Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

bowtie · Secretary

I'm also in the car apart club-please ID these seats

Dave Seitz · Mega Poster

Camaro buckets?

67ss · 1K+ Club

Agreed, to me they look light 70-75 camaro seats.

Lost in the 60s · President

They could be mid 70's Chevelle seats too. They look very similar to a 73 my sister had. The seat frames may even be the same bewtween the A and F bodies with different coverings.

bowtie · Secretary

bowtie · Secretary

OK, what to use for dying the rear trim panels and door panels?

I'm not looking for top notch, just something to make it look black for the time being until I can get replacements.

67ss · 1K+ Club

Go to eastwood I'm sure they have something in a rattle can that will work.

Dave Seitz · Mega Poster

PPG has the dye in whatever color you desire available at any PPG automotive paint house.

Here is a BIG HINT wipe the vinyl with every wax/grease/silicone remover you have after you scrubed the crap out of it with soap and water. The dye works great and lasts and is what shops use on door panels dashes and such. It just needs a real clean surface if it has been in a car. If you pulled all the interior parts you need done and cleaned them any upholstery shop worth their salts could do it in no time at all.

-- Edited by Dave Seitz on Saturday 1st of January 2011 03:43:44 PM

Lost in the 60s · President

Those rear side panels are WAAAAAAY to nice to destroy with black dye. Seriously, sell them on Craigslist and I'll give you a pair to dye for now. I don't have the arm rests, just the flat panel. I'll bring them to Karl's on the 22nd.
In fact, I'll see if my original black panels and arm rests are OK in the 70. I'll trade you for the White. I hate Black !

SShink · 3K+ Club

You can buy the prep spray and vinyl paint/dye from National Parts Depot too.

Derek69SS · Founding Member

I'm with Mitch... don't wreck good white stuff to make them black.

I also think you're nuts to switch from white to black anyway, but that's a different topic. biggrin

Changing from black to white was one of the best things I ever did to my car.

Dave Seitz · Mega Poster

Guys he just likes that warmth of Black Vinyl in the summer.

Lost in the 60s · President

Derek69SS wrote:

I'm with Mitch... don't wreck good white stuff to make them black.

I also think you're nuts to switch from white to black anyway, but that's a different topic. Changing from black to white was one of the best things I ever did to my car.

I was trying to think of a polite way to say that but couldn't come up with anything much better than you said... biggrin

bowtie · Secretary

I'm up for a trade. I should have mine out by then too, so I'll bring them with.

It's one of those things. I have always liked the black interior look. I know it's hot, but I have windows.

bowtie · Secretary

Man, I love those MN cars:

Now, I need to get that console back out. One bolt just spins. Grrrrrrrr. Othe rthan that, a quick vacuum and some cleaning up little stuck bits of tarpaper and it's ready for Hushmat.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

SEM is who sells the vinyl dies. But how expensive is a new set of panels really? They arent necessarily cheap but over the grand scheme of things. Its a small investment to get new panels.

Lost in the 60s · President

Chris R wrote:

SEM is who sells the vinyl dies. But how expensive is a new set of panels really? They arent necessarily cheap but over the grand scheme of things. Its a small investment to get new panels.

He may be tapped financially for a while after dropping 5 bills in the seats. PUI Gold assembled panels are around $250, if I remember and yeah, if you're going to spend even close to $100 on the cleaner, adhesion promoter and paint, you may as well get new panels and sell the white ones for what you can get to offset the cost of new.

Dave Seitz · Mega Poster

Lost in the 60s wrote:

Chris R wrote:

SEM is who sells the vinyl dies. But how expensive is a new set of panels really? They arent necessarily cheap but over the grand scheme of things. Its a small investment to get new panels.

He may be tapped financially for a while after dropping 5 bills in the seats. PUI Gold assembled panels are around $250, if I remember and yeah, if you're going to spend even close to $100 on the cleaner, adhesion promoter and paint, you may as well get new panels and sell the white ones for what you can get to offset the cost of new.

Sure cut the costs of hs interior change, he is a big boy we can spend his money like he does to us. Actually a good point they have sell off your stock interior parts and just get new in the color of your choice, but do you really want PURPLE and GOLD?