Leather highlights interior

[posix]

I’m in the talks with my upholstery guy and would like to get some feedback from the forum.

I haven’t decided in the interior color yet but I’m working it any of you decided to add extra leather highlights in the interior. Like matching the shift boot or center console, steering wheel, etc etc.

Thanks!

 

[dave v. in nc]

It is certainly your car...do what you like, being different is sometimes a brilliant light bulb moment, sometimes its just "different". I have seen matching of even the dash, etc..but my recommendation is KISS...I think the contrast was then, and is now expected, soothing, and proper; matchy-matchy is too disco polyester pant-suit for me. Just my .02 cents.

 

[HB Chris]

If you want to maintain value keep it original, you never know if someone else’s tastes will be the same as yours.

 

[posix]

haha well that seems to settle it pretty quickly. I'm going to keep everything close to original in the inside.

the console sides are wrapped in vinyl?

and the dash is not wrapped right?

 

[HB Chris]

Consoles used a very thin type of vinyl which is not available but regular vinyl is used to recover them. Dashes can be recovered or sent to Just Dashes for repair and covering. Same as your former 2002 dash.

 

[posix]

Consoles used a very thin type of vinyl which is not available but regular vinyl is used to recover them. Dashes can be recovered or sent to Just Dashes for repair and covering. Same as your former 2002 dash.

got it! for my 2002, i couldn't find the super think vinyl, so it was painted and the texture was made with paint haha.

 

[Markos]

Shift boot and steering wheel are easy to revert. Consoles aren’t difficult to replace either. So do what you like. With that said, you aren’t allowed to use accent piping on the seats. (seriously though don’t do it!).

 

[dave v. in nc]

Unless its RHD...

 

[adawil2002]

Here are 20 interiors for comparison.

 

[Michael Kaye]

Here are 20 interiors for comparison.

And to make it 21 and to complete the set with a RHD interior…

 

[Stan]

Mine is the one with the hula girl and red interior with matching boot. Never regretted it.

 

[TravL350]

Bobby - get a shift boot from Dan Koutrov (csilcoupe at msn dot com). Close to original for $85:

 

[TravL350]

Correction: *you can* get a shift boot...
You should do whatever you like

Bobby - get a shift boot from Dan Koutrov (csilcoupe at msn dot com). Close to original for $85:
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[Drew Gregg]

There is always someone who wraps their steering wheel with that used to be $6 vinyl thing sold at Pep-Boys. Why????

 

[JFENG]

There is always someone who wraps their steering wheel with that used to be $6 vinyl thing sold at Pep-Boys. Why????

Some older guys who have a bit of carpal tunnel find a fat soft steering wheel wrap helps on long drives. I’m not one of those guys... I use a good pair of driving gloves which provide excellent grip with low finger pressure and good tactile feedback

 

[tferrer]

@adawil2002 - Thanks for that comprehensive post! As I look through those pics, one thing is confirmed (for me, to each his/her own), nothing beats the look of the factory walnut veneer, restored to factory specs. I totally get the inclination to use exotic woods, but IMHO, this is one area where less is more. The color and grain are just perfect for the period.

A question: I saw on @Keshav car and one of the cars in this group (13th pic down; dk brown interior), a dead pedal. They look the same. Is/was this a factory item?

 

[HB Chris]

Black ones were sold by Alpina I believe.

 

[adawil2002]

@adawil2002 - Thanks for that comprehensive post! As I look through those pics, one thing is confirmed (for me, to each his/her own), nothing beats the look of the factory walnut veneer, restored to factory specs. I totally get the inclination to use exotic woods, but IMHO, this is one area where less is more. The color and grain are just perfect for the period.

A question: I saw on @Keshav car and one of the cars in this group (13th pic down; dk brown interior), a dead pedal. They look the same. Is/was this a factory item?

That is Chuck Moss's CS he's @iconoclast6 here, it's not a factory option.

 

[Drew Gregg]

Some older guys who have a bit of carpal tunnel find a fat soft steering wheel wrap helps on long drives. I’m not one of those guys... I use a good pair of driving gloves which provide excellent grip with low finger pressure and good tactile feedback

I'm one of those older guys at 74. I use leather driving gloves on my vintage skinny wood steering wheel on my CS. But I have been a fan of the classy looking leather wheelskins on my other vehicles. They would add thickness to the BMW OEM steering wheels and look a thousand times better than the spiral vinyl covers. Here's the link and a pic of the wheel in my 1996 Ford Explorer. https://wheelskins.com/ I have the one in the box available if anyone wants a black/charcoal gray one for an OEM wheel.