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Dyeing Black interior seats to Saddle brown colour. Finished and it has been fitted in the car. .

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Great thread - i have used basic versions of these kits or similar to refurb bolsters (in the same colour) but never done a dark to light. However, there are many cars i have walked away from, because they had an all black interior, when i would have liked a bit of colour - So this process is very interesting to me.

Going by the bolsters i have done (heavy wear areas) using the foam sponge (not used an airbrush) i can confirm that the longevity of these coloring kits is very good!!

May i ask - All in. Including all the extra canisters and other sundries, how much did you spend on materials?

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Richard.

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Great thread - i have used basic versions of these kits or similar to refurb bolsters (in the same colour) but never done a dark to light. However, there are many cars i have walked away from, because they had an all black interior, when i would have liked a bit of colour - So this process is very interesting to me.

Going by the bolsters i have done (heavy wear areas) using the foam sponge (not used an airbrush) i can confirm that the longevity of these coloring kits is very good!!

May i ask - All in. Including all the extra canisters and other sundries, how much did you spend on materials?

Thanks,

Richard.

I think I spent around £150 in total (a fair bit of that was on the compressed air cans).

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Looks good Sive. Not sure it's a colour I'd choose, but better than black! Depending on your uni choice, will I be seeing it around any time soon?

The red ones look stunning too. I had red leather in my RX-8 and wasn't a huge fan (maybe as the car was mica red?), but it works well on the e46's!

Still prefer my alcantara mind ;)

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Looks spot on mate! I bet your well happy with the outcome! I want to do just my door cars putter sections in black but fair play mate! This looks awesome!

Cheers mate. Yeaqh i am. My mum sat in the car the first time. She was like it makes a massive difference. Funny bit is my mum is short, so when she sits on the sports seats , she cant see over the dash lol. hahah

Have aago at it mate, just make sure you separate the leather from the doorcards. You will end up drilling or using a chisel too take the plastics tabs which hold the leather. to fix it get some screws and washers from homebase. I got the 3.5 mm X 19 mm screws . Easy to do mate.

Great thread - i have used basic versions of these kits or similar to refurb bolsters (in the same colour) but never done a dark to light. However, there are many cars i have walked away from, because they had an all black interior, when i would have liked a bit of colour - So this process is very interesting to me.

Going by the bolsters i have done (heavy wear areas) using the foam sponge (not used an airbrush) i can confirm that the longevity of these coloring kits is very good!!

May i ask - All in. Including all the extra canisters and other sundries, how much did you spend on materials?

Thanks,

Richard.

Thanks mate, Need to get some of the fillers to sort out some of damage done before. Gonna redo the front seats as they are really bad. Taking my time. But happy with the finish tho.

After doing this , if i see my next car with a different interior . most probably will change it. Defo gonna do this again.

Thanks cool mate, i must have spent like 120-130 quid with all the canisters etc. But next time i will be buying a compressor as it makes it easier. few of my mates have asked me to do there leather interior. :)

Hope that helps mate.

Looks good Sive. Not sure it's a colour I'd choose, but better than black! Depending on your uni choice, will I be seeing it around any time soon?

The red ones look stunning too. I had red leather in my RX-8 and wasn't a huge fan (maybe as the car was mica red?), but it works well on the e46's!

Still prefer my alcantara mind ;)

Thanks bruv. Its cool, everyone has there own different taste. So its minor. Not a fan of black unless if its in a yellow car . Might be popping down to the area, but sadly didnt get into oxford brooks. Applied a few other places tho.

Are you going to the Player event in september. Come down for that.

Red was one of my choices , but its done to many times with the grey cars thats why.

Was looking at one of mates alcantara interior looks nice. :thumbsup:

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Afternoon chaps, just got back from my hols yesterday so not been on here for a while but very impressed to see the progress made and the final result which looks just awesome from the pics. Well done to you both.

Sive, your parents must be looking forward to the day you move out and get your own place LOL you'll definitely need a garage!

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Afternoon chaps, just got back from my hols yesterday so not been on here for a while but very impressed to see the progress made and the final result which looks just awesome from the pics. Well done to you both.

Sive, your parents must be looking forward to the day you move out and get your own place LOL you'll definitely need a garage!

Thanks mate, hope you had a good holiday.

Lol.trust me mate i had a good telling off, for the old seats etc. Need to sort out a storage place soon.

Let me know when u need help , when it comes to do yours. :thumbsup:

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Cheers mate, that's very generous of you, much appreciated :) Need to sort a few little bits out first then take a view on whether I keep her or look for something new. I think it will be the former as I've 'invested' far too much money and time getting it to this stage only to lose what I've spent...

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Cheers mate, that's very generous of you, much appreciated :) Need to sort a few little bits out first then take a view on whether I keep her or look for something new. I think it will be the former as I've 'invested' far too much money and time getting it to this stage only to lose what I've spent...

No probs mate. like what i said at that meet. Let me know. Keep here tho, if you get another one, you will end biting the mod bug again.

Sad news today interior is on ebay now. Its gonna be taken out of the on the 16th. After one of the car events. Still not sure which one i am going too. lol

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Teej I have an idea! I will swap you my black leather interior for your M3 interior. That way you can have a go at dyeing it to what ever colour you please without the stress and worry of ruining the M3 leather, which will be nice and safe in my car. Sweeeet :thumbsup:

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OMG SIVE how the hell is this the same interior that came out of my car? wow im now thinking my M3 interior would look amazing in this ! you my son have talent!!!!

Thanks bro. Yeah i know its is shocking. Sadly for sale now. tho. It not hard mate. let me know if you need any help.

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Just a heads up to anyone who wants to do this . . do the sponge coats until its near enough perfect colour & only use the airbrush when you need to remove the sponge marks. The airbrush uses much more paint & 10x as quick as the sponge does. I bought the XL kit for £105 & its covered 2 interiors (i should have some left over too) Sponge for colour / airbrush for perfect finish! :thumbsup:

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hey lads been busy thanks for the comments.

Jaseapphy. saw your thread liked it bro, i makes the car look so much better.

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Damn, that is gorgeous. I've always loved Saddle Brown and it's one of my favourite interior colours. Tempted to try this now...

Thanks bro. I saw this interior in a e92 and then also saw DJ Syxx interior which is cinnamon. I was like damn i want that in my car. It makes the car look so much different tho now.

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