Any experience with painting center of leather seats???

slayerripkdc

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I am bored with my interior and want the center of my leather seats to match my center console. Any advice. I never painted leather before. Going to check youtube now.

 

fshawn50

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I don't know bro? Little sketchy. How about painting the center console to match the reast of interior trim pieces?
TMI has custom seats that are just the skins. An can match the center sections of the seats to match your center console? I would just be leery to paint or dye the leather first? And be hard to match the silver or grayish color. And fear would wear or rub off overtime on my cloths? Would be sweet to have the front an back seats with the silver centers.

 

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If it were suede inserts you could dye it. If its regular leather any paint will flake off from flexing and sliding around.

 

DRKSD

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Find some seats from a 99 35th anniversary limited edition that already have the silver insert in the middle?

Also, where'd you get that center console at??

 

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Yeeeaaah, painting seats is not going to work.

 

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I'll trade you my ugly parchment and brown interior if you want something new. haha

 

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02grey3.8 said:

Also, where'd you get that center console at??

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Looks like a Roush piece? They have the silver interior trims.

There is someone selling a complete kit in the forsale section.
Cluster trim, radio trim, shifter trim, and for.both doors. switch trims.

 

slayerripkdc

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Im not sure where the previous owner purchased it but I was under the impression it was bullet pieces.

 

DRKSD

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fshawn50 said:

Looks like a Roush piece? They have the silver interior trims.

There is someone selling a complete kit in the forsale section.
Cluster trim, radio trim, shifter trim, and for.both doors. switch trims.

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Ok I give... searched for twenty minutes and am not finding it. Wouldn't happen to have a link?

 

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02grey3.8 said:

Ok I give... searched for twenty minutes and am not finding it. Wouldn't happen to have a link?

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Ok my bad bro. Sorry was on my local "Craigslist" Houston.
http://houston.craigslist.org/pts/2864017338.html
Don't know where your located? Thought I spied it on here. But was on there.

 

slayerripkdc

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I would say your best bet would be to paint it yourself. Its hard to find for some reason...

 

fshawn50

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slayerripkdc said:

I would say your best bet would be to paint it yourself. Its hard to find for some reason...

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Right. This guy wants $150 for the set? Looks like you could.paint your original ones silver an have the same look?

 

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Yeah I painted mine a nice gloss black to just offset it a little bit. The pieces come off very easily

 

DRKSD

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burnthelight88 said:

Yeah I painted mine a nice gloss black to just offset it a little bit. The pieces come off very easily

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How difficult was that project? What sort of paint did you use on the pieces? I've always been pretty leery of painting plastics..

 

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I don't see the seat painting working too well, but here's a pic of my car that may give you some other ideas of reviving your interior. We have basically the same setup, and I feel the subtle touches of billet and white face gauges gives it a nice contrasting look.



Just don't replicate the narrowband air fuel gauge, it's useless Have a wideband now in the same color scheme.

 

DRKSD

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If you're still interested in doing something with your seats, I found this auction today... http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEATS-FRONT...999|Model:Mustang&hash=item20c3b64803&vxp=mtr