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"This is where the glue soaked through the faux suede, ruining it." = FAIL = First Attempt In Learning !  Looks absolutely great! well done, as said , attention to detail paying off in spades ! |
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Thanks guys. grizz, on the powder coated scuffplates, they will scratch if you'd put a foot on it. But not as badly as a regular painted surface ( like the step/ cove beneath it). Hopefully any passenger will realize this, and make the carpet their first step. Which is really a natural way to swing your legs in, because the truck is so low. But yeah, I guess this is one of the places where looks won over practicality... |
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Jun 12, 2023 10:17:52 GMT
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Got to ask, is there anything you can't do ??
That interior is beautiful, everything is coming together so well and so "professionally"
This will be a special vehicle when it's finished,
Nigel
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Jun 12, 2023 10:50:50 GMT
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Thank you Nigel. I hope I can make it look OK when its done... |
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braaap
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Jun 12, 2023 11:16:08 GMT
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IMHO it's already OK²  |
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Jun 12, 2023 16:12:35 GMT
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Thank you braaap. All I see are the flaws... I'm kind of easing into it, this interior is more ambitious than the last ( which was also the first time I tried to do one). That one (in my Capri) is in black Vinyl, with Tony Nancy inspired squares (I think they call them bisuits).   With this one, I'm going to play with textures a bit (the vinyl against the faux suede), with some simple patterns. Along with the same Tony Nancy inspired squares ( but horizontal, this time ). I'm not confident to do seats yet, I bought the complete seats for both the Capri and the truck. But I guess that is next, because I already bought a set to re-cover the Fiat 850 Spider seats that will go in the '32... |
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Happy accidents... When I bought the materials, I took all the faux suede they had in stock ( in that color, black ). I thought it would be enough, but it wasn't. Partly because of the ruined panel that had to be redone, partly because I changed the design a bit ( covering the tranny tunnel in the faux suede instead of carpet ), partly because all the panels have to be covered with the material pointed in the same direction, which means you can't cut the material as efficiently giving more loss. When I went back to the suppliers, thinking I could get more, it turned out a new batch wouldn't arrive until mid to late August. But it turned out they did have the exact same material, in the right color, with a perforated pattern in it ( instead of the smooth/ non perforated material I bought before). So I bought a couple of yards of that. Plan "B" was now to use the regular faux Suede from the belt line down, and the perforated from the belt line up. Which is what I did, and I think it looks better than what plan "A" would have done... So I think I landed on my feet, with that one... |
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This is the mirror image panel of the one that went wrong before.  I put a 1.5" strip of masking tape on 2 edges. Then I rough cut ( oversize) a piece of landau padding foam.  And glued that on. I could now measure 1.5" from those edges, mark those lines, and cut through the foam at those lines.   Because of the masking tape, there was no glue along those edges and after I made the cuts I could peel the foam away along the edges. Leaving the clean aluminum of the panel edges next to the foam in the middle.   |
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I then covered the panel in the perforated faux Suede.   And measuring back from the edge, I could make new edge pieces in 1/4" thick foam ( I used 1/8" thick foam before, giving a nice difference in depth)  I covered the 1/4" piece of foam in black vinyl.  And glued that onto the panel.   |
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I did the same with the big ( center) headliner panel.   |
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This is where I made a mistake...  Thinking part of the sheetmetal would be exposed, I covered it in vinyl. But when a buddy came over and helped me put the back window in, it turned out that the glass didn't mount from the outside - in, like almost every other piece of glass in the civilized world, but from the inside - out. So 2nd try we got it right. But now every bit of exposed sheetmetal was covered by the window seal, making all the carefully glued in vinyl unnecessary. And what was worse, part of the vinyl was now peeking out from under the seal, on the outside of the truck. With careful lifting the seal, and cutting the excess vinyl away with a exacto knife we were to solve that. And then we got rid of the excess glue after that... We were able to do it all without cutting any fingers ( cutting real close to them because the rubber seal had to be lifted) or even any damage to the paint. Just some cramped fingers from lifting the seal... I was grateful for the help I got. It was not a 1 man job... |
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The back panel. I started out with a piece of 1/4" foam, that I glued on to match character lines in the doors.  And covered that in the non perforated faux Suede.  I covered another piece of 1/4" foam in vinyl.  And I layed out the horizontal lines of the Tony Nancy inspired pattern.  There is a bit of a gap in my picture taking here. So this pic jumps right to the pattern sown in, and the piece glued to the back panel.   With all the edges folded over, speaker holes cut, etc.   |
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braaap
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You are a true genius!
Wouldn't removing the back window again had been an option instead of risking paint and finger tips?
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Last Edit: Jun 19, 2023 9:08:23 GMT by braaap
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Thanks guys. braaap, yeah, we talked about that, and we tried to push the back window back out. But we were afraid we'd break the glass and /or damage the rubber seal ( because of the force needed). So we thought this was the safest option. |
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Excellent job - well done !
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Jun 19, 2023 17:46:20 GMT
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Progress
Progress
Together
Together
Better
Better
And that’s all I can see happening here.
Nice job on all of the cover and closing in you are getting done.
Glass can be a nightmare from what I recall doing just a simple 63 VW Beetle years ago.
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