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console lid/interior refurb

easy way to take a ripped up, cracked and otherwise disgusting console lid and give it new life.. any idiot can do it, even if you lack any kind of upholstering skills.. i'm not an upholstery pro, but i do wrap things in tweed quite often

this will probably be a lot easier using vinyl, for a stock appearing refurb, as it is a little more forgiving with a little steam.. if your padding is trashed, you can se the remainder of it off and replace it, as well

basically, all you need is..

- the material you wish to use
- headliner glue/spray adhesive
- chalk or marker
- razor knife/blade
- philips screw driver

bare with me, i forgot to take 'process pics,' but you should be able to figure it out very easily

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after:


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3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #1 –
Tweed sure does look a lot better than it sounds. That looks real nice... or at least if it goes with anything else in the car.

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #2 –
it will.. i'm doing an insert on the door panels, the arm rest pads, my rear deck carpet and maybe some other odds and ends.. i'll probably end up doing the pillars and kick panels too, but that's after i get more tweed.. i only have half a yard of it right now.. thought about doing my headliner, buuuuut that's just too much IMO
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #3 –
Quote from: Shadow;387789
it will.. i'm doing an insert on the door panels, the arm rest pads, my rear deck carpet and maybe some other odds and ends.. i'll probably end up doing the pillars and kick panels too, but that's after i get more tweed.. i only have half a yard of it right now.. thought about doing my headliner, buuuuut that's just too much IMO
Sufferin suckatash! It's Tweedy bird!

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #4 –
i should have seen that 1 coming.. lol going to do the dash pad, too.. it's cracked, so screw it
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #5 –
I did mine in leather a while back
Fox-less at the moment

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #6 –
do you agree that it's insanely simple and even the dumbest of people can do it with excellent results? i don't get why people go crazy over finding console lids that are undamaged, when they could easily refurbish their own
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #8 –
you used the same adhesive i did

i did the removable piece of my passenger door panel.. i love the way it meshes with the blue.. definitely going to pull the carpet off the bottom and replace it with tweed.. will definitely bring the whole panel together






ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

console lid/interior refurb

Reply #9 –
Looks real nice!! Is that regular furniture upholstery material??


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Reply #10 –
I was actually thinking of doing the same thing to my spare lid to see how it turned out. I wasn't thinking tweed, but basically the same idea. I just don't like the way the factory vinyl feels under my usually sweaty arm lol.
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2012 F-150 3.7L
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Reply #11 –
Isn't the factory stuff leather? The one in my T-bird is.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.
 

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Reply #12 –
Quote from: thunderjet302;388029
Isn't the factory stuff leather? The one in my T-bird is.

 The thin ones are , the thick ones are vinyl
Fox-less at the moment

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Reply #13 –
meh. leather, vinyl, I don't care it all gets sticky and hot in the summer just the same.
--Steve
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L
2011 Mustang 3.7L

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Reply #14 –
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.
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