Anyone ever gone this BIG???

[mccoy178]

Hey, just thought of this.  Try contacting the guy who owns www.yourautotrim.com.  I have bought poker table felts and padding from his site and I'm confident he is online community friendly and would know the answer to this.  He is a main contributor at www.scottkeen.com/poker, may be a great asset to you in this.

[theCoder]

Ditto on the potentiometer.  The fan really doesn't need to go that fast and the sound is drastically reduced at slower speeds. 

As for the seats, if you are not happy with them, you could always check out your neighborhood junk yard.  At roughly $50 a pair, you might be able to find a stylish pair of seat you really like.  They may also give you some trade in $$ for your others.

[Crafty]

Man oh man..

Every time you post more photo's we all wish we were doing a cabinet just like this one...

keep up the good work and photos'

lot's of photo's..

[4Aaron GE]

Now I'm interested tell me more!!!  Never new this could be done.  Does it look good or can you tell it was a "home job"

+1 for dying the seats.  I haven't seen it personally done on leather, but I've seen the result on fabric, and it looks pretty good.  And it doesn't bleed back onto your clothes after they dry either.  Now, I'm not sure on the longevity of the colour.  They might fade pretty quickly too.

Actually, I just remembered about this stuff from a similar thread on another board.

http://www.leatherique.com/

http://www3.telus.net/bmw535i

Check my uncle's interior page, he redid the entire interior, including steering wheel with Leatherique.

and also

I've refinished AE86 OEM leather wheels in the past with leather prep and black leather dye. I bought both from a shoe repair store, and the results have been quite good.

I can't comment on re-dyeing something as "blue" as that "blue" though. I don't think you'll be able to mask that

Now, the blue the second guy was talking about in that last post was a very bright blue, so YMMV.  Either way, some more options to think about.

[modessitt]

I must have missed something somewhere on the fan issue, but how big of a fan are you using and where is it?

There are a lot of 5" fans available for custom PC building that run virtually silent, and can even light up in various colors if you're into that.  I have about 10 in my Desktop which are all running about a foot away from me and I can't hear a thing.  Have to look to see them running.  Bought for less than $5 apiece at a big computer parts supercenter.

[melarky]

You should just get some black leather/vinyl dye.  You can find it at auto parts places, just dye the seats black (or another color to better match), and when it's cured, it won't rub off on you when you sit on it etc...

Can't wait for this one to be done, looking great so far...

Now I'm interested tell me more!!!  Never new this could be done.  Does it look good or can you tell it was a "home job"

I just did a quick google search on vinyl dye (not sure if your seats are vinyl or leather, but if they are leather, just search for that instead).  Found this site:

http://www.automedia.com/Auto/Vinyl/Interior/Dyeing/res20021101vd/1

It talks about geting a compressor and sprary gun, but I've seen other sites that said they bought the vinyl dye in rattle cans.  I'm sure there are better guides out there, this was just a quick search.

[modessitt]

Once had to get new seats for a 79 Honda from a junkyard, but couldn't find black, which matched the interior of the car.  Could only find tan, which looked like crap.  Went and bought some black spray paint and repainted the seat evenly.  Looked great and had no problem sitting in them even in the heat we get here in Texas.

[flyguy1821]

You should just get some black leather/vinyl dye.  You can find it at auto parts places, just dye the seats black (or another color to better match), and when it's cured, it won't rub off on you when you sit on it etc...

Can't wait for this one to be done, looking great so far...

Now I'm interested tell me more!!!  Never new this could be done.  Does it look good or can you tell it was a "home job"

The quick search for leather dyeing showed some promising results at first.  The more I read the more I noticed a trend with statements that it is not recommended for leather.  Supposedly the natural hides are treated and coated with something that does not allow for great uptake of the dyes.  I really need to make sure they are true leather and not a coated vinyl.  Anyone know off hand if early 80's Toyota Supras had leather or "pleather"?

I just did a quick google search on vinyl dye (not sure if your seats are vinyl or leather, but if they are leather, just search for that instead).  Found this site:

http://www.automedia.com/Auto/Vinyl/Interior/Dyeing/res20021101vd/1

It talks about geting a compressor and sprary gun, but I've seen other sites that said they bought the vinyl dye in rattle cans.  I'm sure there are better guides out there, this was just a quick search.

[flyguy1821]

Sorry, I added my response in the quote section. 


The quick search for leather dyeing showed some promising results at first.  The more I read the more I noticed a trend with statements that it is not recommended for leather.  Supposedly the natural hides are treated and coated with something that does not allow for great uptake of the dyes.  I really need to make sure they are true leather and not a coated vinyl.  Anyone know off hand if early 80's Toyota Supras had leather or "pleather"?