for those that hate your blue seats...
Oct 30, 2008, 12:51 PM
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for those that hate your blue seats...
i decided i was tired of looking at these blackish/irridecent blue seats in the middle of my red, black/grey, and carbon fiber car.
so i spent exactly 5 hours from start to finish, using arosol fabric dye to change that hideous blue into a charcoal grey.
i used two cans of the duplicolor paint/dye which came out to like 15 bucks and used a whole roll of thin blue painters tape and a whole roll of thick blue painters tape and alot of newspaper bs and mailbox adds.
i removed the seats and taped everything off perfectly by pushing the very edge of the tape into the seam where the sued and blue come together.
wheni was done and the seats were dry, i used my heat gun on the surface and then rubbed it all down with a downey sheet to soften it up from the drying process. they will get back to soft on their own, but the downy sheet just speeds up the process... and then your seats smell clean too.
i'll let the pics do the talking. *pics were taken with my Samsung i760 phone..
enjoy and do it your self, its not that difficult.
UPDATE ON DURABILITY AND COMFORT:
i used a Dobe sponge/pad, got it slightly damp, and rubbed the seats with it. it went in a "top of the seat to bottom of the seat" motion. and it pulled off the excess and softened the "roughness" of the seats 10 FOLD!
the fabric itselfstill has to loosen up and restretch, but they feel softer on the surface again, and not scratchy. the dobe pad worked fricken GREAT!
MORE PICS ON POST 6
AND
INSTALLED IN CAR PICS ON POST 24
so i spent exactly 5 hours from start to finish, using arosol fabric dye to change that hideous blue into a charcoal grey.
i used two cans of the duplicolor paint/dye which came out to like 15 bucks and used a whole roll of thin blue painters tape and a whole roll of thick blue painters tape and alot of newspaper bs and mailbox adds.
i removed the seats and taped everything off perfectly by pushing the very edge of the tape into the seam where the sued and blue come together.
wheni was done and the seats were dry, i used my heat gun on the surface and then rubbed it all down with a downey sheet to soften it up from the drying process. they will get back to soft on their own, but the downy sheet just speeds up the process... and then your seats smell clean too.
i'll let the pics do the talking. *pics were taken with my Samsung i760 phone..
enjoy and do it your self, its not that difficult.
UPDATE ON DURABILITY AND COMFORT:
i used a Dobe sponge/pad, got it slightly damp, and rubbed the seats with it. it went in a "top of the seat to bottom of the seat" motion. and it pulled off the excess and softened the "roughness" of the seats 10 FOLD!
the fabric itselfstill has to loosen up and restretch, but they feel softer on the surface again, and not scratchy. the dobe pad worked fricken GREAT!
MORE PICS ON POST 6
AND
INSTALLED IN CAR PICS ON POST 24
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Looks good man!
Oct 30, 2008, 01:02 PM
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well its not a "paint" persay. its a aerosol dye with a paint bonding agent that soaks into fabrics. it doesnt rub off and doesnt flake or anything. i did it to my integra i had and it lasted the whole time i had it(2 1/2 yrs).
Oct 30, 2008, 01:06 PM
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yeah i really really liked the look of the 9 seats much better, mostly because of the color. so i said, "why not just change the color of these for less than 30 bucks and enjoy them. they're nice seats afterall."
