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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Well now that schools been out and the holidays have passed, I finally got around to redoing my interior. The interior of my LS is the black leather but the all the pillars and headliner is gray... I've found out that covering the surfaces of the interior panels is a cheap, easy and usually reversable way to make the car much nicer.
So far I've only finished the back pillars by the rear seats, and it didnt come out as nicely as I hoped.

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drivers side


passenger side


I was way off by how much vinyl I needed so I couldnt finish the rest, but they both need to be redone either way because they'd didn't come out as nice as I hoped. (one side has junk that got stuck underneath and the other side has 2 huge air bubbles...)
With that said, any opinions as fas as should I continue with this wood design (birch wood) or switch to a black wood design?
birch wood/black wood


As soon as I finish the interior panels I'm planning on redoing the headliner with a black suede as well.

Anyone who wants to try this as well, I bought the vinyls at http://www.rvinyl.com
All you need is the vinyl, sissors, soapy water, and a hair dryer (heat guns might melt the vinyl)
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:52 PM
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Wow that woodgrain looks great ! Keep us updated makes me want to try some of that stuff inside mine
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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Is this the look you're going for?
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 07:54 PM
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love it
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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That's nice, I want black wood vinyl on my LS....
Where can I get these vinyl?
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by JimsGX
Is this the look you're going for?

Lol, don't worry im not coping your car.


Originally Posted by Kyoei
That's nice, I want black wood vinyl on my LS....
Where can I get these vinyl?
Thanks, I bought it at http://www.rvinyl.com
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 01:10 AM
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+1 Blackwood. Maybe you can use it to cover the switch and ashtray.
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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Very nice, I want to upgrade my interior; I would love to see the finish product.
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 04:43 AM
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+2 on the black wood, i feel that the other would be to much. but its ur car so so wat u want, either way that 1st panal u did looks really good
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 07:45 AM
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i have 3 rolls of this stuff, i ordered it from ebay its cheap 5 dollars per roll and you have to buy atleast 3 feet of it...look for matrix on ebay there are alot more of them out there but i cant think of them right now.
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Old Jan 13, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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Cool idea - never thought you could do that in that location.....
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 04:58 AM
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All of a sudden it was like I was in my grandarent's basement. Not a fan of the all wood interior.
Props for the unique idea and execution though.
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