Tired interior Chimaera 500

[cortinamarque3]

Hi all
The inside of my Chimaera needs some tlc- faded leather facings on seats and dash, grotty and worn carpets- also transmission tunnel has some scratches/scuffs.
I have a budget of £400.
Any ideas or contacts I could use please?
Thanks - Matt South London

[SILICONE KID]

You need more like 4k.. Iv`e been looking at doing something with my interior but I have found it very expensive.A carpet set is £350 plus ..i asked them why there MGB carpet is only £90 and they said it has 4 more pieces and we can charge more because its a TVR.(both are made in house with the same quality carpet)Why will DC trimmers not just sell the pre cut made seat covers?MG and other classic cars sell at about £200 for a pair! Think we are just getting ripped off!

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

For the seats, you want Gliptone Liquid Leather. They sell several products, including a leather cleaner (probably the same as saddle soap), conditioner, and re-colourer. For the re-colourer, you can specify the colour of your leather or send them a sample.

[cortinamarque3]

Thanks for the advice- I saw the re-colouring done on a Bentley on Wheeler Dealers and it looked fantastic.
I agree about interior parts being expensive- just like the servicing,respray,tyres!.....

[Steve in Stoke]

I've just had my seats reconnolised (sp) for £70 per seat, and I had the carpets replaced at DC Trim at Bristol Ave for about £600 last year. The carpets can be sourced and fitted cheaper, but you do get what you pay for.

A £5 JML Magic Eraser will transform the rest of the vinyl/leather trim - there is a lengthy thread elsewhere on that subject but on phone can't link!

[Drinky1]

Hi taking mine to A R Pound in Herts on monday full carpets set seats re done centre console re trimmed new carpet in boot door cards and roof re covered it would be worth you giving them a call very helpful and very well priced.

[SILICONE KID]

How much ?

[JonyPI]

Another vote for gliptone liquid leather here! The cleaner and conditioner is well worth the money. The colour dye can be tricky to get a good finish over a whole seat, I know one of the sellers in Birmingham will spray them for a better finish.

Magic eraser is great for steering wheels etc

Brasso for soft top Windows.

Carpets, if they are good condition then wet vacuum, give them a good scrub with a brush then get some carpet dye.

[Drinky1]

Under 1k !!

[SILICONE KID]

Got a link

[Nosh]

SILICONE KID said:

Got a link

Is it??

A & R Pound
Unit 27, 28,
Baldock,
SG7 6NG

Telephone:
01462 892704

[Milky400]

take mine to techniques in stotfold for servicing, so will pop and see them as my carpets need doing, let us know how it goes, pics would be great.

cheers

[fog66]

SILICONE KID said:

You need more like 4k.. Iv`e been looking at doing something with my interior but I have found it very expensive.A carpet set is £350 plus ..i asked them why there MGB carpet is only £90 and they said it has 4 more pieces and we can charge more because its a TVR.(both are made in house with the same quality carpet)Why will DC trimmers not just sell the pre cut made seat covers?MG and other classic cars sell at about £200 for a pair! Think we are just getting ripped off!

I'm sure you're right that some people do take advantage if the TVR name is mentioned, D & C Trim are not to be mentioned in such company. They don't do 'seat covers' they retrim as per the original factory finish (bet better) the MG club may do replacement covers but you probably also get some string back gloves and a county cap thrown in!

[Drinky1]

Hi yeah thats them will post some pics in a week or so for everyone to make comment's on good or bad .

[SILICONE KID]

I don`t mean seat covers..You can buy leather covers made up to fit ..same as fitted but new.. this means you can remove the leather covers from the seats and fit new foams..then fit ready cut (made) leathers which can be fitted..Just like this..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/mgb-mgbgt-leather-seat-cover...

[Steve in Stoke]

SILICONE KID said:

I don`t mean seat covers..You can buy leather covers made up to fit ..same as fitted but new.. this means you can remove the leather covers from the seats and fit new foams..then fit ready cut (made) leathers which can be fitted..Just like this..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/mgb-mgbgt-leather-seat-cover...

Economies of scale are also at play here though. How many MG and variants are still on the road comapred to the number of Chimaeras?
Can you see anyone besides the existing specialits holding stock of a few dozen colour and style variants for TVR's, or would it make more business sense for them the make to order?

Of course it is going to be better value to do a run of 300 MG seat covers over 30 TVR seat covers for example, and that seller you have linked to keeps various colours and designs in stock which indicates just how many they tend to sell.