Cabrio rescue unit. (mtechII inside)

[RwMystery]

Amazing looking.. It's so pristine. You've livened it up a lot!

[metalsoul]

Thanks, I do, but I was so attracted to the beautiful paint and 75k original miles, that I feel like I over paid for it based on what it still needs, and what I keep adding to the list...but hey, at least I won't get bored!

[N2MYE30]

Really looks awesome bro...made me wish I woulda just bought it off ya!

Thanks! You got yourself a fine cabrio though. Keep it up.

[metalsoul]

Really looks awesome bro...made me wish I woulda just bought it off ya!

[jefffribourg]

you saved this car. looks so nice now=]

[M42Technik]

*golf clap*

[VicSkimmr]

muchas gracias

[N2MYE30]

Thanks guys. I got the seats of ebay from a place called leatherseats.com

[Schwarz325]

Awesome looking vert! where did you find the leather covers?

[VicSkimmr]

Looks mint! Where did you get the leather kit from? That looks nice.

[N2MYE30]

Update time!

So, where were we….ah yes, the interior! The back seats were easy enough but the front seats took a bit more work. There are 7 pieces of leather for each seat and they need to be totally disassembled. Once apart, I took a wire brush to the rails and painted them, greased the mechanics, and cleaned the backs. The back was messed up by one of the PO next to the latch. I may try to find another one. I took my time with the first on (passenger) and this is the result…




Outside pix for comparo.




Since I now knew what I was getting into, I can organize all the tools I needed for the drivers seat. This was much easier


I got a new bolster from a fellow r3v’er to replace the chewed up one. Easy fix.



Once my finger tips stopped aching from pulling leathers, I moved to other parts that need attention. Since the carpet looked shot before cleaning, I had it set in my mind that I wanted it to be black. This will make the seats stand out. But after a good cleaning the carpet looked pretty good. But I still went with black.
Before…

After 3 cans. In the end, was into a 5 can so its actually darker than these pix.


Speaker covers were next



And cleaned these nasty things.


With all the interior bits done it was time for install!
All of this…

Into this…


In three hours gives me this…






Total time for redoing the seats was ~18hours. I think it came out good. Until next time,




Cheers!

[OOMPH!]

Holy shit balls this is turning out hot! Keep up the good work bro!

[325ix]

Looks very nice. However, I like your glacier better.

[whysimon]

there's a guy selling a dash cover on Nashville craigslist for $100 I think.

[sohc12vm20]

Very Nice, Great job bro!