Could you post some updated pictures Kevlo?

 

nice work so far. needs SE guages IMO and woodgrain ruins the whole thing!

 

Yea it will prob be a week or two before i can clean the car.

don't like se white faced gauges, if anything, i would get AE gauges.


Smoked wood = $130. So if i get a surplus of cash I will get it but I doubt it

 

Are you talking about the 2001 AE gauges? those are the Shiznit! I have them in my car. Its a lot of work to do the conversion but well worth it. 4th gen analog gauges suck IMO.. Even with LEDS.

 

yuppp

 

So I am going to coat my own dash pieces.

Carbon fiber? Brushed Alu? Or marble?








I am gonna do my own water transfer printing

 

Hydrodipping?
If so, your going to coat them in a clear coat right?

 

Yea, I might not coat it personally but let the local body shop clear them for me.

 

For sure, it will come out soooo nice when you do. Plus it protects it.
What other prints are available? That CF looks a bit off.

 

id like to see how this turns out

 

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=wat...=p3286.c0.m359

There are a few websites too but you get the idea.

http://www.elpasopowdercoating.com/i...iewDoc&docId=3

They have a bunch as well.

 

You should get this one,....


lol

 

So these film can be apply on almost anything ? Is this similar to the 3M stuff ?

 

Can be applied to any item that can be submerged in water. It's nothing like 3m vinyl.
The film sits on the top of the water, and you dip you item and it attaches to it as its dipped.
Google hydrodipping and check out the vids of the process.
I had my interior trim done in this stuff a while back.

 

Thanks for the information. I just googled and saw the process, it's very innovative, must be expensive though.

 

Na, they have hits for 100 bucks with the film. But I plan on buying only the film and the activator spray then let a bodyshop clear the parts for me.


Snake skin

 

good work man! that interior business is time consuming!
i sprayed with duplicolor, my brown 240 interior to all black. I even sprayed the back seat with that can!!! hhahaa
here it is:

 

Was the carpet molded good? I replaced the carpet in my old car with a molded carpet and it was bunched up in the back the part under the rear seat thats still shown.

 

Carpet was great, it comes big so you can trim it exact.

 

where do you get the prints to do the water transfer printing that sounds interesting

 

From what company did you ordered the carpet ? I want to replace the carpet in my 2k1 and was shopping online and found this place:
http://www.auto-interior.com/nissan5.htm#Maxima

 

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,ca...,parttype,1264

I got my carpet from there and if you google rockauto coupon code, you will find 5% off. I got mine when they were on sale for 100.

 

I think the burl wood color will look best with your interior. Stay away from the carbon fiber IMO the pattern won't match your interior. I would love to see how this turns out. Seems like a pretty simple process once you get the hang of it.

 

I ended up getting the CF I got it for MUCH cheaper and I think it should look good good. Another reason I got the cf is that I can do some other parts of the car and maybe some of my friend's vehicles. If I don't like it, then I will get the burlwood later on.



Just came in today

 

Good Luck mang, curious to see the outcome.

 

Just cleaned it today These will also serve as pre pics for the new dash once I do it.









You can see some of the blemishes on the door panels I need to touch up. But overall this interior is holding up GREAT!.

 

Look what came in today!






Custom 300zx leather weighted shift ****. Makes shifting so much smoother. Looks and feels great!

 

you should get auto climate too, looks sharper. i cant wait for you to get rid of that eye sore woodgrain

 

I would actually love to trade someone my black trim pieces for woodgrain!

 

[QUOTE=Kevlo911;7019415]
Another wheel pic.


My only complaint about the steering wheel cover is that it doesn't go all the up to the edge of the airbag module. I think It kind of looks funny that they left it half way and didn't cover that area. Other than that it looks great.

 

what happened with the hydrodipping ? u should do the front windshied pillars i just got the cloth ones with the tweats in them and wrapped them in black leather

 

I am second guessing the CF. I think I will get the black marble/burlwood.

With the CF, I have to get the pattern 100% perfect for the entire dash to look good, if I am off by 1mm then the entire pattern will be off and at an angle. But with the black wood/marble I have much more leeway on how the pattern looks on the trim pieces and it all still looking good.

 

I do have auto climate control

Yea, only way to make it look better is to make your own shape out of leather hide. But I don't think I could stitch the 2 tone so it would have to be an all black one.

 

I think that would look better too.

 

check these out payed 5$ for them at the local junk yard $3.80 for the black leather
ii think they look decent

look at my garagee to see a bigger pic

 

I believe QT15MTAE is referring to the 98/99 style auto climate control; which I believe is not interchangeable (don't quote me on that...).

 

yo kev man...i feel as tho u should get the tan passenger side airbag to complete the look on the dash. Might look tight man

 

Yea, only way to make it look better is to make your own shape out of leather hide. But I don't think I could stitch the 2 tone so it would have to be an all black one.[/QUOTE]

If you are happy with it thats all that matters. I was really pointing out why I wouldn't get the wheel skins.

The other thing you can always do is have it professionally re wrapped.

 

so i was thinking about doing this to my 5th gen, but instead of painting, replacing the brown pieces with a black maxima interior and leaving the the bottom tan, any thoughts on how to take the door panels apart or will i destroy my whole car

 

In for updated pics of the hydrodipping...