for a 97 2.2. I'll give it away for cheap.

saiko_cl_duck

no cf

go with a silver color paint.

Or maybe a black wood grain.

teh CL

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is there different colour wood grains we could get?

saiko_cl_duck

you can buy films, but nothing that fits like an OEM piece.

Bigpimpin18

where do we get the films at. Sounds like a good idea to me!! I'll try it out.

teh CL

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i'd like to see these films

5-speed

Does the film have the dark woodgrain pattern on it, or would it be something like window tint that you lay over the existing woodgrain? that may be interesting...
Also, I think wraping the woodgrain with perforated leather with some kind of red stitchwork would look quality.

cl-baller201

Will the rear incased glass piece over heat when in the sun?

97BlackAckCL

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Bigpimpin18

so about these black woodgrain patterns.... where could a guy pick some up??