good luck.....im thinkin about doing the same thing but again me car has to much miles on and fuel miles is really bad in the city. any way good luck with the project.

 

good progress so far. make sure u shampoo and clean that carpet real good before u put it in cuz i am sure there will be stains on it. oh i noticed the other day ur fogs dont work or u just didn't turn them on?

 

Thanks and thanks for the heads up on that. How hard is the dash to take out? I might do that tomorrow as well instead of waiting for the weekend.

I didn't turn them on, btw when is everyone heading to the track and where is it located?

 

It's not hard but you have to take a lot of things apart. Take pics so you remember where things go and take your time! Good luck...

 

Thanks and I will do that.
Is this a couple hours thing or is it less than that?

 

dash isn't difficult, buts its nice if u have help. when i did my interior swap i dismantled entire tan interior and put in the whole black interior in 3 hours start to finish...dash as well. but thats with help.

btw we all are going here on saturday around 9pm...come out if u can:

http://cfracingcomplex.com/informati...tiondirections

 

I've done it, you can search for my interior conversion thread.

Just be careful not to break the middle of the dash where the ac controls and radio sit. You will run out of places to grab, but don't grab that

 

Keep it up man. Im doing mine but im going slowly looking around the junk yard. It takes time to do it. I still need to know how to remove the dash board for sure.

 

i have done about 6 successful swaps, they are not fun to do specially when it comes time to do the dash i hate taking out the passenger airbags, its time consuming but the end results are great, this would be a good time to change a leaking sunroof as well

 

Where can I find info on how to remove the dash board?

 

I have my mechanic helping me so hopefully it doesn't takes us too long to take it out. I figure I might as well just do the dash swap now because I don't think I can change the carpet without taking out the dash anyway.

Redline if I get the interior finished by then I will be there no doubt. I have two days to finish up and I didn't do anything today just sat around wasting the day...tisk tisk.

Btw I checked the "How to" section and there is nothing in there about changing the interior of doing anything involving the dash FML....wish me luck.

 

 

was a pain in the **** for me on my last max..

 

1. After doing all the work on the seat I realize that only one of the legs go back and the other one is frozen I was soo upset because they were both working before I did the swap.
   
2. And I also just found out that one of the latch support on my sunroof broke so I have to redo that all over.

 

Man.. That black interior is really sharp looking... Mine's full tan, i might have to do this...

Great job, and nice wound. Something to remember

 

were the donor steering wheel and airbags in good shape? i am still rocking my tan steering wheel and dash airbag in my black interior for 2 years now, lol. i never find them in the junkyard

 

I told you at the last meet that I have both airbags already. When I was first replacing mines I bought them then reliaze that my dash was a completely different color and the steering wheel was different. When I tried to take it back he said that I could just have them and go get the right ones.

PM me if you want them and we can work something out.

 

im so glad mines all black leather already. looks like a pain. turning out great tho man.

 

It wasn't all that bad. The hardest thing was the having to re-frame the seat but other than that everything went by real smooth. As long as you remember were everything goes it's basically bolt and snap on for everything.

 

thats kool, hopefully it dont rattle i did a full interior swap on a Honda and all my **** was rattling but the again i did a half *** job and broke half the clips lol. and as always had left over bolts.

 

I love the swap man! I have tan interior and I love it. I may need a new drivers seat though because mine is slowly starting to tear similar to yours.

 

I have two black leather seats in my closet, both power too. AND I'll be in Cleveland sometime this week

 

 

update?

 

If you need a black airbag I will have an extra one in a few days...

 

does anyone know if 4th and 5th gen door panels are interchangeable? I'm in a small town and just found a rear ended 5th gen I'm considering buying for a dek swap and possibly the door panels maybe seats too, i don't know yet I just found the car on craigslist, may be sold too lol....

 

awesome thread old thread bump to ask a question that doest pertain to the thread

 

Thats a good question as 5th gen leather is better lookin IMO. I am willing to be with some slight modification it will fit. Hell, Kevlo put g35 seats in his car!

SEARCH my good man, SEARCH!

 

no they do not. sure with modification. but it will be ugly.

 

so mine has the tan int. but my steering wheel is black.
could that be a replacement or did they come with tan interior with black wheel? even my dash and everything is tan

 

I have tan interior also, but wheel is black. Totally stock.

 

clean install man. loving the black leather