Fixer-Upper: and need help w/ a seat, WARNING...shredded interior ahead... Options

[mzztoyota]

Hey, guys...just wanted to post some "before" pictures of the interior of the Celi I just bought so that when I get it all reopholstered we can all compare the difference

also...I'm posting some close-ups of the broken driver seat hinge. If anyone knows how on earth to fix that, or where I can start looking to fix it, please let me know. Otherwise, I'm just going to buy a new seat.

Thanks!

[vsideboy]

DUDE what the hell has happened to that?

If the interior is in such bad shape, then I guess the rest of the car is fairly knackered too? Engine probably had alot of stick, looks like its done about 500,000 miles!

[jcbass7]

oooooooooooohhh premium door panels, i want!!! lol

can't wait to see the results, good luck

[devilsden97]

omg wtf....did someone let there pissed off cat loose in that car? its tore up.

good luck man...ull need it.

i have an extra drivers seat lying around. When i swap my good one in. I could ship u the old one. (has a partial tear...but is WAY better condition then yours. BTW its black leather)

This post has been edited by devilsden97: Jul 25, 2006 - 9:40 AM

[hurley97]

do you have a drivers airbag? it looks like the airbag cover has been broken. the rest of it can be replaced easily but if you dont have airbags that means your airbag sensors went off and need replacing. airbags are a good $600-700 each, id have to look up the sensors later

good luck

[mzztoyota]

My guess with the seat is that the guy was probably making people squeeze into the back of the car without getting out and pulling the seat up. He also had kids, maybe they hung on it or something....

For the rest of the car, I can't tell you. I can tell you that this island is INSANELY hot, and maybe the heat did some work. The kids may not have improved the situation, either. The guy was using it as a family car for a while, and you know what that can do to any vehicle...

The car was in an accident so both airbags did go off....but it looks like they've been replaced and the steering wheel cover just wasn't replaced, too. I don't know, I haven't had a chance to really look the whole thing over yet.

Exterior pics can be found here:

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=39585

not too bad, but not perfect. I'm glad that I'm selling my other car so I have some money to do some work

[azian_advanced]

i'm thinking the owner had dogs, which caused the seat hinge to break from putting it in and out of the car. it's claws must have torn the center console lid like that.

[mzztoyota]

I guess it's a possibility...but they would have had to do an awesome job of cleaning becuse I don't smell any dog or see any dog hair or whatnot...

...of course my boyfriend never knew that his car had been previosuly owned by a dog owner unti lhe took the center console out to paint and found dug hair underneath it...

[mzztoyota]

So yeah, the airbags are gone...I have to go find at least a new stering wheel, I think I can deal without a passenger airbag for now since I usualy drive alone...

My boyfriend dropped that destroyed CT cover off to an upholstery guy he knows, so I get to pick it up during my lunch hour. I'll try to post pics before I turn in tonight

[mzztoyota]

Aight, step one of upholstery done! Picked it up today, got home and the weather tried to stop me

(view out of bedroom window):


but I got in before the rain and took the pic. I think it looks great:


next up are these disgusting seats:


and I still gotta find a new steering wheel:

[hurley97]

you dont need the whole steering wheel. that center part comes right out and the new airbag should come with a new center section

[mzztoyota]

where can I find an airbag? (if you know...)

if it's easy I'll google it, I'm jsut lazy, lol

[hurley97]

where can I find an airbag? (if you know...)

if it's easy I'll google it, I'm jsut lazy, lol

i actually dont know. i got everything from the body shop, they replaced all my sensors too. sorry id look it up for you but im at work

[djspike]

How much is the upholstery work costing you?

[brianforster]

to replace your airbags your gonna need the 2 airbags, the 2 front crash sensors, and the center airbag control unit. i think defgeph had an entire set of the stuff for 300$ a while back when i asked him, he never posted a FS thread so he might still have it layign around.

[mzztoyota]

where can I find an airbag? (if you know...)

if it's easy I'll google it, I'm jsut lazy, lol

i actually dont know. i got everything from the body shop, they replaced all my sensors too. sorry id look it up for you but im at work

that's okay, I forgive you

How much is the upholstery work costing you?

The CF cover cost only 30 bucks...the guy says it'll be 200 to re-do each seat in leather, and that includes materials and labor...I think it's a cool deal, especially since my boyfriend who owes me 700 bucks is just going to pay for the seats so that he only owes me 300...lol...then he's gonna give me two 12's and knock off another 150 from what he owes me. Is he good or what? Dang.

to replace your airbags your gonna need the 2 airbags, the 2 front crash sensors, and the center airbag control unit. i think defgeph had an entire set of the stuff for 300$ a while back when i asked him, he never posted a FS thread so he might still have it layign around.

Ugh, that sounds like a lot of stuff My main concern is the aesthetics, lol...my last car didn't have airbags, period...it never came with any. I know it's better to have them...so I guess I can ask defgeph and when my next paycheck comes in...yeah...

I shortly considered just getting a nicer steering wheel (bride? is that what they call them?) off ebay or somethin...but I've read about people having issues with their signals and stuff like that after putting them in. Should I bother looking for one?

[bufferdan]

more pics of your house? The view out your window is nice!

[mzztoyota]

more pics of your house? The view out your window is nice!

lol, sure I'll post them in the off-topic forum, though I must admit that it's my boyfriend's mother's house with that view ...the beach is called Magen's Bay, and it has been rated by National Geographic and lots of other travel companies as one of the top ten most beautiful beaches inteh world.

Lucky me

[hellsyphon]

for the driver side's door panel trim, all you have to do is apply some adhesive behind it and tuck it back in and its good as new again

[mzztoyota]

thnx...I fugured as much, I just have to give it some good pulling so that the end actually meets the lip of it...

edit...Pics of my house are up! lol: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=39699

This post has been edited by mzztoyota: Jul 27, 2006 - 5:15 PM