I've been searching for an I30 5spd with a black interior. I found one but with a tan interior.

How difficult is just a tan dash to black dash swap? Any pictures of this done (maybe in-between stages of a complete tan to black swap)?

I would probably swap a couple other minor items, but would probably leave the doors tan. Any input is appreciated.

Thanks,
Paul

 

yea tan / black is a sweet combo. i originally thought it would look ghetto, but now i think it looks even better than tan/tan

here:



you cant see from here but im gonna make the passenger airbag cover black.
i also plan on swappin the seatbelts to black and possibly the rear view mirror and visors.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....k+tan+interior

 

thats not black bro. i believe thats called "serene" or "serenity", can't quite remember.

swapping the dash is not terribly difficult. i actually did it by myself ( i definitely recommend a 2nd person).

 

Yeah i did the black/tan combo myself and it looks really nice, i will take some pics later.

 

what you mean "serene"? what specifically is being called that?

 

the interior color. or is the dash in that pic factory tan?

 

yea its whatever came stock in the beige interior GLE. its a slightly darker shade of brown than the leather. so far the only black additions to my car have been the floormats.

 

oh ok... theres another color thats kinda grey/tan/bluish

 

Bluish????

 

Well there is another interior color besides black/grey/tan, I don't know if it was offered on any maxima's but it came on a select few bronze I30's, it is called olive drab and it looks like grey until you go to buy an interior peice and find out that it is actually greenish grey, I think they call it 'olive drab' I actually love it.


Some of you guys are nuts with your whole black on black is the coolest thing and I must have it in order for my family sedan to be cool.

I prefer the tan over black on a32's, for several reasons............

The bitty's like it more.

It doesn't look tacky.

It holds up SOOOO much better.

 

hard to describe. i think it was on '99 models only.

you MUST to be cool. i'm actually playing with the idea of going all red interior, but i'd have to change my sn...

 

Rockart leave it, the air bag cover in black would stand out and disrupt the flow of colour on the dash, i think the seat belt things also blend in well in tan. i really like that interior you got, i say leave it it looks very sexy

 

It's not hard if you can remove a dash. It's about a 10 hour job. +1 on KRRZ350, I like the black and tan combo. I've done what I can, and I would love to put in a black dash and be rid of the doo doo brown one.

 

Pics would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

This sounds very ricey... but does anyone have any experience with using vinyl dye? Also, do you have to mess with the airbag at all when removing the dashboard... any links to swap write-ups?

 

I swapped all the seats, door panels, from the stock tan to the black leather off a junked I30 I found. I love the color clash...just need to get a new floor carpet and tan door handles...I will post a pic when i get then DL'D (yeah i know this post is hella late but i need to rack up my threads so i can post again damnit)

 

You say you went from stock tan to black do u have any black pices left over u didnt use???
I have tan handles for u i just need blk ones!!

 

10 HOUR JOB?????
I yanked a black dash from a junkyard car with the airbags intact in about 31.5 minutes.

 

If you can swap my dash in 1 hour and 3 min., please come do mine.
I hate the color.

 

Are you paying airfare? I like Florida.

 

LOL. It's great. I was out all day in jeans and a t-shirt.

 

I took the dash out in about an hour or so... Def not a 10hr job. It's pretty logical, the only trick is that there are some safety screws over on the passenger airbag under behind the glove box.

 

I'm already in Florida... I'll do it for ya. no airfare required!

 

Its really not all that hard, i don't know about an hour and 3 min though, maybe if you have 2 people then i can definently see that time being achieved, by yourself it shouldn't take longer then 3 hours if you keep taking smoke breaks .