I'm starting an interior build for my white GTA. I've had this car for about two years and have had plans for building the interior.
The carpet was toast the seats were faded and the console was warped so I'm starting from scratch with a clean canvas
I wanted to upgrade from the dated 80s feel, yet be different than the typical 4th gen interior upgrade.
So... With that said I'll be building most of my own parts from scratch and using non-factory colors.

 

Here is the cinnamon color, this will be the majority of the interior.

 

I like the idea of something different than stock that isn't awful 4th gen stuff. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

I know you said you don't like regular old 4th gen stuff, but you can definitely modify them to fit your car in a unique way. I had these recovered in grey and ebony, and the grey is the exact color of the door panel material so it's a perfect match. Add the embroidery and it's no regular old 4th gen seat swap.

 

Nice embroidery on the headrests

Here is what I'm thinking in terms of the seat, kind of a Porsche cayman style.
I've got the carpet in box and have done the headliner already.

 

I find it funny that I'm trying to shy away from 4th gen stuff, yet I'm using 01 camaro seats.
It was the only gm seat that not only bolted in, but has the general shape I needed to work with.

 

That's going to look really good

 

very nice color, best wishes

 

Finished shaping the backrests and started on patterning and cutting out material.

 

What are you using for adding foam to the existing cushion?

 

Here is one of the backrest inserts in progress.
I used a roll of 4 mil? plastic and some spray can quick adhesive to get the patterns, then drew the lines with a fine sharpie.

The foam I use is special, but the key is to have a high density foam so that the shape isn't crushed when the cover goes on.
Upholstery glue, a grinder, and time.



I'm starting to get sick of only being able to have only one picture per post, is that just the way it is with iPhones?

 

It's called 90-180, it's the density rating.

 

Wow! these headrests turned out great!

 

Yea that is going to look great. Keep up the good work.

 

Wow this cover turned out better than I was hoping for.

 

Is the GTA getting the black embroidery?

 

No, it's actually perforated on a cnc machine. I kryloned the back black to make the holes stand out more.

 

That's really looking great. You do upholstery for a living?

 

I'm learning, this is my third set of buckets.
My dad has been doing this for 25 years, so I get to use his stuff as well as his help.

 

That's a great skill to have. I'll be following this post, they're going to look really unique I think.

 

That's absolutely awesome!! As mentioned above , a magnificent skill to acquire.

 

Well the week before school started up I came down with flu like symptoms. Urgent care said nearly every patient they saw that day came for flu symptoms.

So, progress has halted on the build for school.

 

Had a little time this week to get the covers glued and stapled on, all that's left is mounting the cover boards to the back, which will be on by the end of today.

 

They are coming out sweet man!!!!

 

Wow. What a skill to have. I think they look nice. It nice to see someone try something different.

 

looks awesome,, keep the patterns you could be selling those..

 

Love the work so far, looks exotic.

 

Wow it looks awesome. Great skill to have. Cant wait to see everything put into your car.

 

"Our plans are often eclipsed by reality"
Finally got some progress on the interior off and on and now I have a complete carpet and one full seat done

I am just ecstatic about how this seat turned out.

 

Here's the seat

 

Those seats look really good!

 

wow amazing job! I wish I had those skills! I have a set of Recaros that need reupholstered ugh!

 

Very nice work! Going to look sharp if the rest matches those seats.

 

Thanks for all of the complements, I'm really exited to see it finished as well
The pictures really kill the color, almost like the life is sucked out. In real life everything matches to the tee, the carpet is a few shades darker and the headliner is lighter than the color of choice. Right in the sweet spot.

 

It's been tough to get any progress made on the car since school has kicked back in. Here's a set of door panels I cut out and made clips for this week.

 

 

Here's progress on the door panels, still working on an armrest and door pulls.
Someday I'll get rid of those hideous handles.

 

Very nice, like your style. Keep it up!

 

Any Updates???

I really like what you got going there, thinking outside of the box!

 

I see you've got a fourth gen dash, going to fix that atrocity too?

 

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I've been incredibly busy working out the bugs on the rest of the car however I did bend and polished the stainless insert.
The fourth gen dash is a necessity at this point. Not at all permanent. I am debating using a c5 gauge set for the layout.

 

Really very nice work.

 

I will be bringing the thread back as I've got time to work on the car again. Future plans are to cut the tunnel to fit the t56 in better so my 4th gen console will now be "conveniently" unusable. Looks like its time for mdf, foam, a carving knife, grinder, and time.

 

Looks great! Keep up the good work!

 

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Nice progress! I do my own interior work too. Just finished the seats and am currently half way through my second door panel. On yours, there's a white line (maybe piping?). How did you do that and can I see a zoomed in shot of that?

 

Thanks! It's stainless rod with tabs soldered to the backside to grip the panel.
I'll get a better shot tomorrow.

 

Please do. I'll be making my door panels soon and would appreciate all the knowledge I can get.

 

those seats and door panels are unbelievable man, I wouldn't even want to sit on them they're so nice.

 

I'm even planning to cut them apart again. I didn't like the bolsters and felt they weren't pronounced enough to hold you in while driving and they looked too much like a stock camaro seat.
The car is on the lift so I'll try to take off a panel for you guys.