Hey Guys, well I started my suede interior project and all i got to say, is I give mad props to metal. Due to the complexity of sueding the interior to have no bumps. Well It took me 5 hours to get the top half, half decent looking. I have a before and after picture tell me what you guys thing. I should continue or redo the whole thing.

 

Before

 

After.

 

I gonna paint the handle black and the bottom charcoal.

 

Good first attempt...but it looks every rough, man.

(1) You can see the glue bleed-through.
(2) The lines near the doorswitch are bunched up.
(3) You have 5 different colors going on in that pic...it's a bit too busy.

Like I said, great start, just rip it off, use mineral spirits to remove all the glue, sand, and rewrap...the first time is not easy!!!

 

Oh. Thank God.

 

looks decent but i would consider just doing the insert instead of the whole upper half

 

the top is the only part that partly done. when you rewrap, is there any tricks, do you wrap from the top down or go from left or right side.


So do it again with new fabric. I was using contact cement painted on.

 

I trying to find a paint to match the charcoal fabric, the gray on the bottom is primer.

 

Whats Mineral Sprints? What Grade sand paper?

 

Original color is light and dark brown

 

bump it up for metal

 

i am not feeling. Installation aside, the choice of material appears to be mediocre at best. Not sure how it is in person.

 

Looks good so far to me. Post more pics when the bottom half is painted.

 

, but ill give you props for the initial attempt

 

meh, i'm not feeling the suede.

 

looks definitely different :-) Good Luck!

 

I think it looks better than before

 

I would have to agree with Metal on taking it off and restarting. Hopefully you've got the extra material for trial and error. You should paint the door handle to match your arm rest part. and just paint the lower half black. IMO. Good job though man just try and clean it up. Good luck.

 

I see the root of the issue.

Metal, this is your fault!

 

Not a big fan of suede but for the time and effort you've put into this project. I think you should have the lower panel painted before you proceed further on the suede.

 

instead of painting the handle, why not just get one that's the right color? Paint will get rubbed off as people USE the handles, especially the driver's door.....

 

Me neither

 

Junkyard is your friend. My interior handles are black...you can get them in chrome too.