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console lid/interior refurb

Reply #15 –
Quote from: Shadow;387805
i don't get why people go crazy over finding console lids that are undamaged, when they could easily refurbish their own

Because some people (myself, for one) wouldn't be caught dead with that horrid shiznit in any car. What's wrong with an original piece with no blemishes? Especially if you found it, paid next to nothing for it, and saved it from being perma-buried in some chinese landfill...

If i had to re-cover a console lid, I'd probably exert some effort into finding something that looked as close to stock as possible. Tweed wouldn't even be a choice. Might as well be like that one kid and stick some on your dash, just like he did with the woodgrain tape stuff. But hey, it's your car, and your judgement...or glaring lack thereof.
'84 Mustang
'98 Explorer 5.0
'03 Focus, dropped a valve seat. yay. freakin' split port engines...
'06 Explorer EB 4.6

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #16 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;388115
Sarjxxx, you definitely want a cloth cover. That way, when you're really sweaty, it'll soak up in the console lid cover so it can smell like a gym locker later on.

Well vin thanks for the smartassm but I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about when your car has been sitting outside in the sun with the windows up it all day and then you get in and put your arm down and either you scald yourself on the scorching hot lid or your a little sweaty from being outside yourself and you stock to it. But hey if you enjoy 1st degree burns and/or peeling your skin back off every time you move well I won't judge you. :)
--Steve
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L
2011 Mustang 3.7L

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #17 –
Thanks for sharing. I'll probably start looking for some nice leather to redo mine in today!
...and there was light!

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #18 –
Quote from: sarjxxx;388126
Well vin thanks for the smartassm but I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about when your car has been sitting outside in the sun with the windows up it all day and then you get in and put your arm down and either you scald yourself on the scorching hot lid or your a little sweaty from being outside yourself and you stock to it. But hey if you enjoy 1st degree burns and/or peeling your skin back off every time you move well I won't judge you. :)

No smartassm intended. Have you tried the console lid "cap" that is sold on Ebay? I have a mint cover stored away, and a cap on the current one in the Sport.....which I added a cup holder to. The heat really isn't bad on them. My point is, I picked up two cloth arm rests from the yard a while back for members here. I kept smelling something bad. I smelled the armrest, and that was it. Probably sweat and whatever else imbedded into the material.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #19 –
Upholstery shop always does my console lids...real leather or vinyl, no issues, always professional, not really that much money either. Vinyl has lots more color choices as well.

I've done them myself before and have been happy with the results. It's just that, for the money involved, it's much more efficient to drop off the parts to the upholstery shop 1/4 mile from the office and have them do better work.

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #20 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;388144
No smartassm intended. Have you tried the console lid "cap" that is sold on Ebay? I have a mint cover stored away, and a cap on the current one in the Sport.....which I added a cup holder to. The heat really isn't bad on them. My point is, I picked up two cloth arm rests from the yard a while back for members here. I kept smelling something bad. I smelled the armrest, and that was it. Probably sweat and whatever else imbedded into the material.

They ought to be able to be cleaned with a shampoo just the same as carpet/seats/etc.
--Steve
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L
2011 Mustang 3.7L

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #21 –
May be.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..
 

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #22 –
Quote from: sarjxxx;388161
They ought to be able to be cleaned with a shampoo just the same as carpet/seats/etc.

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