jaguartvr
Zorg Guru (I)
- Joined
- Jan 9, 2017
- Points
- 95
INTERIOR
I have been a bit lazy and other projects seem to get in the way but I have been making steady progress on the interior.
Dashboard has been painted rather than being covered, this is much cheaper and much easier and having done both I think painted looks better. When the dash is covered it can look a bit thick.
I have also covered the interior panels in vinyl rather than leather, this again I think looks better as the vinyl is thinner than leather so it is easier to get it to lay flat on the panels. It also doesn't get mouldy when the damp gets in. My SL lets in a small amount of water, you can tell which parts of the interior are leather as they go mouldy, the vinyl remains perfect.
The seat covers are leather all the rest vinyl. The seats are MGB, I have previously kept the BMW sides to the seat bases and attached them directly to the MGB seat frame but it is a bit too tight and they tend to break. This time I have fitted polypropylene textured sheet to the side and fitted the BMW electric seat switch, this frees up a few inches and makes everything much easier. The MGB seats are mounted to the original Z£ electric seat bases.
The steering column uses the existing BMW column, this again makes the build much easier.
The door cards are still to be fitted as my windows are a "bit sticky" and need adjusting.
The heater controls are the original BMW controls mounted behind the front bulkhead. I do have some alloy MGF knobs that will be fitted later that look much better than the plastic ones.
It is all quite straight forward but I have found that the interior takes longer than the bodywork.
I have a friend who has sown all the black vinyl together for me and I have just used some scrim foam and spray glue to fit it. It could be better but then again it hasn't cost £5k to do.
I have been a bit lazy and other projects seem to get in the way but I have been making steady progress on the interior.
Dashboard has been painted rather than being covered, this is much cheaper and much easier and having done both I think painted looks better. When the dash is covered it can look a bit thick.
I have also covered the interior panels in vinyl rather than leather, this again I think looks better as the vinyl is thinner than leather so it is easier to get it to lay flat on the panels. It also doesn't get mouldy when the damp gets in. My SL lets in a small amount of water, you can tell which parts of the interior are leather as they go mouldy, the vinyl remains perfect.
The seat covers are leather all the rest vinyl. The seats are MGB, I have previously kept the BMW sides to the seat bases and attached them directly to the MGB seat frame but it is a bit too tight and they tend to break. This time I have fitted polypropylene textured sheet to the side and fitted the BMW electric seat switch, this frees up a few inches and makes everything much easier. The MGB seats are mounted to the original Z£ electric seat bases.
The steering column uses the existing BMW column, this again makes the build much easier.
The door cards are still to be fitted as my windows are a "bit sticky" and need adjusting.
The heater controls are the original BMW controls mounted behind the front bulkhead. I do have some alloy MGF knobs that will be fitted later that look much better than the plastic ones.
It is all quite straight forward but I have found that the interior takes longer than the bodywork.
I have a friend who has sown all the black vinyl together for me and I have just used some scrim foam and spray glue to fit it. It could be better but then again it hasn't cost £5k to do.
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