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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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..of what I did to cover the holes that use to be for the window and hatch switches since I converted to non power doors and the hatch motor never worked anyway. The pics don't do it good my camera sucks at taking pics in the dark will take some better ones in the light and it would prob look better if my int was clean . But anyway what I did was that red carpet I had in my car I cut so it would fit over the area I wanted it to then I took some int paint painted it black and glued it on and this is what it looks like.
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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Thats pretty interesting and unique. I'd used black on mine...
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 11:12 PM
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wow, need a new camera first off, haha. I think it looks terrible, it doesnt match at all, it looks like hotel floor carpeting you put on the console.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by 83Chevy__Camaro
wow, need a new camera first off, haha. I think it looks terrible, it doesnt match at all, it looks like hotel floor carpeting you put on the console.
LOL Yeah I know I will take some more pics today in the light. The camera did not do it justice. Also thats the same carpet thats in our cars, I cut it out from the red carpet that used to be in my car.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 07:39 AM
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I found out today that I need to paint it again I can still see some red in the color thats why the color looks funny and 2nd the glue I used expanded and I have to scrap it and clean it. I did just noticed that I cut it a little short on the drivers side corner oh well.

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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 07:45 AM
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nice an clean i like it!
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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Im sorry man, that looks SO freakin bad, spray painted chunk of carpet, it stands out really bad, i would just buy a new console and make it look factory no carpet
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 83Chevy__Camaro
Im sorry man, that looks SO freakin bad, spray painted chunk of carpet, it stands out really bad, i would just buy a new console and make it look factory no carpet
Thats alright everyone has there opinion I personaly don't like it myself but I dont have the money to buy a new console and all the junkyards around here have not had a 3rd gen for some time now. I think it looks better then 3 holes. Heres another pic after I spared it 4 times.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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you could have just left the switches in, i mean if i had power stuff i would have kept it not covert back, and you could have gone to jo anns and got a piece of black carpet instead of spray painting it, saved on smell and goofy looking painted carpet.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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Since you don't have the power window/hatch swicthes there you could fabricate 2 cup holders in that section of the console.
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by 83Chevy__Camaro
you could have just left the switches in, i mean if i had power stuff i would have kept it not covert back, and you could have gone to jo anns and got a piece of black carpet instead of spray painting it, saved on smell and goofy looking painted carpet.
None of the power stuff worked and my doors were roted out so I converted to non power and the switches to me looked tacky plus american muscle should not have power anything it does not give it that old school feel/look. This is the only idea that would of really worked. Thats true I could of gone there but I wanted to get use out of that red carpet and we had a snow day and I was bored out of my mind so I decided to try this.

Originally Posted by coolram62
Since you don't have the power window/hatch swicthes there you could fabricate 2 cup holders in that section of the console.
I was going to do that but I figured if I would of messed up cut the holes to big by mistake that I would have to replace the whole center console and I dont have the money to replace that.

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