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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 03:41 PM
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Car: 1989 Camaro RS
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please help, my interior sucks

im really tired of my plain old stock interior, i dont have alot of money to spend but if any of yall know of any cheap things i can do to make my interior look a little better i would be glad to hear them, i really wanna make the inside a little bit better, thanx
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 04:00 PM
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well if your carpet is in bad condition, it's around $200 for a new OEM carpet...headliner is $100, or diy for around $40....4th gen cloth seats around $200-250....if the plastic over you gauges is dirty, that's like $5 at a junkyard for a new one

that's about all i know for semi-cheap interior mods
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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Or for like $7 a yard you can get faux chinchila fur at Wal Mart and re-do your headliner.....I'm just kidding. You can redo your headliner like it was mentioned yourself. Go to like a Jo Ann's fabric store they sell headliner material there. Do you have a manual transmission or auto? If you have a manual you can get a nice shift ****. You can also get a decent Grant steering wheel for about $40. How much money are you willing to spend...for about a $100 you can get some custom floor mats that would look nice. You can paint some of your interior pieces.....but do not go overboard. The most I'd do would be like the gauge cluster in a Camaro or the lip inside the Firbird gauges....anything more than that is borderline tacky. Or even a step further, you might be able to go to a local metal shop or something and have them make you a new gauge cluster out of brushed aluminum...I can't imagine it would cost too much, just give them our original as a template. You can replace your cluster lights with LED's or some DIY white gauges. There are tech articles about it on the main page. Hope that helps.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 05:20 PM
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I redid my interior for around $100.00, i used speaker box carpeting and covered the plastic panels, headliner, sunvisors, door panels and back of the back seat. it was time consuming but cheap. the 96 T/A center console i got for shipping cost, and the 93 Camaro seats i swapped with my stock ones b4 i sold the 93 Camaro i had. I also have done the same thing to the Iroc (except the seats and console) but haven't installed it yet so i don't have pix.






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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 05:21 PM
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 05:46 PM
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Looks good I especially like the trunk area, but its just a little too much than what I'd do.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 06:47 PM
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lol im scrolling through the pictures then see the t top in the carpet and it made me laugh, really. AWESOME job though man, im not laughing at the work i was just thinkin to myself "this guy really likes gray" isnt it like sitting in a wool sock though? im lovin the door panels, how did you manage to keep the black strip through there? did you use adhesive or wrap the carpet around the panel?
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 06:59 PM
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i wouldnt do the speaker carpet thing , it doesnt look good, it looks cheap , you could paint your stuff black or something, and dye the carpet and seats black .
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