- Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:56 pm
#16132
The front seats for my car don't match the interior. I decided to reupholster the center of both seats.
Original thread:
viewtopic.php?t=4697
The upholstery I ordered looked like this:
The upholstery I received looks like this:
Return shipping from Canada would cost more than I paid for the upholster.
After hand stitching the passenger seat base together I decided I'm not happy with the color of the original blue and new upholstery together.
I found a shop that does embroidery and plan to have the backrest upholstery embroidered before stitching them together.
When I had the passenger base upholstery un-stitched I contemplated dying the factory blue but that would involve pulling the factory blue upholstery off the backrest and the lower backrest cover is made of thin press wood with upholstery glued to it. The only reason I decided to upholster the seats is because the backrest is two piece:
Wrapped a piece of upholstery around the backrest center and mocked up the embroidery
Ironically the couch upholstery would look better.
To blend this new upholstery with the interior of the car I plan on hydro-graphic dipping some of the interior parts in black and blue. Maybe something like this:
What I have found so far
This is my favorite but I don't think it would match anything.
Whichever graphic I choose I will also use on some of the small black plastic pieces that are under the hood.
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I feel this all won't be enough to blend the fabric into the seats, I think the fabric would look better if the factory upholstery around it was black.
I have looked into Rit Dye, dupli color vinyl and fabric paint and SEM color coat paint.
Does anyone know of a spay dye or direct application dye or upholstery paint that permanently stays on fabric and doesn't leave a rough finish?
Original thread:
viewtopic.php?t=4697
The upholstery I ordered looked like this:
The upholstery I received looks like this:
Return shipping from Canada would cost more than I paid for the upholster.
After hand stitching the passenger seat base together I decided I'm not happy with the color of the original blue and new upholstery together.
I found a shop that does embroidery and plan to have the backrest upholstery embroidered before stitching them together.
When I had the passenger base upholstery un-stitched I contemplated dying the factory blue but that would involve pulling the factory blue upholstery off the backrest and the lower backrest cover is made of thin press wood with upholstery glued to it. The only reason I decided to upholster the seats is because the backrest is two piece:
Wrapped a piece of upholstery around the backrest center and mocked up the embroidery
Ironically the couch upholstery would look better.
To blend this new upholstery with the interior of the car I plan on hydro-graphic dipping some of the interior parts in black and blue. Maybe something like this:
What I have found so far
This is my favorite but I don't think it would match anything.
Whichever graphic I choose I will also use on some of the small black plastic pieces that are under the hood.
=======================
I feel this all won't be enough to blend the fabric into the seats, I think the fabric would look better if the factory upholstery around it was black.
I have looked into Rit Dye, dupli color vinyl and fabric paint and SEM color coat paint.
Does anyone know of a spay dye or direct application dye or upholstery paint that permanently stays on fabric and doesn't leave a rough finish?