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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 08:13 PM
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it will...

the biggest pain in the but is dust... it won't lift right off the material... you need to run a sticky lint roller on that bad boy every chance you get.

another thing too is you need a UV suede protectant because the black discolors quick, turns brownish like bleaching black hair.

but as long as it's not a daily driver your in good hands.

I would love to have an Alcantera Dash and door pannels but i am just fed up with all the prep work to keep it 90% perfect.
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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How much, PM me i will ship out my door panels friday!
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TitusS2k,Feb 6 2007, 12:14 AM
How much, PM me i will ship out my door panels friday!
I'll post up prices for everything once it's all done. You can get regular door panels recovered in my current group buy though. The link is in my sig.
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 08:47 PM
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So 200$ for both door panels, i can do black suede with red stich, And does that include the door handle piece??
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by LagunaS2K,Feb 6 2007, 12:13 AM
another thing too is you need a UV suede protectant because the black discolors quick, turns brownish like bleaching black hair
What type of UV protectant did you use?
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 03:59 AM
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Originally Posted by TitusS2k,Feb 6 2007, 12:47 AM
So 200$ for both door panels, i can do black suede with red stich, And does that include the door handle piece??
The door handles are not available yet. Just what's in the GB. The door panels come any way you want. I haven't posted prices for genuine Alcantara though as that's much more money and I don't tend to keep it stocked yet.
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 09:38 PM
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looks real good.
btw, s2krob, that vid in ur sig is hilarious!!!
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 10:20 PM
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Damn man, that's really top notch quality work!
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 04:43 AM
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i've got some stuff from joe already , realllll nice quality. Honestly you cant tell the difference between the 2 types of suede. Can't wait to get the rest of my order filled!
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Old Mar 15, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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Ok, so more teaser pics. The dash was attempted once before with the stitching following the OEM lines but my stitches ended up nasty:



The material is just so thin and flexible that my machine has a hard time keeping it straight. Especially when I have about two yards of material hanging off one side and pulling everying down.

Anyway, we opted to scrap the stitch idea and to stick with just a uniform cover:



The value of the Alcantara that's draping the dash is almost twice as valuable as the dash itself

Started off by carefully measuring (don't want to waste)



The top part is mostly covered. I have to drag it on down through the bottoms and sides. It's definitely a chore to stretch and pul and make it lay right. definitely not the easiest contours to work with.



I went ahead and put the airbag and vent in just to make me feel better about progress. Hopefully I can wrap it all up tomorrow then start on the pillar trim.
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