I am getting ready to by my interior kit and need some advise. I have a 67 FB vert. I will be installing a standard interior and all I have right now is two front seats that need recovering and a rear fold down seat that needs the same. I am not sure I want to keep the fold down part, not sure on that one. I don't have any door panels or rear panels. So where is a good place to get to look other than CI. I can see what theirs is but I need more info. Has anybody on here used one of CI kits. I guess what I am looking for is what should I be looking for and what to look out for. Like who not to buy from because of ??? or make sure I get ??? I am looking for red standard interior. Thanks EB
My advice is to switch to black. Unless you get everything from the same vendor, the color's won't match. Even from the same vendor, they may not match. Black is always relative safe. The rear side panels are not reproduced (last I knew), but the rest of it is easily obtained from the various parts houses.
Good advise on the one vender thing. I am committed to red on this one so I will have to live with what is out there. What panel are you talking about that is not reproduced? Are you talking about the arm rest or the flat panel that goes above that one. Do they make the covering for that panel because how hard could it be to make the backing?
You know, that folding seat could probably fund your new interior. Or you might be able to do a trade. I bought the interior kit from CI and am very happy with it. Ames also sells a quality interior kit.
Go with whatever color you choose or require because just about everything you buy will be "Black: Paint to match."
If you want to split hairs, it's a totally different chassis between the w/w/o fold down seat. You can rig it to get a fairly decent fit, but nothing like the chassis designed for the fold down.
I won't bother explaining what it takes to make the conversion because you are going to have to find salvage parts and weld them on your car. Now that Terry is dead, all I can say is good f/ing luck finding someone who knows about these cars rather than talking about these cars.
If it were me, I would keep the fold down even if I didn't like it because it looks fine when locked in place. Just keep in mind that swapping from one to the other isn't simply a set-in-place installation.
Had a little setback this weekend when I took my folding seat back apart and the springs are toast! I am looking around for a supplier for a foam replacement in place of the springs. I decided to keep the fold down seat because of the retro-fitting. I will look at Ames tonight. I am more worried about matching vinyl paint on plastic parts with the seat cover color. The dash I can always get paint mixed but I was not sure that they mix paint for kick panels and parts like that.
you can get the right color for your interior just have one part to color match it. find a part with the right red. the interior dyes are great and stay on if you prep it correctly. i would buy everything except the dash pad and the pillars no one can make them that i found good enough. you can have the orig restored. in restoring mine i found that you will have to get a mold release agent to clean the parts for dye this will save you alot of greif in the future. essentually the dye is a base color with a additive to help promotion. some new parts are black and will take dyes great without peeling if done right. i went with the original color and no regrets since and no peeling also.
in restoring mine i found that you will have to get a mold release agent to clean the parts for dye this will save you alot of greif in the future.
Mold release? I have made fiberglass molds and the mold release I used would make it impossible for anything to stick to it. Could you give me a little more info on that, like what mold release did you use?
Smokediver, Thank you for the help this evening on the phone. It was the kind of info I was looking for. EB
i went with O.E.R products and some of the plastic parts will not take dyes at all especially the trim for the head liner and seat trims. they have a coating on them that prevents them from doing so. you have to get a solution that will clean them from the paint store.. make sure you clean them atl east two times that junk will not come off easily. i wasted a quart of base color on this discovery. i was so frustrated on this that i gave up on some and used them in black color but now that this stuff came along i will have to redo a few small parts. it works fine. the name escapes me but the paint shop should know what it is.
Can someone tell me the difference in pre-assembled and Non-assembled door panels. On a 67, other than the stainless steel and Firebird emblem, what is there to assemble. I know on my 68 Camaro the door panel wrapped up over the top of the door so I had to assemble that. But the 67 pushes up under the ss trim piece. Thanks