interior ideas

[chuck jacobs]

Will be replacing my interior in my 86 T-Type soon. Its all original from the factory.have been thinking about going back with the cloth or leather kit for seats and door panels. i know highway stars have the exclusive material which is close to original, but not quite right. I also have seen the leather kits from Jax seat covers which look good as well. Just trying to get ideas on this decision. I am the original owner of this car, and want to do it right when i replace it. What have you guys been doing for replacement interiors? any ideas would be welcomed. Thanks

 

[NY Twin Turbo]

I had some of these ideas on my T-Type total interior renovations. I did some of them. But not all.

-Embroidered headrest.

-Deleted the sun visors. Wear sunglasses.

-If you have a cage/roll bar, move the dome light forward so its not behind the the bar. Then get the better one with the 2 map lights.

-Mount the rear view mirror from the headliner (there is a metal mounting tab back there) and get one of those new style ones with all those funky new car options.

-Delete those damned trim strips and pull straps from the doors and move all the switches to the arm rest.

-Upholster the top part of the door upholstery in leather or vinyl so resting your arm on the window sill doesn't wear it out over time.

-Do away with those stupid coat hooks.

-Get rid of the ashtrays in the back of the seats.

-Do piping in a contrasting color.

-Remove clean and don't put back the carpet panels back to the lower doors.

 

[chuck jacobs]

sweet looking interior. Thank you for the ideas. I am not sure what i will do with mine. Do not want to change it too much, but will have to do something eventually.

 

[WillRideAgain]

I had some of these ideas on my T-Type total interior renovations. I did some of them. But not all.

-Embroidered headrest.

-Deleted the sun visors. Wear sunglasses.

-If you have a cage/roll bar, move the dome light forward so its not behind the the bar. Then get the better one with the 2 map lights.

-Mount the rear view mirror from the headliner (there is a metal mounting tab back there) and get one of those new style ones with all those funky new car options.

-Delete those damned trim strips and pull straps from the doors and move all the switches to the arm rest.

-Upholster the top part of the door upholstery in leather or vinyl so resting your arm on the window sill doesn't wear it out over time.

-Do away with those stupid coat hooks.

-Get rid of the ashtrays in the back of the seats.

-Do piping in a contrasting color.

-Remove clean and don't put back the carpet panels back to the lower doors.

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Awesome good job!

 

[NY Twin Turbo]

Thank you very much.


Here is a couple of more from another thread.

 

[turbodean87]

I'm using olds upper panels. Died the panel to match gn color.

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[rag231]

One thing that always surprised me was how strong all of the other g body door handles were. I tried my best to destroy one in the junkyard and I gave up before it did. At one time there were going to be some aluminum strips to replace the trim strips and door pull handle on our GN's but I was told it was too costly to make. I got one of those nut plate kits to make the pull handle more robust. Nice interiors and those Frenched in tweeters (turbodean87) and the dual gauge bezel pod ( ny twin turbo) are really nice.