For you guys with black paint, what color of interior do you have for the carpet and headliner and everything. I've been looking on rockauto.com and can't think of good color schemes for it. I would like the headliner and door liner and trim to be darker than the carpet and seats. Any ideas???

 

My black car came with a doeskin interior (light tan). That with black doorpanels, black headliner, looked pretty good. i've since went to an all black interior though.

 

Can you post pics of before and after if possible? Thanks!

 

I was able to dig these up. black plastics/door panels(no headliner...but the metal is black lol) The last two are day 1 when it had all the dirty tan panels in it, etc. If you can imagine them clean then that's what a tan interior would look like, haha.

I've since put black carpet in it and dark grey 4th gen seats, but I don't have any pics of that. Hope these help.

 

Well if you do ever get new pictures be sure to post them here! Thanks!

 

My car is black with the grey interior, I do have black leather seats in it now, I think it looks just fine.
I was going to make it black, but I'll just keep it grey, even when I re-do my door panels this winter.

 

There should be a law against anything grey inside cars made by taste police ...its the most horrible colour to put on anything.

Black cars go great with tan/orange or black interiors.

the black /red mix screams ***** and bad taste no matter how expensive is the car.

 

Dove Gray interior here. I am having seats upholstered in a darker gray with dove insets. Here's a blue exterior car showing the scheme. It's got black where mine will be medium gray for a little less contrast. It should end up about halfway between this and the all dove gray interior at the bottom. I'm planning to continue the scheme on the door panels as well and add "map" pockets like the Birds have.

 

Here it is in all gray.

 

Last but not least, I'm not a big fan of red but here it's done in a black & red combo that works.

 

Hey RedLeader, where did you come up with the wood grain? Is it factory? It probably wouldn't work for my car but looks good with tan.

 

I'm probably gonna go with a dark carpet and dove grey doors and headliner and paint my trim close to the carpet

 

I'm going with Black Exterior & Ferrari Tan / Peanut Butter...

I thought the stock colors were too light, almost looked sun faded... I wanted some pop...
I found my own material for the seats... you could order beechwood carpet / headliner material a few years back (not sure if you can still) but it matched the material I picked really nice...

Inside with flash (makes less pop)


Outside pic with direct sunlight...


Inside light source... SEM Palomino paint, seat material, beechwood carpet, tweed (which I will not be using) rolled headliner material I will be using)

 

Those pieces actually came from a junkyard lol. They aren't factory, but at some point were sold as kits, just happened to find a car one day that had most of the pieces in it. I like it, you don't see it too often.

 

I'm thinking along the same lines on the carpet but not sure about changing the color of the panels. One thing I've learned in the past is when changing the plastic panel color is doing it properly. I've seen some OK jobs with Duplicolor but the best jobs have been done with a spray paint gun. You can get paint specifically for plastic at most auto paint supply stores. Here in Huntsville AL O'rileys has an excellent paint department. They can mix any color you want in the right material. Also, most interior pieces aren't high gloss or flat but more of an egg shell or satin gloss. The next most important thing is to clean and prep the panels properly. I think it also helps to only change a shade or two. If you have a light color and change it to dark (or visa versa) it seems difficult to get a good result. If you do get a scratch or some wear it doesn't scream "hey I'm red underneath" lol. Plus it takes fewer, thinner coats to make a minor change vs a drastic change.

 

And lovofjah, that's some really nice material on your seats. I like the "tweed" like cloth. I have been looking for a similar cloth to do the insets in my seats. I'm planning to use "synthetic leather" for the rest but still like the idea of cloth under my butt. Anyway, are those Camaro/Firebird seats? They sort of look like the high back Camaro seats with a head rest mod. Nice. And I'd definitely call it peanut butter, sounds yummy!

 

82-84 Firebird PMD Seats... commonly used in Knight Rider replicas... or so I've been told

The "kits" sold are vinyl (not my thing) and velour (for sure not my thing)... I went to a local upholstery shop and find some material I liked, sent it in to Acme and they made the covers / seat kits...

Rafael

 

Ya I've already looked into it and have the method down. They'll be dark like the red already is.

 

Good, I don't mean to suggest you didn't know how but rather encourage everyone who is considering a color change to do this one right. I really like Duplicolor products when used properly but the color pallet is small and the cans have a small fan for a large panel like in the rears. It can be done but it's tricky.

My personal goal is always to make mods "look like they could have come from the factory" that way. I realize it's not everyone's goal but wild deviations from stock like I see on some of the import guy's cars it just not for me. I think it devalues a car except to a very small percentage of "buyers".

 

Agreed, except that there will never be a buyer (well, maybe when I hit 75 yrs).

In '89, I could not order the tan interior with black paint. Then I wanted red paint and black interior. I've come to appreciate the grey bottom - carpet and plastics. Black is a pain to keep clean (er). Since there is already black and graphite, adding a grey to the mix looks good. Just not two greys (dove and carpet/plastic). I removed the dove grey (seats and door panels).


Now, I'm considering wrapping the arm rests in leather, and debating if I want a color change to headliner, visors, and sails - no definite conclusions as yet. I will keep grey below the waist, though.

 

I like that combo on the door panel... I'll probably go with something like that, my arm rests are black, and I'm making a 6.5" speaker pod and cup holder down where your map pocket is, but I'll keep the lower half grey.

 

Yes there's some adhesive spray I'll have to put on first after some slight sanding, then the paint

 

Do you have pics of the speaker pod/cup holder?

 

There are a few members here that have used "Lethal Interiors" and is the one I will be using when the time comes. Scroll down to seats/etc.
= http://www.lethalinteriors.com/

 

If at all possible, whoever you get to wrap the arm rests, have them do black on top and grey on bottom, with the seam run down the center where the groove is, with a nice stitch design. That would look awesome with your color scheme.

 

Yep, Princess is great to work with but be patient. I thinks she's booked until June or July now but it's worth the wait for quality. Most of the pics I posted are from her site. Check it out. It says she's not taking orders but if you contact her and have time to wait she may take your deposit to save you a place in line. I put down mine in March and have a slot "sometime in May". One tip is not to do it unless you really have time. She is very ethical and won't put you in front of another customer if you beg, pay extra or complain. If you're in a hurry you may be happier with someone else. If you are nice and patient she'll go the extra mile for you.

 

heres another vote for princess. she did my seats last winter- i timed it so it was my winter project. but fit and finish are great, price is reasonable, and she is just great to work with. I did replace the seat foam on the drivers seat while i was at it, which should help the life of the seats. But here is a picture of the seats after I recovered them-

ill add some pictures in a few weeks when the seats are in, ill have the same grey carpet, grey headliner, grey/black door panels with these seats.

 

Those look nice. Is the dark black? You have about the same combo I am planning except my dark sides won't be quite that dark. Is that the synthetic leather? I'm really considering staying with cloth on the insets.

Also, who's seat foam did you use? Mine are in pretty good condition but I think it'll probably be worth it to get new ones. Can you tell any difference between the driver's and passenger's as far as the feel or tightness?

 

The sides and headrests are all black, yes they are the Allante/Ultra leathers. The grey is perforated for a little sportier look. The new seat foam i think is all the same, i got mine from classic industries- great customer service as the back showed up pretty beat up. The manufacturing process isnt great for these, so make sure to inspect the foam when yours shows up. The difference is night and day. the new foam its much tighter, almost makes the seat look brand new. Her templates are the original size of the seats, so expect it to be slightly baggy if dont replace foam. You can kind of see the difference in my picture, the drivers seat is on the right, and the passengers is on the left. The drivers got new foam while the passengers didnt.

 

If you foam is not crumbling, but compressed from years of use, the upholstery shops steam it to "re fluff it"....

 

Yeah- i tried to steam the stuff i kept, and i must not have done it right, it added a little fluff, but not enough to fill out the seats.

Plus its 30 years old, and was a little... crusty is a good word here.

 

Red interior with black exterior is actually one of the best color combos. It looks even better with a dark metallic gray exterior

Black interiors are boring. They scream "I have no particular taste and I'm not daring so I'll go with the easiest color so no one can judge me on that"

So yeah, with a black exterior, I'd go red or maroon. Full red, or with another shade of red. It pops out in a cool way.

Contrasting two tones interior are only good for fifties cars. I see too many black/red or worse white/red interiors that are badly balanced and it ends up looking tacky.

Basically, with a black exterior, you can choose any interior color. It will work. So it all depends on YOUR taste...

Luvofjah's PMDs look fantastic ! Good job.

 

Like evening else related to styling it'sa matter of personal choice. Overly strong opinions don't make it right or wrong. For example red interior isn't my thing. I actually feel anxiety in a red interior car. Some of the materials used in cars seems to fade more rapidly for red color. However, I've seen it done well. I personally like the way grays silver black and white can work together. I did a 67 Mustang in black and Gray that i really liked at the time but looking at pictures now it borderline on being too busy. Everyone has personal preferences and sometimes there is a fine line between awesome and gaudy. I appreciate the OP s original question because I have a black car and am in the process of redoing my interior. Keep the pictures coming. It is sometimes difficult to visualize a combination or it sounds really good but doesn't pull off that well.

 

I have Beechwood interior in my 1990 convertible IROC and the carpet is shot. Does anyone have a source for that color?