This is what I have for dye that I had gotten from NPD
http://shop.autocraftinvestments.com/index.php?p=product&id=141603&parent=2979
Is that the SEM you mentioned for the plastics? I planned on using it tomorrow on both the plastic and metal. Still prepping the pieces tonight and tomorrow morning.
I tore the old carpet out and luckily it wasn't as bad under there as I thought, but no build sheet. Put the new black carpet in and a humphugger console because having ice cold drinks between my legs when I'm driving is getting a little.. chilly. I'll take a picture of the interior as it stands completely re-assembled in the morning. In the excitement I somehow managed to forget to take the "Done!" picture.
A poorly angled photo of the ripped up dash, half-there steering wheel and interior as I bought it. Missing most of the trim and coming with a SEXY blue carpeted dash cover.. :dodgy:
"Sailor, get your shit out of the mailroom and warn us next time you're expecting large packages!"
Ripping out the old carpet. I was hoping to find a build sheet but I didn't get that lucky this weekend. Cheesy but-functional steering wheel and a replacement dash from Don.
The worst of the rust was in the rear-driver, where you can see a hole in the floor pan. This picture makes it look a lot worse than it is, most of the color in this is from the old underlayment and the rust was mainly in the rear-driver. I cleaned it up and put down the new underlayment. I'll plan on new floor pans in the winter when I get to the body shop.
Old dirty carpet and the last remnant of blue that was in the interior. Not sure why the P.O. didn't take care of replacing the carpet. Then again I'm also not sure why he ruined a Sprint.
No more carpet. I lucked out on the front floor pans, they were a lot healthier than I was expecting after seeing the rear. Will still get replaced this winter.
New carpet is in and I'm taking a little break. After reading horror stories about this ACC carpet fraying so easily I picked up a set of Black/White GT floor mats which are here on monday hopefully. My current mats are original and missing most of their rubber, they're also now the most unpleasant looking thing in the interior.
So now I'm waiting on the mats to finish off the black/white aesthetic, and to dye the interior either plastic, metal or both tomorrow and get them in.
Ordered new door panels, arm bases and cushions to clean up the doors tonight from Don. I need to start remembering to order things on thursdays so I don't have to spend next weekend waiting on monday for my parts to always arrive!
Outside that, that finishes up the essentials for the interior. Pioneer 6x9 500W 6W's in the rear with Pioneer's up front and an Alpine amp in the trunk, now the interior is cleaned up and the humphugger console is starting to grow on me, just need to get the shifter flush. I plan on installing power windows and will most likely put the switches on the console.
To all the purists, I deeply apologize. Seeing as this is my main transportation and I'm still starting out my career I needed to make a few slight adjustments to update the car a little bit for daily practical use. But I'm not throwing anything out and I still have a lifetime to fix my restomodding sins.
