DIY: Change the color of your door panels with suede!!

[oddmut]

Originally Posted by TRIZ http://www.joann.com/joann/ how lame the page aint even working. http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat2952 here's alcantara for you. http://www.alcantara.com/

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[TRIZ]

WHooo, thoes 3p2 civic type R seats are snazzy!

[twiztedD17A1]

Originally Posted by oddmut

u used those big machines to do ur door panel?

no there for sub boxes and fiberglass templates on my spare time

[oddmut]

Originally Posted by twiztedD17A1

no there for sub boxes and fiberglass templates on my spare time

oic.

Originally Posted by TRIZ

WHooo, thoes 3p2 civic type R seats are snazzy!

who's are you talking about? is it in the link i sent you?

so now you know about alcantara suede.

WHERE CAN I GET?!?! been searching and pming companies. no luck so far.

[TRIZ]

Whoops, I ment ep3-R, totaly botched that one, lol. Yeah it was on the site you just linked- click it and then somewhere you can check it out on a honda car and they showed it. Check it out, its pretty hot.

Umm.. I dunno. I'll have to take a look around. I'll let u know what I find.

[TRIZ]

I've come across this site: http://edu.cqdx.gov.cn/car/63198.html...
which suggested this site: http://www.gulffabrics.com/

You need to email the guy and ask him for some info on the fabric and how to purchase it from him. They have a list of colors here:
http://www.gulffabrics.com/alccolor.htm

here is the contact information:

Telephone:
813-875-2707
FAX:
813-348-9540
Postal address:
3709 N. Armenia Ave. Tampa, FL 33673-1303
PO Box 7725, Tampa, FL 33607-7725

Electronic mail:
General Information: gulffabrics.com
Sales: gulffab1@aol.com

[oddmut]

damn don't know how you found that but thanks a lot! i saw the type r seats just now.

[HwNpRyDe_CiViC]

where did you guys get your red micro suede from and how much was it a yard???

[TRIZ]

jo anns fabrics, cheap per yard, I dunno- it wasnt expensive, i think it mighta been like 6 bucks, but on sale. Total was like, 25 bucks if that.. cant really remember that far back. Dont be cheap tho- its not really one of those things you shop around for.

[DeX]

Ya, it was on sale for me too, I got a square yard for like $7. I bought mine at either JoAnne's or Micheal's.

[Tragedy]

DIY's like these are why I love this site.

With help from the DIY, removed fabric from passenger door panel yesterday. female broke my attention away from the project and left the old glue on the panel. Today I am going to look for black micro suede fabric right next door to my work. Brand new store go figure huh? Then I will clean the surface and prep for adhesive.



Heads up: For those planning/starting this project like me, Joanne fabrics has suede on sale 50% off. I got a yard x 54", elmers spray adhesive, and elmers rubber cement for a total of $21.62.

[DeX]

Originally Posted by Tragedy

Joanne fabrics has suede on sale 50% off

I think that's a permanent sale, I always see it.

[Tragedy]

Originally Posted by DeX

I think that's a permanent sale, I always see it.

Awesome, I will be remembering that.

First layer done, got a small glue spot on it, no worries.

I chose black suede. I chose black because I want a full black interior. The fabric before this was grey, green, and tobacco brown from 6 years of exposure.

[DeX]

Originally Posted by Tragedy

Awesome, I will be remembering that.

First layer done, got a small glue spot on it, no worries.

I chose black suede. I chose black because I want a full black interior. The fabric before this was grey, green, and tobacco brown from 6 years of exposure.

You're doing it wrong, you have to take off the handle.

[Tragedy]

Yea I noticed that, ish happens. it's done now, just drying. Trial and error.

Thanks Triz & Dex.