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08-31-2012, 03:11 PM | #1 |
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Alcantara DIY Interior | Installation and time-lapse | 2011 WRX/STI
After a couple months of slowly working on my interior, I've decided to compile all of the installation images and time-lapse videos together into this thread.
The interior is part of my build thread found (HERE) if you have any questions please feel free to head over there and ask! Since I sell the material, I had plenty on hand. If your interested in trying yourself you can get your material here: Overland Designs. Here are some of the completed shots. All of the work was done in my home in Maine with simple tools. For the pieces with tough corners I used a Jiffy steamer. The glue used was DAP Weldwood HHR Contact Cement. It was all brushed on except for some early pieces where I used 3M #90 spray glue or equiv. Here is the time lapse installation of the Alcantara on the top dash. Here is the time lapse of the removal of the dash. Installing the Alcantara on the ATI Dash Pod Cluster Hood Install Shift Boot surround Cup holder section ***
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A-Pillars Dash side panels Drivers side vent Passenger side vent Door handle surround *** |
08-31-2012, 03:11 PM | #3 |
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Top of the door cards Under dash, glove box Bare dash Airbag Another Airbag.. All back together! Last edited by Overland04; 09-02-2012 at 01:40 PM. |
08-31-2012, 03:15 PM | #4 |
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Total time invested to completion?
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08-31-2012, 03:18 PM | #5 |
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This is unbelievable! Great work... I remember seeing your separate write up for the dash gauge pod and was wondering to myself if you would ever post a separate all in one of your interior. The two tone of grey and black works perfectly.
That is one luxurious looking WRX I noticed your total tally sheet in your build thread, don't see many guys do that. I apprecieate it as I think your car looks great. So total raw material was $321 from JPM? Thats not bad at all. Last edited by JSchell1309; 08-31-2012 at 03:25 PM. |
08-31-2012, 03:19 PM | #6 |
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It's a tough call because it was stretched over a couple months but If I had to do it in one shot I would give it 30 hours with taking everything apart, installing the Alcantara then re-installing everything.
The total yardage was: 1yd of Steel Gray 2yds of Black |
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Wow.
At first I looked at it and said "ok, where's the Alcantara" then I saw the rest of the pics, seemless almost OE appearance. Great job. |
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Holy moly! That looks awesome, man! I'm curious about a ceratain technique... when you wrap pieces like the cupholder assy how do you make that transition between the unwrapped section and the alcantra? Glue it down and then trim with an extremely sharp instrument?
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Yeah, the material for all of that was three yards @ $99/yd plus glue and brushes. Just a lot of time and patience learning the material. |
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Simply stunning.
I wish you were closer so you would do mine/help me do mine. |
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Great work man it looks amazing! I've been thinking about trying this myself since im nowhere near JPM and you just gave me the inspiration to do it. I wasnt sure if it could be done well by someone that has never done interiors.
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08-31-2012, 04:01 PM | #14 |
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Thanks!! It's doable and really fun to see it all come together at the end. You just have to be confident and start with smaller, flatter pieces to learn how the material reacts to certain curves. Once you know it's limitations you can see how to lay the material out so you'll be able to cover every piece without having bulging creases everywhere.
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Hot damn....you ever down in NY?
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Man you have skills! Your interior looks fantastic.
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haha well that makes a huge difference. Thanks for the help Im sure ill be asking some questions once I start to tackle this projects. |
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Looking forward to it, good luck!!
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If you're still in the vehicle upholstery business.....I'll definitely hit you up when I get more funds to spend on this car. Has been meaning to do this for a while now (so far I have the brake boot, shifter boot, gauge cover, and arm rest covered in alcantara, just need to do the rest. For the time being I settled for wrapping the center "swoosh" trip in 1080 CF, but I definitely want to do alcantara/microsuede eventually. Idea is to turn an econobox with a turbo stuck on into a luxury hatch.
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