Lucky13_TC

Looks sharp!

I took my time and it only took me a few hours. Maybe 3 or a bit longer. It is not that hard.

BTW. you can google joann fabrics coupon and there is 40% off expires this saturday!

BZinn1

change that from weekend to week long project.......lol.......welcome to the nightmare of suede......

Lucky13_TC

It really depends on what you suede. If you are just doing the door, back seat panel, and armrest, it is not that bad. This is only if you know how to take everything apart. If you are good with taking it apart, it's not bad. Now if you get into doing the suede on the pilers, headlinder, and so on, then you're talking a long time!

BTW To save time on the breakdown of the back panel, you don't need to take out the back rest of the back seat, just the bottom part of seat. I've read different on here before.

ecko04

I've had the entire interior disassembled before that isn't the hard part. The hard part is finding gray suede. Now I see it online which means I have to order it

Hopefully my HVAC and gauge LED's come tomorrow so at least i'll have something to do.

If not i'll have to study for my test on tuesday and do my homework for monday

ilovemytC

yup it's very hard to find the right color gray suede, and if you are able to find it buy A LOT of that color of gray, cuz good luck finding a matching shade from somewhere else.

ilovemytC

First time it took about 1 hour to get everything off, including removing the mid-section. That piece is glued on and you have to get a dremmel and grind out the glue.

After you get that piece off, all you do is measure, cut, spray the adhesive, and lay on the fabric. That takes about 15-20 minutes. Let it dry for a few hours and put everyting back together. I just used a hot glue gun to glue the piece back on.

BZinn1

I am lucky to have spare panels to do my work with,but my panels are going CF.....and also gonna build a CF cover for behind the seats to replace the one from the headrests....

ilovemytC

^like dr isotopes?

ecko04

I'm going to have to buy my suede online.

The closest jo ann's is an hour away in Columbus.

Seems like a project for next weekend instead.

aen

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ight=diy+suede
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ight=diy+suede


must be immune to the search button too.

GQQSE13

cool maybe i'll do this next weekend

BZinn1

Yep.......kinda but more like the ones the Celica's have for their hatches.Not sure if you have seen one,but I got the idea at PDXmas show.....all the Celica'a had them in their hatch.

ecko04

^

Good one!!

aen

hahah all fun and games man.

remember though we're about helping people, not telling people to search all the time

unless it's something super stupid like how do you reset the windows?

ecko04

The funny thing is I don't know how to do that and I really would have to search for it......

aen

lol. hold hte swtich in the up position for a couple seconds, proceed to test window

you have to do it on the side that you want to reset though, like driver door switch for driver window, and passanger door switch for passanger window

ecko04

BZinn1

thats a great grey for the panels,very nice.

Joyride

The material for wrapping everything is micro suede correct?

ecko04

I used micro suede; some didn't. I think its really based on preference. I went out on a limb since I stay in the middle of nowhere and no one had the different variations of suede for me to look at I just bought some from a fabric retailer online. My micro suede was not very stretchy but it did smooth out nicely when I laid it. I only messed up two front panels and one rear panel before I got the hang of it