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Old May 13, 2006 | 04:26 PM
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Don't know if anyone has done this before or if it's even worth it to do. But can one change the interior color easily?
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Old May 13, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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Easily, but not well.
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Old May 13, 2006 | 04:34 PM
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Old May 13, 2006 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by frank b,May 13 2006, 07:29 PM
Easily, but not well.
What does that mean?


I originally bought the all black interior. I bought used red seats, and sold my black seats. It cost me about $400 net.

I found someone through S2ki in my area to trade door panel inserts with. That was free.

I bought one of Rick's ( http://www.ricks2k.com ) console covers. I got it used for about $90.

Before:


After:



Two owners in the UMW also recently decided to swap their interiors. This was a no costs transaction:






Yep, sure seems expensive, hard to do, and looks bad too.
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Old May 13, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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Your car looks great! Certainly took some doing on your part though. The key word here was easily. I got Rick's console cover too. Nice piece, along with the visor covers and leather boot. Nice stuff. You're not upset, are you?
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Old May 13, 2006 | 06:16 PM
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Ill chip in with my interior change. I didn't like the all blue look of the Suzuka so I found someone interested in have some blue in theirs. I have black inserts, seats, and carpets. I am toying with the idea of Ricks console cover in black. Maybe black and silver.






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Old May 13, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by frank b,May 13 2006, 09:07 PM
Certainly took some doing on your part though.



You're not upset, are you?
It took me a while to piece my interior together, but it really wasn't hard. Just time consuming.

The other swap was completed in a single day.

I am not upset, just confused by your comment that it couldn't be done well.
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Old May 13, 2006 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ruexp67,May 13 2006, 10:29 PM
It took me a while to piece my interior together, but it really wasn't hard. Just time consuming.

The other swap was completed in a single day.

I am not upset, just confused by your comment that it couldn't be done well.
Oh, I see what you mean. My first post should have reflected that it can be done well, but not all that easily. We've all seen some "mods" that were done maybe a bit too easily.
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Old May 13, 2006 | 10:50 PM
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its really not hard swapping interior parts, just time consuming... seats however are so easy... about 10 minutes to swap them..
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Old May 13, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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[QUOTE=ruexp67,May 13 2006, 07:29 PM] It took me a while to piece my interior together, but it really wasn't hard.
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