Making all the interior leather, beautiful so far Options

[neoklis]

Well not quite leather but immitation leather and not the whole interior but most of it.
I did the center console (from gear shifter and up) and the driver's side airvent so far and results are excellent. I am doing it dove grey to much my leather seats (two tone Charcoil and Dove grey - check profile). I took some pics but i need to upload them.

Next i will be doing the center console (hand brake and back), the sides of the console, the part below the steering wheel and the glove compartment and i am planning to do the lower parts of the doors (Plastic parts) It will be more or less like doggys old interior but his was painted. I have seen something similar on a black 300ZX and it was beatiful.

I am taking a lot of pics for the process for a how-to article when iam done.

[fastgt]

oooooooooooo pretty...but its too hot in cali for leather....my damn shift knobs almost melts my hand(its metal) and my steering wheel makes my hand sizzle

[neoklis]

its much hotter in Cyprus. But thats why we have airconditioning.

Anyway, the reasons for going through with this are:
1. I already had two tone leather seats and,
2. Due to my GT4 being an accident car, some interior pieces were scratched. I tried to paint the console but i hated the result.

Now i am doing it half leather as most luxury cars (New Mercs, BMWs and SAABs)

i did some more work on the console last night and even though it was extremely challenging due to the extreme detail on the console (had to remove air vents, clock, emergency light etc but the ugly part was putting the back on)
Well when I put it on today i was amazed.I cant wait to continue with it tonight.

[turboinduction]

One Word - PICTURES!

[neoklis]

ok here is what i have so far.







sorry for the low resolution. I will update with better pics later.

[macavely]

looks great neo.. are you going to do the headliner also???

[neoklis]

[flipside97LTD]

that looks awesome dude! very nice work

[neoklis]

did one door panel yesterday. I planning to finish everything over the weekend.

[neoklis]

did some more work (both door lower parts are done, gove compartment, and part below steering wheel)

here are some pics

[doGGy]

you took pics with phone?

By the way, 3 years ago i worked as Car audio installed, so i have a lot of experience working with lether and other stuff (made a lot of door panels for speakers and etc, hade to cover them with leather and etc.)

So, i can tell one thing, if you used the right glue for lether it will be ok, but if glue is not so good, after some time on sun (you live in country there hot air is everyday) the leather starts bubling, and it is really really hard to cover everything perfect with leather... There are some types of leather/vinils that i worked with, they are designed for this type of stuff, so you can stretch them in both ways (some leather/vinils can be stretched only one way).. Mad props on this Neaklis, i know how much work is involved in this, hope everything will be ok after some time.

[neoklis]

Good thing that car is never left in the sun. Glue used is supposed to be good for this kind of things and i got a brand new can to be sure the glue is fresh.

You are correct on the fact that this is much more difficult than it shows because the leather used does not bend much so sometimes i had to cut corners. The end result is good though. I will be installing them today on car and take a few more pics.

[turboinduction]

wow- mad props to the work. I'm wanting more pics!

[Magic]

Neoklis You are a CRAZY GUY ,hahahahaha
Looks very careful work,i`m waiting for a new ride

[sapperk]

damm thats look awsome!! ive wanted to do the same for so long now with blk leather, must post a how to article. can save me $100's