Interior fabrics

[dbales]

Where are some good stores to find fabrics like leather, suede, vinyls, etc? I've looked at Joann's and they've only got a small selection of velvet and some vinyls.

And what is a good adhesive to use to apply them with?

[tommi]

micheals? walmart? reupholster shops? 3m spray adhesive

[dbales]

Kinda going off topic on my own thread but, has anyone wrapped misc. interior pieces in fabric? Pics please.

[scudweiser]

yea make sure you get the 3m extreme heavy duty stuff, and dont fuck it up or you just wasted like 14 bucks. its pretty easy to wrap interior panels, just measure twice and cut once. good luck

[CbCl7]

I believe I got my fabric at Hancock fabrics. Sprayed with Elmers Adhesive Spray. 3M isn't the best..

My door panels:

Looks pretty OEM but I just wanted it to look clean!

(Before)


(After)

[crazymikey]

Well done. Those panels look great.

[Sarthos]

Could you wrap something like the pillars that are next to the front seats? I forget what those ones are called. I'd think the shape would really suck to wrap, but I'm not sure. Any tricks? :/

[CbCl7]

Could you wrap something like the pillars that are next to the front seats? I forget what those ones are called. I'd think the shape would really suck to wrap, but I'm not sure. Any tricks? :/

Time & patience.

Shouldn't be too hard! My door panels were fairly easy just time consuming..and tucking the fabric was a bit tough. Still isn't perfect..to me atleast haha.

[CB7@_@TrAnCe]

what is the bottom of the door panel made out of? it looks to me like carpet. i gots to get some for 2 of my doors because they are missing

[dbales]

what is the bottom of the door panel made out of? it looks to me like carpet. i gots to get some for 2 of my doors because they are missing

That's my guess. My rear passenger side door is missing this as well. I wanna replace it on all my doors because it looks like house carpet.

[Nerocb7]

you can try here my uncle runs a shop and he gets his supplies from herehttp://www.wsusol.com/default.aspx?

[wherm]

Kinda going off topic on my own thread but, has anyone wrapped misc. interior pieces in fabric? Pics please.

You can check out my BB6 Dash Swap thread, the whole interior is being done in Alcantara suede.

Look more for upholstery shops rather than craft stores and fabrics. A good site to try would be www.selectproducts.com as they sell all kinds of carpet, vinyl, etc. for custom car audio installs.

I suggest staying away from any aerosol spray glue. It all dries out and lets loose after time. The glue being used on my interior is professional grade glue from DAP called Weldwood Contact Adhesive. It is pricey, and unfortunately only comes in a 5 gal can. It's meant to be sprayed from a spray gun. This would be as good or better than OEM glue.

Just came across this site, they have material...

http://www.duboisfabrics.com/product_p/glue%20dap.htm

[mercyboy]

i went to walmart, selling leather for 1.00 inch a square foot