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The moldings pretty solid, it does take a bit to get used to I found as the stock wheel is normally pretty soft. I like it though, once you start doing some spirited driving it comes into its own, as the back is molded for your fingers as well.
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{USERNAME} wrote: better start taking orders -tthey are awsome  yeh some money could be made from the door trims and such! |
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Started playing with one of the spare door trims today. Bought some marine upholstery vinyl, I couldn't justify buying a whole hide of white leather just to do the door trims, the seats will be in black leather.
Fairmont door trim  My first attempt at automotive trimming, got the stitching down pat, but need to get some proper thread, just playing with standard sewing cotton for this attempt. Only one side has been sewn at this stage, as I think I need to modify the pattern slightly to make sure the seam lines up along the side of the armreat. then I can pull it taught and glue the overhang in the back of the armrest.  Sitting in place to see what it will look like, you have to imagine it all sewn and no creases, also imagine that there is some black carpet on the map pocket front.  I think it will look good once finished. |
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: Chased up your build thread mate. Nice attention to detail! I could do with the use of a mill and lathe sometimes... Wish I had the time to get things polished up. Will be following thread with interest. Not many done up interiors these days. How you going about the interior? Same sort of approach as me? I can put you in touch with a cheap motor trimmer if you're interested. Hey MoNGoose, plans for the interior: Vinyl dye on the soft dash parts and top part of doors, plastic paint on all hard plastic mouldings, new carpet, retrim roof lining. Door trims, as in the picture middle stripe will be trimmed in white leather (if I can get some offcuts, don't want to have to buy a full hide of white) otherwise may need to cheat with some leather look white vinyl (eeek), armrest to be trimmed in black leather with white stitching on the edges, seats I'm not sure on yet, I like the look of the EF seats at the top, but might see if I can make the headrests in to the ones with the open centre section, planning on getting an old seat from the wreckers and see if I can put bigger side and seat bolsters in with some seating foam, then retrim in black leather and white stitching same as the console lid. I have done some furniture upholstery (with stitching) before that turned out quite good, so am planning on having a go at it myself. I have been thinking about this steering wheel, I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but with the alloy door and dash spears it might work. Plus they are only $250 new, a nice second hand EL GT wheel is half the cost of the ECU I want.  I have that wheel on both our cars for a couple of years now and they are very nice to drive with, thicker than the E series Momo XR wheel, more like a BA thickness. Worth the money. |
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We have the same wheel on the XR8.
Only fault I can find with it is I personally dont like the alloy inserts. But otherwise it is cool.
_________________ {USERNAME} wrote: More people paid for a ride in a VT commodore then an AU Falcon so the VT is superior.
Based on that fact my Mum is the best around! |
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Age: 32 Posts: 284 Joined: 27th Sep 2009 Ride: 1995 EF Ford Fairmont Location: Bundaberg, QLD |
{USERNAME} wrote: Started playing with one of the spare door trims today. Bought some marine upholstery vinyl, I couldn't justify buying a whole hide of white leather just to do the door trims, the seats will be in black leather. Fairmont door trim My first attempt at automotive trimming, got the stitching down pat, but need to get some proper thread, just playing with standard sewing cotton for this attempt. Only one side has been sewn at this stage, as I think I need to modify the pattern slightly to make sure the seam lines up along the side of the armreat. then I can pull it taught and glue the overhang in the back of the armrest. Sitting in place to see what it will look like, you have to imagine it all sewn and no creases, also imagine that there is some black carpet on the map pocket front. I think it will look good once finished. personally i feel theres a bit to much white around the armrest area try breaking it up a bit. cant think of how you could do that though lol |
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| krisisdog |
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Seems like a few of us have that steering wheel, are they all from AutoTek or Mick Webb SVO? Only difference is the sticker on them, and more than likely the price lol.
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Nice to meet you today mate! Cheers for the little "gift"
I'm thinking I might pop them in my girlfriend's car and use her fake plastic ones for what I wanted to do...
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As for etching FORD (or whatever you like) onto the metal spears with a laser - Why not just mask up the area you don't want a graffic applied to and hit it with a little sand blaster.........
Just an idea. Could cut the negative space out of a vinyl, stick it on, and hit it with some sand. |
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{USERNAME} wrote: As for etching FORD (or whatever you like) onto the metal spears with a laser - Why not just mask up the area you don't want a graffic applied to and hit it with a little sand blaster......... Just an idea. Could cut the negative space out of a vinyl, stick it on, and hit it with some sand. The printmaking techie at work has made up a paste that will etch aluminum, so might give that a go. |
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Little update for today, hoping for a big update next week, ITB parts should be arriving
 Just bought a 7" TFT touch screen monitor, that is going to get mounted in the centre console where the stereo head unit is. This will be hooked up to a 12 volt mini ITX computer, that will run all media needs, music, video, TV, Radio, internet etc, but the best bit is it can stay continually plugged in to the EMS6860, so I can have it display real time engine data, or logging anytime, tuning touchups anywhere etc, I also want to get a wide band o2 sensor so I can display A/F data as well. Hopefully will arrive Monday   Going to hook it up to one of these 
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nice work with the white armrest, wish i could do stuff like that
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{USERNAME} wrote: nice work with the white armrest, wish i could do stuff like that Ta, it is not all that hard IF you take your time and make proper templates etc. I have changed the design of the door trims a bit, the armrest is now going to be in black leather, to break up the white a bit, also the padded section above the armrest where the door handle is will have black double stitching to mach what will be on the seats. |
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Loving the interior work mate.
Had always thought about going down the carputer route, will watch this with interest. I presume this is a purpose built carputer? How long does it take to boot from when you turn the key (assuming it turns on/off automatically once complete) My main reason I didn't go ahead with the carputer was that most my trips are within 5-10 minutes and it would be pointless waiting 2 minutes for it too fully boot and then another minute to get the music i wanted playing, when my ipod does that within 5 seconds.
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{USERNAME} wrote: Loving the interior work mate. Had always thought about going down the carputer route, will watch this with interest. I presume this is a purpose built carputer? How long does it take to boot from when you turn the key (assuming it turns on/off automatically once complete) My main reason I didn't go ahead with the carputer was that most my trips are within 5-10 minutes and it would be pointless waiting 2 minutes for it too fully boot and then another minute to get the music i wanted playing, when my ipod does that within 5 seconds. The guys playing with these are getting full boot times of around 20 seconds, or from hibernate to music playing in around 15 seconds, a few tweaks in the bios, win.ini, and startup to not turn on certain services and drivers makes a huge difference. |
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