I bet that does smell really good. Looks like a good job.
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I bet that does smell really good. Looks like a good job.
Hi Kingsley,Quote:
Originally Posted by kingsley
It would really depend on the grade of leather you want and condition of the foam in your existing seats. If you like, you can PM a photo or email it to me, and go from there.
I can do Bentley stitching, steering wheels and even gear knobs, professionally re-covered to factory finish. I'm trying to locate used gear knob and wheel to show quality of work in before and after.
Thanks Simon!Quote:
Originally Posted by NSXGB
I absolutely love it, it just smells and feels like a new car, and the full leather headlining and sun visors make a huge difference. Plus with the old pleeted look gone and the roof being black makes it feel more modern, similar I guess to the later cars.
I was thinking of doing the perforated look like the later car, but the more I looked at it the less I liked. So I went with the nappa as its the only leather with almost no grain, very smooth and the best quality leather. I have had a few cars with nappa in the past and currently we have an E Class coupe with it which I like.
Really nice workmanship ... if only there wasn't so much water between us!
IMPRESSIVE ... damn your ideas! :laugh:
Looks better than new. Now don't forget that you're supposed to drive the car once in a while and not just work on it!
Off-topic but does anyone know what the bulbs in the door cards are called? Last time I took one out they looked like festoon bulb but a smaller version of one in all dimensions. I want to buy led replacements so when I'm working on the interior of my car I don't have to worry so much about flattening the battery or taking the bulbs out. Cheers.
That's a great Fit. Looks very clean and sharp.
Cheers,
James.
As always, beautiful craftsmanship. Looks really nice.
I was thinking about replacing the visor, A-pillar and the celiing to the later spec black ones but yours looks also nice.
I know it's bit too early to ask but any plan in doing these in different material?
Yes, it's bit off topic so apology, Sudesh.Quote:
Originally Posted by m666 edd
You can use 30-31mm LED festoon bulb.
One example here; http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/entry.php?76-Lots-of-LEDs
Kaz
Could your supplier make just the covers for a DIY fit?
Hi Kaz,Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaz-kzukNA1
I can do just about any material, as you know the later spec car doesnt have leather roof, pillars visors etc, its woven fabric almost similar to speaker cover material.
At some stage, I'm going to completely do my interior the same as NA1 NSX-R, just need the seats and rails first.
Not at the moment, dont really like the idea of doing covers as such, as it takes a bit of work to get everything nice and tight with a real quality factory finish. I've seen attempts at seat cover fitting before, and they dont always look that great to me; some sagging in place or loose fitting etc. So dont want to offer a service where the product might end up looking just ok, I want it to be perfect.Quote:
Originally Posted by NSXGB
Thanks Paul,Quote:
Originally Posted by Senninha
If you really wanted to send bits this way, most cost affective if it's allot would be to put it all on a pallet, only around £90 to send like that.
saw the interior in the flesh today!
pics are good but simply dont do the work justice. :eek:
the finish on everything is top notch and the nappa leather is of high quality indeed. takes years of the dated NA1 interior look imho.
the roof is just in another league ... way better than OEM and is very modern looking
fantastic work which i plan to have done in due course ... hopefully sooner rather than later (unless other options come into fruition :rolleyes:)
if u want/need a refresh of your interior, you simply cant fault this.
and for all u mainland residents ... posting/shipping to NI is not as bad as you think ;)
OOoooooooooh...............I want that!
Are you taking orders?
I'm off to get the ferry ticket now!
Looks very very good. Although I don't go for updating cars to try to make them look like a different era car, the old pleating is just not as nice as this later type finish.
Thats Another reason I steered away from doing the newer OEM interior; didn't want it to look like the interior was just taken straight from that model and as mentioned the more I looked at the perforated facelift interior, the less I liked it.Quote:
Originally Posted by gumball
My way isn't trying to copy a different era, it's basically breathing new life into the very dated 80s/90s look, of the pleated interior.
But we can do the interior to what ever someone likes, right down to replicating the facelift interior if people prefer that.
I should have samples of gear knob refurb and steering wheel in the next week or so.
To echo everyone elses comments, i think the interior looks fantastic Sudesh. I agree the pleating makes the car look dated but now it looks comfortably at home with more modern cars (dare I say comparable to Audi's renowened interiors?!). Great job and definitely one for my list!
Is it just an illusion, or have you done something to the dash/door carcasses? It lookes greater than the sum of its parts.
The whole effect looks rather more in line with my ideas for a proposed "NA3". Somewhere between more modern & timeless. Surprisingly so.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Graves
Hi Nick,
Im not really following what you mean?
But I can tell you, nothing has been changed on the door or dash, it's all OEM. Only bit I upgraded are the mentioned items.
It must be the photographs then, or more of an illusion created by the classier leather - lifts the whole interior somehow.
Looks (to me) more like a dull german grey rather than the slightly shiny black japanese look, if that makes sense.
Thanks for the comments Nick!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Graves
It's definitely more of a Matt finish, I think nappa leather in fairness is like that anyway.
Is the standard leather Nappa? As a re-trimmer has quoted me (online) and reckons its Nappa-style?
No, standard leather is not nappa or even remotely resembles it lol. It's not even good grade leather in the NSX and in some places it's vinyl.Quote:
Originally Posted by Senna88
Fairly standard - the Premium leather X3 seats are only ~65% leather, from memory - about average for the market.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sudesh
Quality - very few players offer semi-aniline even as an option - at least the Honda leather (NSX and S2000) isn't corrected-grain. Also, the wife's Golf interior feels rather 'artificial' (due to the thicker laminate behind to make it feel tougher - most of the facing panels are genuine leather) when compared to the Hondas. It will wear better in the Golf though because of it...
Heres some pieces finished today.
Basically took the standard gear knob and created the newer perforated style on it. Also did the same with he steering wheel.
Enjoy lol
BEFORE:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...R/P1010888.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...R/P1010889.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...R/P1010890.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...R/P1010891.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...R/P1010962.jpg
And thats that!
excellent dude ... certainly if i had not upgraded my shifter this would have been fantastic. Great job. :)
Really like the steering wheel refresh ... old steering wheel was a bug bearer of mine as you know but this freshens it up to almost modern standards ... what would you be able to do with the SRS airbag?
great work as always ... that bentley stitching is very nice indeed.