Leather Covered Dash Pad & Console Lid
01-31-2014, 04:53 PM
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01-31-2014, 06:18 PM
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Re: Leather Covered Dash Pad
Awesome Job!
01-31-2014, 07:17 PM
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Re: Leather Covered Dash Pad
looks nice! When I worked at the upholstery shop we did a few dashes. Heres a 58 vette we did the entire interior in, including wrapping the dash..
02-01-2014, 10:30 AM
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You wouldnt use what again..? The expandable foam or the spot putty?
And for either answer, what would you use in its place?
Im trying to figure out how you sewed up the corners. I have sewn a few things lately...like shift and e-brake boots. But I cant wrap my head around how you did that.
J.
And for either answer, what would you use in its place?
Im trying to figure out how you sewed up the corners. I have sewn a few things lately...like shift and e-brake boots. But I cant wrap my head around how you did that.
J.
By not glueing the corners i was ablle to pull the leather back & sew from behind.Afterwards i use a little glue, but mostly i stretched the leather back over the corner.Then finished stitching the underside, but from the outside.Most of that will be covered by the dash & only about 1" will be visible, if you look underneath.
02-01-2014, 12:31 PM
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Just an all around nice damn job.
02-02-2014, 12:25 AM
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02-11-2014, 10:48 AM
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That looks amazing... Seriously... If it was something you could easily reproduce at home, and get shipping at a reasonable cost, you'd have yourself a pretty decent business. I have never seen a dash pad refinished like this and it looking so nice in the end.
Great work! Im DEF keeping my old cracked dash from my 87 now! I might try to find material that is more consistent in finish rather than the unique characteristics of the leather finish (so probably synthetic), but Im DEF following your example on how to make it look awesome!
Justin
Great work! Im DEF keeping my old cracked dash from my 87 now! I might try to find material that is more consistent in finish rather than the unique characteristics of the leather finish (so probably synthetic), but Im DEF following your example on how to make it look awesome!
Justin
02-12-2014, 11:12 AM
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That looks amazing... Seriously... If it was something you could easily reproduce at home, and get shipping at a reasonable cost, you'd have yourself a pretty decent business. I have never seen a dash pad refinished like this and it looking so nice in the end.
Great work! Im DEF keeping my old cracked dash from my 87 now! I might try to find material that is more consistent in finish rather than the unique characteristics of the leather finish (so probably synthetic), but Im DEF following your example on how to make it look awesome!
Justin
Great work! Im DEF keeping my old cracked dash from my 87 now! I might try to find material that is more consistent in finish rather than the unique characteristics of the leather finish (so probably synthetic), but Im DEF following your example on how to make it look awesome!
Justin
This was my first try at this & I figured it out along the way.Shouldn't be too difficult for others.
Thanks all for the compliments.
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03-17-2014, 01:26 PM
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Re: Leather Covered Dash Pad & Console Lid
84 1LE - Another great thread by you on modding a 3rd gen. This is gonna be a project for sure in the summer as I have quite a few wrecked dash pads I was saving to do something with. Thanks for the write up and the idea to fix them
04-29-2014, 05:50 PM
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Great job, i had plans of doin this after finding a huge roll of nogahide in my dads garage... Glad to see some pics of what u did as a reference... New dash pad and headliner comin up!!!
04-29-2014, 08:29 PM
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Great job, i had plans of doin this after finding a huge roll of nogahide in my dads garage... Glad to see some pics of what u did as a reference... New dash pad and headliner comin up!!!
04-29-2014, 08:42 PM
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Re: Leather Covered Dash Pad & Console Lid
wow, I have an extra (cracked) dash pad. I may have to see what I can do about trying this
04-29-2014, 10:10 PM
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It sucks that we can't do this to the Camaro pad because of the speaker grille are not the same....
04-29-2014, 10:15 PM
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04-29-2014, 10:25 PM
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man that looks great!
04-30-2014, 09:09 PM
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I started doing mine. Got the old hard cracked vinyl peeled off and got some foam sprayed on and sanded about 1/4 of it smooth. There are quite a few little air bubbles up to 1/4 inch. Should I try to fill them or will they be ok?
05-01-2014, 12:10 AM
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One trick i learned while doing this is to gently press the nozzle so less air mixes with the foam.Flows very slow, but result is denser foam/smaller holes.
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05-01-2014, 08:58 PM
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I would try to fill them in.Especially the larger ones.Anything bigger than about 3/16.If the leather or material used is fairly thick the smaller ones wont show thru
One trick i learned while doing this is too slowly press the nozzle so the foam comes out real slow.This causes less air to escape.Resulting in denser foam & smaller holes.
05-02-2014, 03:59 PM
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Dude... wow. Awesome work!! Was imagining mine in black suede with blue stitch... maybe someday :P
05-20-2014, 08:22 AM
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WOW!!!!! I am impressed!! That looks great!! I havee been looking at getting a new pad, but you have givin me inspiration as well!!!! I am very excited about starting mine!! Thank you for all the posts!! But how did you sew the corner pieces? That looks real difficult!!
05-20-2014, 09:03 PM
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By not glueing the corners i was ablle to pull the leather back & sew from behind.Afterwards i use a little glue, but mostly i stretched the leather back over the corner.Then finished stitching the underside, but from the outside.Most of that will be covered by the dash & only about 1" will be visible, if you look underneath.
05-22-2014, 06:28 AM
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Awesome. Thanks!! I think I'm gonna give it a shot!!! Cheaper than buyin a new one!! Plus, I like the idea of having the original one in!! Now, did you use any special kind of needle or thread to do your sewing? Is there anything that you wish you woulda done different? I think this may be next months project!!
05-25-2014, 12:27 AM
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Ok. Thanks. How do you think you woulda done the speaker grills different? Its kinda tough with our cars!!
04-17-2015, 07:05 AM
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04-17-2015, 04:23 PM
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04-17-2015, 04:46 PM
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Looks great! Also, good for you for actually trying something on your own. 
Hopefully it lasts you a long time.
I tried searching for a post one member made but couldn't find it. This guy actually had his recovered by a shop and had the lip stitches in white to match his interior. It looked fantastic. Wish I could find it.
Hopefully it lasts you a long time.I tried searching for a post one member made but couldn't find it. This guy actually had his recovered by a shop and had the lip stitches in white to match his interior. It looked fantastic. Wish I could find it.
04-18-2015, 12:54 AM
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Looks great! Also, good for you for actually trying something on your own. Hopefully it lasts you a long time.
I tried searching for a post one member made but couldn't find it. This guy actually had his recovered by a shop and had the lip stitches in white to match his interior. It looked fantastic. Wish I could find it.
Hopefully it lasts you a long time.I tried searching for a post one member made but couldn't find it. This guy actually had his recovered by a shop and had the lip stitches in white to match his interior. It looked fantastic. Wish I could find it.
I still need to convert the console vents to black.
