anyone ever re-coloured their seats?

[madmarsie]

I am considering changing the colour of my seats/dash to something a bit less gloomy. It is currently all dark blue but i am thinking of maybe 2-tone blue cream like i ad in my old range rover just to give it a bit of a lift
What i currently have


Maybe something like this


and also split up the dash to match??

Has anyone used the leather dye stuff i have seen on ebay and if so what were the results like?
Thanks in advance
Paul

[Milky400]

There's a guy just done a step by step guide. I'll find it and post the link

Ps. That's bluuuuue.....

[Milky400]

PM this guy, done a bloody awesome job.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...


There are other guides on how to go about it on here, jut use the searxh

[madmarsie]

Cheers Milky, yep its certainly BLUE!! car was originally purple but now its dark blue but i think it too much hence wanting to brighten things up a bit. Just got to decide how to do it. Carpets are faded too so maybe a change there too??
Paul

[brett84]

I did mine and the centre console, it was surprising easy to do and gives a great finish. With the furniture clinic kit it's so much easy with a compressor instead of messing around with canned air. Also get extra sealant, the kit doesn't come with enough really and I should have put an extra couple of coats on.
Be sure to thoroughly clean places like the bolster where there are cracks and grooves etc, i didn't fully clean a bit and the paint reacted so i had to take it off, clean and re do

[madmarsie]

Wow, that looks brilliant Brett. If i can get a result like that i will be a very happy bunny.

[brett84]

If you wanted to change the door cards, I used some suede type material from Dunelm Mills, it cost about £5 and another couple of pounds for some underlay but it looks and feels really nice so is worth doing

[madmarsie]

Thanks mate, good suggestion. the carpet bits in my door cards are very faded and discoloured (as you can see in the pic) so i will probably follow your advice

Paul

[brett84]

Yeah it would look nice with a different colour but you can get blue in the suede if you wanted, there are some pics of mine and someone else's here
http://www.pistonheads.com/Gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[madmarsie]

If i went for the 2 tone effect like in my first post i would probably go with the following-

Seats- Cream outer-blue centre
trans tunnel main cream-bolsters blue
dash lower blue-top cream
door cards blue-inlays cream suede
carpets re-dyed blue with cream overmats

may try an attempt with photoshop or similar to see how it will look
Paul

[Rib]

I have just changed mine from Blue and cream to black and red, will get some pics for you later

[madmarsie]

Cheers Rib, i do prefer the 2 tone. Just got to decide on the colours. Maybe considering a respray at a later date so will need to decide on a scheme that will all go together if i change the exterior
Paul

[RBV8]

I had my Chimaera re-trimmed in a similar configuration few years back, very happy with the overall look

[s p a c e m a n]

Carpets are even easier to do if you just want to bring the colour back to it, I bought some dye from an autosmart van the other day to change mine from green to black but if you're taking all of your leather out to paint that anyway you would be mental not to do the carpet at the same time. You just have to spray the dye on using something like an old window cleaning spray bottle and it drys within 20 minutes, wipe any over spray off immediately with a babywipe

[flyingdutchie]

From what car do the brown seats come from?

[s p a c e m a n]

The brown ones are Mk1 MX5 seats with speakers in the headrests

[B17NNS]

brett84 said:

That is a seriously lovely interior.

[swanny71]

Did mine last year, still happy with the results

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[madmarsie]

Didnt know autosmart did carpet dye? will have a word when he comes to work
The 2 tone interior above is very much like i am after

Used it for work today for the first time in a couple of weeks. Cant believe its taken me this long to get one


Paul

[s p a c e m a n]

Don't know what colours they do as I just asked for black, got 5 litres for £20 and a spray thing off him. Took 2 coats to get my green carpet to black on the bit I tested it on (passenger kick plate thing)