| Yo guys I had previously had the imports extreme grey vinyl trim kit, I didnt really like how it turned out, and the stuff seemed to get dirty pretty easily. Another big problem that I had was the material was so heavy, on hot days, the adhesive would tack up and the material would start to come off of the interior pieces (even using 3M super90, the sticky stuff!)....not cool :shock: I wanted to go back to a more 'stock' look, so I went to the local fabric store and bought 3 yards of the best black suede I could find. I pulled the interior pieces out this afternoon and got to work, here's the results Taking the old pieces and using them as templates 
Up first is the consol lid 
All finished 
Now the console side pieces 
You can see how I use relief cuts for the material 
Piece finished and installed back onto the console 
Second console side piece 
All finished 
Console re-assembled 
Now I moved on to the kick panel pieces. These are a bit more difficult than the console due to the curves/angles you have to work with 
Here's the piece that goes under the steering column, its a bit easier to work with than the previous panels
This trim piece that goes on the passer side, right side of the glove box is a royal PITA. You can see it has some extreme angles. You've got to do a good job of getting the adhesive tacky and then really put some muscles into stretching out the material so it doesnt wrinkle 
I skipped the glovebox, but its finished. THe rest of the pieces laid out 
I still have the doors to do, but will probably get on them tomorrow. The black suede looks SOOOO much better than the vinyl trim kit. Sorry the car hasnt been vacuumed in a while :) 
All in all I've got about 30 bucks in suede (it was on sale) and about 15 bucks in the adhesive, and a little time. Not to bad....
LaterZ
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Saturday afternoon interior re-do - 
17:06:19 09/24/07
