A little project i worked on over the weekend

[LDetter]

Well i decided to do a little work to the interior for a change. I know its not going to be for everyone but I think it turned out pretty good for a first time attempt, and I'm happy with it. Let me know what you think.

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[.Mad Hatter.]

do you have a bit of a write up on how you went about overlaying the fabric? im not a huge fan of your choice of colors...but i like the premise.

[LDetter]

I followed the DIY on audiworld for making the trim pieces brushed aluminum as far as getting them off. Then I cleaned the trim pieces with some wax and grease remover. Cut the fabric to fit the piece, and then spray the trim piece on both sides and the fabric on the one side with headliner spray adhesive. Then just lay it on and fold it over the edges. Realy wasnt that hard, longest part was getting the dash pieces out.

[98a4]

Looks like my old A4.

[LDetter]

Yeah it does, I never seen the inside of yours before, looks good. I thought about doing the middle piece in the consel. How did you go about doing the armrest?

[BONFIRE074]

looks very...italian lol but good job

[A4 Effort]

Looks like my old A4.

I like the premise as well, and i was actually going to suggest more of a plaid-style fabric as in this pic.

I like it in a queer, unique, sort of way - good job!

[Euro-Tuner]

can you link up the AW DIY?

[Euro-Tuner]

NM..is this the one you used?

http://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/2798812.phtml

[LDetter]

Nope, it was this one.
http://www.audiworld.com/tech/int.html
For some reason it just links you to the main page. Scroll down and the title of the one i used is
"Create Brushed Aluminum Trim from your Existing Aluminum Trim Pieces"

[JumboBlack1.8]

Awesome....didn´t even know that writeup existed....I´ll definitely be doing this when I get home, then wrapping my shifter surround in carbon fiber

[generik777]

I think it looks pretty good, Personally I would have had the plaid at more of an angle. But very nice job.

[GraysonF]

i like it. very euro, not my choice of fabrics, but overall the results look great.

[Silverstreak98]

i like it. very euro, not my choice of fabrics, but overall the results look great.

x2 I may have gone with a different fabric but it actually looks like you did a very nice job.

Definitely unique..props!

[LDetter]

Thanks for all the comments guys. These are just some crappy cell phone pics i snapped quick. I think if you saw the whole car you might like the fabric choice a little more, I know its probably kind of hard to get a overall feel for it. The cars cactus green and it has accents of red from the tailights, brake calipers, europlate, as well as the red interior lights and the red audi emblem on the steering wheel.

[turboquattro]

where did you find the fabric at?

[LDetter]

At a local fabric shop.

[LDetter]

Had a little more time to work on this and I recoverd some more pieces. This is how it looks now.

[ILoveT]

Christmas time already?

[bassed]

I like the premise not, the choice of fabric.

[Matt@JHM]

Not my cup 'o tea lad. But looks like good workmanship

[audiluxary]

Wow, that is little over kill. Now that you can see the color of thecar it kind of matches it nicely, but that would make me sick while I was driving, it looks like it would be very distracting. I f I where to do this I would use a solid color and not cover everything, that is way too much coloring going on in their. Nice work though.

[VTAudiA4]

I dig the shift boot. Good craftsmanship.

[LDetter]

Thanks for the compliments. Its not realy that distracting while driving, it did take a little to get used to though. I think im pretty much done with it now becuase i dont want to go to overboard. The only thing that might get done yet is the armrest but im going to hold off on that for now.