Chimaera seat colour?

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Guys & Gals

Just wondering if you can help....I will be restoring my friends seats in his 430BV, the seats are in fairly good nick so will be re-constituting the foams and colouring the leather, they look cream/stone but more like a buttermilk...




Was this a standard colour?...


Thanks for any help


Regards


Ziga

P:S Forgot to add, I can send a sample off if need be but was hoping to save some time...

Edited by mrzigazaga on Monday 30th October 18:07

[Chim450]

Looks like magnolia to me. Quite a common TVR interior colour.
Had this colour in my Chimaera and Tuscan.

[Steve_D]

Just knowing a colour name will not be much help.
Just upend a seat and cut off a small overhang of the material.
Send this off and have the company, who will supply the colourant, match the colour.

Having said that, it does look like magnolia but could be doeskin.

Steve

[Tony91]

I would say that the seats have been coloured before as the stitching has no definition.
When I had mine done I asked the trimer to keep the stitching contrast.

[Chim450]

I’d have a word with the guys at DC trim. They are ex-factory trimmers and would certainly know the colours TVR used.

[mrzigazaga]

Thanks for the input and advice...I probably will just send a sample from underneath off to be matched...Interesting point about the stitching, not sure if they have been re-coloured at any point...

Cheers

Ziga

[wuckfitracing]

Do you have the original build sheet. It may actually give you the original colour.

[Tony91]

Looked on my paper work and the colour is Magnolia Ambla on mine.

[WIl9062]

Ziga

I coloured my Chim interior with Furniture Clinic products and and am very pleased with the results. I was too mean to get a test done so I bought Jaguar Magnolia. This came out slightly lighter in colour but I prefer, I had intended to colour everything so it was ok. Worst bits were the screen surround and lower dash which I didn’t remove.

[mrzigazaga]

Tony91 said:

Looked on my paper work and the colour is Magnolia Ambla on mine.

Thanks Tony..I was forwarded the build sheet and it does say Magnolia.....

Cheers

WIl9062 said:

Ziga

I coloured my Chim interior with Furniture Clinic products and and am very pleased with the results. I was too mean to get a test done so I bought Jaguar Magnolia. This came out slightly lighter in colour but I prefer, I had intended to colour everything so it was ok. Worst bits were the screen surround and lower dash which I didn’t remove.

Thanks for the heads up...That was going to be my next question...FC products look good and was a flip up between them..Gliptone or Dyna-mix

My friend who owns the car is going to try to remove the top dash as the leather has shrunk back, probably with the heat from the heater vents....Doesnt look an easy job!...

Cheers

[Skyedriver]

Hello Zig
I have a Chimaera and could do with the central 3 tunnel/console pieces re-doing. The "lemon squeezer" is in the central section rather than next to gear stick & handbrake so a little more complicated than the one in the pics.
any thoughts? Just trying to confirm existing material used.
Cheers
Tony H

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Tony

I do have a centre transmission tunnel cover with the separate switch opening, it is covered with a good quality leather, its a shame that it is scarred and damaged in some places but could be recovered, what colour are you after?....

Ziga

[Classic Chim]

What colour are we calling this, as mine just says Ambla.




My drivers seat is in need of re colouring,,,
There’s a bad mark where the roof fell and struck the console too.
Watching this closely as I’m not confident in this stuff at all?

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Alun


Is that a dent in the centre console, as well as a scuff mark?...The dent can be removed in place as long as the part is not damaged as it is fibreglass and the scuffs can be removed with alcohol wipes.

My friend is happy with the Jaguar Magnolia, once I have re-coloured his seats I will have a sample that I could send you as regards to colour.
I believe that "Ambla" is a form of vinyl that is manufactured in the UK to the highest quality standards. Ambla is formulated to meet Crib 5, is highly durable and contains active ingredients which protect against the growth of mould and mildew.

Are your seats full leather or half/leather faced?....

[Classic Chim]

mrzigazaga said:

Hi Alun


Is that a dent in the centre console, as well as a scuff mark?...The dent can be removed in place as long as the part is not damaged as it is fibreglass and the scuffs can be removed with alcohol wipes.

My friend is happy with the Jaguar Magnolia, once I have re-coloured his seats I will have a sample that I could send you as regards to colour.
I believe that "Ambla" is a form of vinyl that is manufactured in the UK to the highest quality standards. Ambla is formulated to meet Crib 5, is highly durable and contains active ingredients which protect against the growth of mould and mildew.

Are your seats full leather or half/leather faced?....

Hi Mark.
Wow, I didn’t know that.
Seats, I’m not sure to be honest, I think they are half faced,, . Yes that’s a dent in the console (padding) I hope and it’s taken the colour out. It’s been there about two years now.
I suppose it’s not easy getting the material the factory used some 17 years ago,,, or is it.
If the fibreglass needs re filling then I’ll need to pull that bit off the console so a new bit might be better as mines got a scuff Mark here and there.
I recently re fitted the console with Phazed after a clutch change and I’ve put a fair bit of the Chim interior back in before on another car.
I think I’ll just start with the seats first.
A friends pm’d me mentioning sending off a sample so I’ll likely do that to get a good colour match.
This particular colour is not magnolia as I’d know it although as it’s getting older it’s sort of darker, in good light it has a tinge of lemon in it and even blue flecks as if the material is a different colour underneath.

ETA, I’ve just realised the centre section encompasses the door opener, jeez, big job!

Edited by Classic Chim on Friday 3rd November 19:14

[mrzigazaga]

You can still get some vinyls but most have changed a fair bit over the years...Some of the TVR vinyl was like leather...ICI made a fair bit of it.

Colour matching is the better way to go if re-dyeing...only doing one seat may look odd though...

I thought the seats in my friends Chimaera were more buttermilk in colour but it says magnolia on the build sheet...trouble is that there are a few variants of magnolia...

There are a few ways of telling leather over vinyl but a good one is the touch-test ....Press into the leather, looking for creases and wrinkles. Real leather will wrinkly under the touch, just like real skin. Synthetic materials usually just depress down under your finger, retaining rigidity and shape.

[Classic Chim]

I think the dash, door cards and console are vinyl and the seats leather.
I’ll try the push test in the morning.
Thanks

[Mark_S_24]

Hi,
I used the Furniture Clinic kit & they supplied TVR Magnolia.
(Changed colour from Flint [a Grey] to Navy Blue upper & TVR Magnolia Lower)
It looks good, even if I am a bit rubbish as a painter :-)

Mine was also Half Hide, which basically means everything is Vinyl, except for the Seat base & the Seat back.
The sides & front of the seat base are vinyl as are the back & sides of the seat back, if you see what I mean.

Seat with head rest painted (but not with satin finish)


Center console real colour (as they look a bit brown in the above picture


I've not got any finished pictures as I still have to complete the finishing of them

HTH
Mark

Edited by Mark_S_24 on Sunday 5th November 15:49

[mrzigazaga]

Thanks Mark.


That looks good.

Ziga

[mrzigazaga]

A little update to those who may be interested

The result is a good one, bloody messy though..My friend went for the preset Jaguar Magnolia as we were short on time...Its a tad lighter but hopefully he will be pleased...

Before



After




Cheers

Ziga