New interior in the car!

Posted On: November 1, 2010 Posted by: admin

The interior is pretty much finished now, I have 99% of the interior parts inside the merc now. All that needs to be finished in the interior now is gauges for tacho / speedo, wiring for the new fusebox, central locking and alarm - then all the small bits and pieces like window winders etc need a polish and to be put back in..

After the previous interior guy having all the seats and door trims for close to 2 years, I grabbed them off him to find that they had not done anything aside from gather dust in that time. I dropped them off to a local bloke (Jeff’s Interiors - 0425 625 146) who had everything finished in a couple of weeks. I definitely recommend using Jeff - the finish and fit of the interior is fantastic and he is an absolute perfectionist.

A new surround in the console for the B&M shifter was made.

This photo was taken before the shifter had been mounted to the transmission tunnel. It sits quite a bit higher than that now as you’ll be able to see in the gallery below.

The finished console - Jeff covered it with the same black vinyl that was used on the rest of the interior and it looks like it should have always been there now.

If you’re anything like me, everytime I take off a doorskin, the plastic covering up the access holes goes directly in the bin along with a few choice words aimed at the *idiots* putting all that shit in my way. Turns out that there is a reason for this plastic under the door skins. Some times water gets inside your door and if the plastic isn’t there then the backs of your door trims get wet then mouldy, stink the car out and basically fall apart.

As i’ve said a few times before, I wanted to keep the interior as stock looking as possible. So the standard seats and door trims were retrimmed in black marine vinyl with a thatched look insert on the seats and door trims. I’m really happy with how the interior has turned out and can’t wait to get the rest of the car finished now! The black interior on the white paint is just what I was looking to achieve.

Rear drivers side door trim almost 100% finished - it only needs the arm rest and she’s ready to go.

Note the pile of wires in the passenger foot well. The fusebox was located in the engine bay and in an effort to clean it up, it’s going to be relocated to under the glovebox.

Now the seats, steering wheel and shifter are in, it’s time for some serious garage cruising. Infact i’m going to go do me some drink drive garage cruising right now!

Next on the list is to get the steering sorted and finish off the exhaust, which will be a pretty big job!

Big thanks to Jeff (Jeff’s Interiors - 0425 625 146) for getting the interior finished so quick and for the quality workmanship!

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