Anyone ever dye interior parts, mainly seats?

[Killercanary]

I want to add a set of race seats to my car, and I'm about to purchase a set of Sparco Torinos. The problem is that I can't delete my rear seat (my daughter rides in the car with me sometimes) and its leather and the Sparco seats are cloth. I've priced out the sparco material and called a few upholstery shops to see how much it'd cost to have a 'vert seat recovered. I about fell over with the quotes I got, with me supplying the seats and material I've been quoted between $250-$500! I got to thinking I may just find a cloth 'vert seat and dye it black. I found a tan 'vert seat for $50 and I am thinking about buying it and dying it black. Has anyone ever done this, or know anyone that has? Has anyone done it to a tan seat? How did it come out and what did you use?

 

[Pokageek]

Yep. I did. Looks pretty good too. I use http://www.worlduph.com/

p.s. did you get my pm? thanks.

 

[fawcett]

Paul, I have the Torino 2's with the 4pt harnesses. I also have the same hood as you. Looks like we have similar taste. Very cool!

I painted my air bags but thats as far as I have gone with interior design.
There is that Dupli-color ad on tv where the guy paints his red civic si's seats (among other things). How old is your daughter? Will she be riding back there for much longer?

 

[Pokageek]

Dead thread?

 

[Killercanary]

Dead thread?

Huh?


Thanks for the info guys. I checked out that link but I'm not sure that it is for use on fabric as I only saw it recommended for leather and vinyl. BTW- I did get your PM but I've been extremely busy lately and haven't had much time to spend on here.

My daughter just turned 2 last week, so she'll be in the car seat for a while yet. I may do a rear seat delete now and use the center two seatbelt attachment points to anchor the "latch" mechanism to. I ripped the roll bar and rear seat out yesterday and started to fab up a rear seat delete. I may still look into getting the duplicolor stuff for a fabric rear seat I may pick up tomorrow.

 

[Pokageek]

Huh?


Thanks for the info guys. I checked out that link but I'm not sure that it is for use on fabric as I only saw it recommended for leather and vinyl. BTW- I did get your PM but I've been extremely busy lately and haven't had much time to spend on here.

My daughter just turned 2 last week, so she'll be in the car seat for a while yet. I may do a rear seat delete now and use the center two seatbelt attachment points to anchor the "latch" mechanism to. I ripped the roll bar and rear seat out yesterday and started to fab up a rear seat delete. I may still look into getting the duplicolor stuff for a fabric rear seat I may pick up tomorrow.

Just joking. O I missed the cloth part. Yep, I did my own rear seat delete out of very thin and lightweight board from home dePOT and bought matching vynl to the leather from jo-ann fabrics. Cost me..$20 at the time.