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Did these cars come with leather or vinyl centre consoles and door bolsters ? Was it standard to have wool carpets .

I `m having some work done soon and can`t work out if its worrth splashing out and going for wool carpets and leather .

I can`t decide if to have carpet ,vinyl or leather door cards .

They all seem to look smart when re trimmed .

Edited by SILICONEKID345HP on Wednesday 11th February 21:59

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I`m having new carpets but can`t decide if to have wool or nylon .

The center console is being re trimmed and maybe the door bolsters .The door card will be vynl or leather but only if i decide to have new door bolsters .

I`ts not a full re trim but just enough to tidy it up .

Just can`t decide .

Edited by SILICONEKID345HP on Sunday 15th February 15:35

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macdeb said:

I used alcantara on my door inserts over a layer of 10mm foam in my Chimaera. My last Griff' was 3/4 leather that had leather dash and door inserts. Never been a fan of carpet in the doors.

Alcantara is £80 a meter .If i went for that ir would be used for door carts and the arm rest part of the centre console

Is it man made product ?

Edited by SILICONEKID345HP on Sunday 15th February 15:40

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Sardonicus said:

an spot it a mile off the vinyl may be low maintainance but the leather looks lovely.

I`m wondering hoe close it can be matched up with existing trim like the dash top .

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Im wondering if it would be possible to loose the cigarette lighter and ash trays,would make it look cleaner .

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Doc Toad said:

Daz - I had the same doubts on carpet. Advice I got was that while wool was originally used it does fade and where it goes round tight external corners you do sometimes (with cheaper carpet) see the backing through the pile.

I went for a modern high quality automotive carpet - same as you get in a new Jag or Merc. I prefer the look - some will disagree.

As for everything else - leather all the way!
Pics of my retrim on my profile page.

Are you talking about the shorter pile automotive carpet like a velor .

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Doc Toad said:

Yeah, thats the stuff, lots of different grades though. I went for a charcoal black, looks great imho but its a personal thing. Saw a Chim recently with leather covering the area behind the seats instead of carpet. Not to my taste but looked 'different'

That might be Jammy Dodgers .

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rickprice said:

I am sure I have read here that there was an option not to have the ashtrays. Would be very simple to fill over with fibreglass prior to retrim, and would (if true) not be a visible modification. You would have to modify access to screw for doorcards, or change/remove it, though.

You could do the same for the ciggie lighter but I would be minded to fit a couple of USB charge points there instead. I often wonder why cars come with 12v lighter sockets and not USB - after all, thats what most people do with them. Perhaps newer cars have this?You can buy adaptors for this very purpose - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vktech-Double-DC-DC-Conver... other suppliers are available.

You could, alternatively, fit the window switches in place of the lighter, which would do away with the concerns over dropping voltage with weedy wires and subsequently slow windows? Price for this is switches on show...

I might leave the ash trays in place and loose the cigar lighter .I have power behind the rear seat .




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Andav469 said:

My interior turned up today, minus the door cards, but they will be sent during the week when finished.

Beautiful quality leather and fantastic contrast stitching







Interior porn I`m getting a bit excited ,who did that for you ?