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Old 03-06-2010, 03:46 AM
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So I finally found a fabric I liked for the headliner. Ordered it in and got time to redo it today.
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Afterward I got bored and decided to wrap the instrument panel surround.
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Did you just lay the fabric down on the factory liner, or tear it up and start fresh?
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woah. how did u do that??? that looks awesome. I wanna do it!!! maybe led blue or black.
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looks good greg!
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Originally Posted by Chaotic_duality
Did you just lay the fabric down on the factory liner, or tear it up and start fresh?
I was lazy and just did it right over the factory liner. I made sure to use lots of glue though.

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woah. how did u do that??? that looks awesome. I wanna do it!!! maybe led blue or black.
Which part, the headliner or the dash. For the dash I started wrapping on the underside of the cluster lip first and then worked up and over for the rest. That was on the second try as the first try was a complete screw-up which included slicing open the end of my ring finger. Sucker bled for 10 mins.

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looks good greg!
Thanks Brian. I even managed some work on you bumper today before the rain started.
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Thanks Brian. I even managed some work on you bumper today before the rain started.[/QUOTE]

thank you for the work, i guess i can go by brian if you want, but that was my father's name lol
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love purple
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=182296
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Originally Posted by masterbB
Thanks Brian. I even managed some work on you bumper today before the rain started.
thank you for the work, i guess i can go by brian if you want, but that was my father's name lol[/quote]


Damn! I did it again. I don't know why I keep trying to call you Brian. Just smack me upside the head every time I do it. I might actually get it right one of these days.

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That's going to look bright. I like it though. I looked at a couple suedes, both a purple and an aubergine but I just didn't like the look of the suede material for what I'm going for.
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Added a little more late yesterday and today.

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i like it. tweed?

also, when you pull off the pieces in the door panel you covered, how do you put them back?
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i had tweed in my truck, it sucks around corners, good look though, looks nice on the dash
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i like it. tweed?

also, when you pull off the pieces in the door panel you covered, how do you put them back?
The door piece doesn't come off. It has to be wrapped on the door and the the fabric gets tucked in the seam.

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i had tweed in my truck, it sucks around corners, good look though, looks nice on the dash
It's not quite a tweed and fortunately it is backed so the weave holds well.
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