Interior Redo

[Ghetto_CB7]

Hello everyone I have been redoing my Interior for a while now and figured I should post some pictures of everything I have done

Floor
Before

Nothing

Dynamat

Dynaliner

After


Doors
Before

After

Rear Quarter Panel
Before

After


Dash
Before

Nothing

After


Image of most of my work back in the car (sorry it took so long to post this one up guys)
**also the carpet is dirty lol, I will have to clean it**

[TypeG]

are you going to do anything to the seats? later.

[Ghetto_CB7]

More

Trim Panel
Before

After

Shifter
Before

After (pspec short shifter boot and knob)

Seats (not done)

Head Liner (not done)

[Ghetto_CB7]

Yes

are you going to do anything to the seats? later.

Yes the new WRX Sti come with black and gray Recaro that look like they match my colors quite well

[jdmwannabe]

Great work, definatly an inspiration for everyone else.

[Ghetto_CB7]

Update

Other door panel done tonight. Here are both side by side.


I am still missing some parts but I will put them in the car tomorrow.

Comments Welcome !

[C91BLX7]

very nice

[Night Wolf]

very nice. where did you buy leather?

[Ghetto_CB7]

Door Panel / Vinyl

The "leather" is vinyl and you can buy it at any fabric store. This individual color/material costs $11 a yard. I Bought three yards and that is enough to do both door panel inserts, the lower pockets, and the rear quarter panels.

My Process

1) "GooGone" the entire door panel. (this stuff is amazing!) Then wipe the panel down with rubbing alcohol


2) Remove anything I didn't want to be black (or the other color)


3) Put a coat of Adhesion Promoter (I used "Bulldog Adhesion Promoter").Paint the panel. Here is a picture of the paint I am using. It is available from napa and is an interior paint from "Martin Senour" I do not recall the prices of these products but they are affordable.


4) "GooGone" yes again it makes the finish on the panel smooth and soft like the original vinyl. Then soap and water. When I finished this step this is what I had

[Ghetto_CB7]

Continued

5) The lower pocket is easy to redo. Start by removing whatever material you or the idiot who owned the car before you decided to put there.

6) "GooGone" the area under the material to remove any glue or gunk. Then use the rubbing alcohol.

7) Cut a piece of vinyl that will cover the area.


8) Tape off any areas directly touching the area to be glued. This prevents you from getting glue on them.

9) Place a layer of glue on the surface to be redone. Yes the entire surface (be smart here if you are doing something huge then do it in sections). That being said the door panel inserts and pockets can all be done in one shot. I use foam brushes to apply the glue. If you are rich or have one laying around the professionals use spray guns.

I am not sure what the name of the glue I use is. I buy it from an upholstery store in town. I can find the name and post it later. Here is a picture of it... He calls it "Yellow Glue" for obvious reasons.


10) A very important step WAIT. Yes wait about 10 minuets for the glue to setup. This is important not just so the fabric sticks but also because when the glue sets up it releases gases. When those gases get stuck under the vinyl they from bubbles. (Not Cool)

11) Lay the vinyl. The glue is very workable and fairly forgiving. Good luck!

Finished Pocket

[Ghetto_CB7]

Door Panel Continued

The insert is not so easy...

12) The area under the insert is a wood matrix which is not smooth like the plastic under the pocket. Because of this I was advised to use a pad under the vinyl. So I tried it and Failed miserably. The process for laying the pad is the same as laying the vinyl. The pad goes on EASY. The only thing you have to be careful of is not using excess glue because it does bleed through unlike the vinyl. The pad I used was a 1/4 inch headliner pad (it is kinda expensive at $20 a yard)

Looks good right... Well look at how bad I did laying the vinyl


13) If at first you don't succeed try, try again. Well I ripped off the expensive pad and tried it without it. I followed the steps outlined above for laying the vinyl for the Pocket. Here are some pictures.


14) When you are done gluing and making sure you have no air bubbles take a flat head screwdriver and begin to tuck the vinyl into the gap. When finished use a SHARP utility knife to cut the extra fabric from the insert.

YOU ARE DONE !
Side by side good/bad/ugly


If you have a spray gun I would encourage you to try the pad. From what I have been told the reason why mine failed is because I did not have a completely even layer of glue.

[steelbluesleepR]

now im going to have to try that! i'm going to do it a little different from yours, i will be making the insert painted fiberglass, but i will use somewhat of the same process.

[lx-accord]

sick im gonna have to do this when i swap my doors over the paint looks good not glossy at all

[hectic702]

Nicely done! I did mine but w/ tweed inserts on door panels and tweed wrapped trim panel w/ tweed inserts on 93' tan leather, i had pics somewhere on here but their gone I'll try to put them up again

[hectic702]

Heres some I found
I did the door panels and trim n my friend did the seats. The back seats are done just like the fronts