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[Richter12x2]

I'm actually installing light tan leatherette everywhere there's charcoal vinyl/plastic right now, I'll keep it all updated.

[Manicknux]

That'd really be interesting.  I'd love to do that with a burgundy leatherette.  Please do keep me updated.

~Justin

[Richter12x2]

It's actually really easy to work with - until you get a huge freaking corner, like the middle of the dash or the doorpanels.

[Manicknux]

But exactly where would you buy this and all the materials needed?

~Justin

[MyLittlePony]

Fabric stores. Yeah they still exist. Joanns a big chain. You may feel weird though shopping. Almost all their customers are old women who are there because they make their own clothes. ...just like in the olden days.
 
 [ October 08, 2004, 12:18 PM: Message edited by: MyLittlePony ]

[Richter12x2]

Woodseal Contact Cement, brush on - Walmart
3m Super 77 Spray Adhesive - O'Reilly Auto Parts
Hair Dryer - mom's/wife's side of the bathroom
Vinyl - One guy said he got this at Walmart, I haven't had any luck there, Joann Fabrics has a lot, but what bizarre colors!  I found the exact tan color I was looking for at a privately owned store that sells fabric for interior decorators in Dallas called Fabric Yard (awesome prices, though!) But I found it purely by accident.

[Razzamatazzboca]

hahahahahaha Joann Fabrics
It's my wife's favorite store, even got the Joann master/visa card.

[Capri_chick]

The molding work came out really nice, I would have gone with a different color after smoothing everything though...without the moldings it looks kinda "bubble-gum ish" IMO. Azure Blue would have been a GREAT choice! Similar to the original color, but a little darker and sleeker.

Are you going to do the front as well?

[MyLittlePony]

Thanx. The front will not be done, atleast that bumper wont anyway. Richter either wants to replace it with that clubsprint front (which I dont like) or find some ricey front bumper and fabricate it to fit the capri. I like the 94 or razzi bumper, but he wont listen to me. I think its because he knows the trim would still remain present and he would have to do that same labor he did for the back bumper, which was a huge pain.

And as for the color, Richter already exlained the reason why he chose to keep it, door jams, engine bay, and such.

[Manicknux]

The razzi kit, in my opinion, is too generic.  It looks so close to the car, yet it's even more square and has that ricy look to it.

I feel bad enough as it is that I have a free flowing exhaust which has such a sound that it annoys pedestrians and makes them cover their ears. =P

~Justin

[Richter12x2]

I haven't ever seen this done, but someone told me there's a thing called an 'expander' for the exhaust that gives it a deeper, more rumbly sound, more like a bigger v6 or something than a hornets nest.

[PCFree]

I think you are thinking of megaphones.  They are a large tip that was big back in the '80s.