Black Suede Baby!!!! Headliner

[Royal_T]

So pics really don't do the headliner justice, kinda look purple but you guys get the idea. So I bought the Black Suede fabric at Handcock Fabric store for like $15 got 3 yards. They were having a 40% discount so had to pick it up. Went around to a local upholstery shop and they only charged me $90 to wrap the headliner and all 4 pillars. Already head them out of the car... Good deal I must say...

Now time to get my roll cage painted this weekend and throw it in the car,,caint wait.

Oh I also filled in the holes to the seat belt brackets, since I will be using harnesses. no need for regular set belts

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[zenki.life]

hmmmm. cant tell if i like it. i have my armrest wrapped(the guy who i bought it from did it)

and i cant tell if i want to keep it.

cool though

[Matej]

Neat. Wonder how difficult this is. I was thinking about covering my stripped interior in suede.

[94_240sx]

I have a question. What year 350z sun visors are those?

[Not You]

Cool, I also always wonderd how hard it was. Looking to cover up my cracked out dash

[Royal_T]

They are 06 visors.. i painted the visors with du-point vinyl spray paint,,came out really good

[mehsilvia]

Neat. Wonder how difficult this is. I was thinking about covering my stripped interior in suede.
As in glue the suede directly to the metal panels? or covering all the interior you pulled?

Cool, I also always wonderd how hard it was. Looking to cover up my cracked out dash

Cracked out dash is a whole nother story. Shops can do it, but it will cost some serious $$$


Headliner and pillars are very easy, even to do them yourself.

Word of caution: some suede/faux suede material will fade in direct sunlight. Causes the material to turn the purplish color like the pics.

And i dont know what it is, but black suede does not photograph well. Always looks purple in pics.

[MadScientist]

OK... Handcock only sells Micro-Fiber/ Faux Suede... UV will break down the material... its for inside use only! This is the same shit on your couch!

Real Suede is nice but very hard to keep.

Alcantara is what you should have got... its not cheep, and Yes its a Man made Faux Suede, but it doesn't break down and is very very easy to keep!! Its also very hard to find!

Other then that... great job!!

-Drew

[venom_5]

looks good ... suede never looks right in pictures, but i bet its baller in person

[JEDIs13]

looks good. i was thinking about doing this to my headliner after i flock my dash

[Royal_T]

Thanks yall

Yea I wanted the Alcantara fabric, but like you said hard to find so I said Fuck it and but this stuff.. If it fads I will replace it, don't really have my car in direct light, but we will see.

Oh about the cracked Dash just fiberglass it and sand it down, that is what I did with the holes on the pillar where the seatbelt brackets went..

[jdm_vert]

i got my dash done for 150 in black suede

[ShereKhan]

ive got my dash, center console, and glove blow all in black suede. next plan is for my door panels. i like the headliner in suede in the photos

[S14_Kouki]

I heart suede I know acouple ppl with suede headliners and it is fucking awesome

[DALAZ_68]

ill take a look when i get home...im seriously considering sueding out the headliner when i do my silvia seatbelt conversion...

[ixfxi]

you should suede the roll cage


that would be original

[BTP]

dam thats sexy.

[olah.inc]

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/504/doorrechtsef7.jpg

[BTP]

wait Royal T you live in San Antonio right.slamed 350z cant remebr what wheels you have but there black and deep dish i think,are you friends with Zaquan.think i know your freind he lived in my old APTs sendro ridge.

[Touge Noob S13]

The headliner is quite easy if you are patient. A heat gun or hair dryer will help on the curves to get the fabric to strech correctly.

[drift freaq]

my headliner and glove box and center armrest are done in black suede. I was planning on doing the door inserts.

[illvialuver]

That dupont cloth and plastic paint works amazing.

[Quail]

Wow, I have time for that interior, very nice indeed. *saves pics for inspiration folder*

[AznDrftr.]

Hey Royal T,

Thats nice, i love it. Looks great.

Hey we need to meet up one day, grab something to eat, have some drinks etc.

Love to check out your ride.

[94_240sx]

They are 06 visors.. i painted the visors with du-point vinyl spray paint,,came out really good

Okay, it was gray vinyl and you painted with black vinyl spray paint? I thought they were stock color. Wow, they came out really nice.

[DALAZ_68]

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/504/doorrechtsef7.jpg

ohh god...ohh god no ! :tweak:

[s0fa king]

what a picture whore! :)

[tricky_ab]

It look great, and it didn't break the bank!

[udon!]

I have A SECRET FABRIC that im going to use on my car, you guys will SHIT GOLD BRICKS before its AWESOMENESS.

[Matej]

As in glue the suede directly to the metal panels? or covering all the interior you pulled?
Directly to metal, haha.

Does it come off easily if I ever wanted to replace a section of it, or is it tedious work to remove it?
I assume that would depend on what is used to glue/apply it.

[mehsilvia]

Directly to metal, haha.

Does it come off easily if I ever wanted to replace a section of it, or is it tedious work to remove it?
I assume that would depend on what is used to glue/apply it.

That would also assume you were applying it in sections, instead of a larger wrap.

Personally, i would try and cover as much as possible with a single roll.

And its generaly applied with 3M adhesive (or equiv) and so you would be able to pull it off, but it would leave a hard-glue residue behind. Which would be ok to cover back up with new suede, but a bitch to sand if you were to repaint.

[Royal_T]

Thanks yall for the kind words

you should suede the roll cage


that would be original

Hahaha that would probably look weird,,, going to paint my cage pearl white with gold flakes...:rawk:

wait Royal T you live in San Antonio right.slamed 350z cant remebr what wheels you have but there black and deep dish i think,are you friends with Zaquan.think i know your freind he lived in my old APTs sendro ridge.

Yep live in San Antonio only slamed white 350z on DPEs.. I don't know if we are talking about the same friend, Does he drive a 240sx and drifts? but I don't know if he lives in Sendro ridge, have a few friends that live there but I can't drive in there too many speed bumps:down:

Hey Royal T,

Thats nice, i love it. Looks great.

Hey we need to meet up one day, grab something to eat, have some drinks etc.

Love to check out your ride.

Hey bro whats up, yea we def need to link up for some drinks. You still going to Lone Star Bash?? I know for a fact I'm going to be there:boink:

Okay, it was gray vinyl and you painted with black vinyl spray paint? I thought they were stock color. Wow, they came out really nice.

Yea it was a light grey, I fuckn hated it.. The paint does wonders, probably would look good if you painted the whole headliner with the can.

[S14_Kouki]

you should suede the roll cage


that would be original

Iv actually seen a build on a Mercedes and the guy did a suede roll cage it looked sooo awesome.

[Royal_T]

I would like to see pics of that

[DALAZ_68]

i just picked up my spare headliner