White Interior update

[Karlus]

It's been awhile since I have posted an update. Finally got the door skins painted and installed. I also put in a 1700 watt Kenwood system with Rockford components and 10" Alpine in a custom enclosure under the seats. I'm also switching out all of the bulbs with LED.

What's left? Gotta paint the inserts behind the door handles and A pillars and install. I also gotta touch up the back door black insert above the handle as I got a little peeling.

Most of the paint adhered to the door rubber surprisingly well, but I didnt prep the inserts as well as I could have.

Later this year, I am going to pull the seats again, spray them white once more and then use a clear coat designed for leather to seal it all in.

Forgive the mess, I am off to vacuum later this week

 

[Karlus]

Here is a before and WIP

I stripped out the interior down to the metal, cleaned it all up extensively and removed and filled the brackets for the third row (which I will never use)

The went in the off-brand dynamat and finally the carpet.

Lesson learned for next time: Do the audio install with the carpet out next time. Will save tons of time and pain.

 

[Karlus]

Here is some more WIP where I had to fix all of the cabling for the 2nd row seats that allowed them to recline and the head rests to drop.

The console looks like its different shades of white, but in real life I cant really see it. Maybe its the camera or something.

I covered the lower dash kick panels with white pleather....might just paint if I had to do it over. Looks nice, but man was that a ton of extra work.

The headliner was def not a 1 person job (even though I did it that way) and it soaked up a ton of that black paint, but looks nice and dark in the vehicle. Again, the camera picked up some lines, but I can't see them with my eyes. And hey, it was a budget build anyway

Also nice shot of the custom box. The head unit has wireless android auto (so worth the cost!) and a backup camera. The stereo sounds better than my Lincoln Navi with the Black Label 20 speaker Revel system. It's not even close

 

[Karlus]

Now comes the fun part: In a few months will install the efans. I also need a new set of shocks and I will most likely do the 4/6 drop (or maybe 2/4 who knows.) I also need to get some new big brakes going. Money pit!

At least when I get that done, I can upgrade to a performance transmission before we start messing with the engine.

 

[Mezzo]

This is a beautiful build man!What brand of carpet did you use anyway?I like how smooth it is.

 

[bigdog9191999]

wouldn't work for me, but it looks great!

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Really, really nice!!

I'm sure that it took hours and hours of hard work.

I hope that you are as pleased with it, to justify that amount of time to achieve it.

Keeping the white color clean will now be the ongoing challenge.

 

[Karlus]

Yeah, I plan on pulling the seats after this winter and hitting them again with several more coats of white paint. Then I will use a clear sealer.

Last pass, I just wanted them white and in the car.

They look cream color in the photos, but I can assure you, they are paper white.

 

[Karlus]

This is a beautiful build man!What brand of carpet did you use anyway?I like how smooth it is.

I used Stock Interiors

Color: 1001-Black Ultra-Plush Cut Pile

The upgraded carpet, and yes, its so smooth and cool that it feels like its moist. Really glad I went with the thicker version.

 

[NOLATahoe2020]

Sick mod.

 

[SouthernDuke]

Just a thought and you build your ride your way. Have you thought about some black seat belts to make your white seats look more white? I see that you have the grey dash and it matches the seat belts but a little black wouldn’t hurt in my opinion. What your doing looks awesome. Keep it up. Your ride may inspire someone else to do something cool.

 

[Tonyrodz]

What white paint did you use for the leather and the plastic?

 

[Karlus]

What white paint did you use for the leather and the plastic?

I used duplicolor vinyl paint. Black and white. You gotta prep the heck out of the plastic for it to stick, but it works great with just cleaning and grey Scotchbrite pads for rubber (like the doors) and leather. Just soaks right in.

 

[Karlus]

Just a thought and you build your ride your way. Have you thought about some black seat belts to make your white seats look more white? I see that you have the grey dash and it matches the seat belts but a little black wouldn’t hurt in my opinion. What your doing looks awesome. Keep it up. Your ride may inspire someone else to do something cool.

Funny you mention. Those are actually the blackest ones I could find and they came out of a Hummer H2. I couldnt find actual black belts that also worked with the airbags (yep, the 2003s have seatbelt pre-tensioners that fire with the airbag.) I didnt want to spray them black because I was worried about it rubbing off on the white. So I had to cut the Delphi pretensioner out of the passenger seat and resew it into the H2 seat belt. The mechanism that allows the belt to go inside of the chair is the same. It was a bear getting those bolts to come out after 17 years of rust and blue loctite, but I did it.

I also have a black dash skin that I used and the dark charcoal is really close in color.

Believe me, I looked for black, but this was it.

I do have actual black belts for the passenger rows as they dont have sensors or come up thru the seats.

Thoughts?

 

[S33k3r]

There was a site I found in passing -- I'm not even sure what I was looking for! -- that offered colored seatbelts for 2003-2006. Black was one of the colors offered. So you might Google, if you are still interested in a black seatbelt.

 

[alex s]

Wow, very clean and looks great. Though I could never have a white interior, it would get dirty if I just looked at it.

 

[Karlus]

Wow, very clean and looks great. Though I could never have a white interior, it would get dirty if I just looked at it.

We have the Lincoln Navi that has the white interior. I kinda wanted to demonstrate to my wife we could get close with an older vehicle.

Honestly, I think it will get dirty, but we keep it clean with the leather wipes....and you can just pull the seats and respray if necessary.

 

[alex s]

We have the Lincoln Navi that has the white interior. I kinda wanted to demonstrate to my wife we could get close with an older vehicle.

Honestly, I think it will get dirty, but we keep it clean with the leather wipes....and you can just pull the seats and respray if necessary.

True enough. I used to have a Lincoln Town Car that had a white leather interior. I always kept baby wipes in the car, and used them almost daily to wipe down the seats and armrests to avoid getting filthy. Yours looks great.

 

[S33k3r]

Honestly, I think it will get dirty, but we keep it clean with the leather wipes....and you can just pull the seats and respray if necessary.

What leather wipes do you use?

 

[Karlus]

What leather wipes do you use?