My 88 Formula Interior Redesign (Page 44/87)
Sofa King FEB 20, 09:13 PM
UPDATES

What a great day it was today - NICE AND WARM. I was NOT going to let a day like this pass me by. I did A LOT of work. I removed a lot of the interior this afternoon. I've decided to paint the trim flat black. I really like the look. Krylon now offers their "Plastic Spray Paint" in flat black - sweet. I also removed the headliner. I went to the local hobby center yesterday a bought a square yard of black vinyl - 7 bucks! So, I'm going to redo the headliner. I had to reinforce the headliner with a little bit of fiberglass. Tomorrow I'll sand it down so it's nice and smooth and then get the new liner placed. I also laid glass over the door panel. Like the console, I'm just going to wing it! I could think the process to death and never get anywhere - so why not just move forward, right?

When I removed the trim piece that goes around the upper part of the door toward the windshield I broke the two clips that connect to the roof and cracked the piece almost in half. Can anybody tell me how I'm supposed to remove this without breaking it? I still have the passenger side to do and I don't want to mess it up (I'll post this on the Technical Thread as well). I live about 10 miles from the Fiero Factory so I'm going to make a parts run on Monday and get a new part and a few other goodies. I'm also toying with the idea of putting a push button starter in the car. Check this out. I don't have a window defroster. So I'm going to use that slot to install a push button starter using a standard power window button - I'm still thinking the idea but I think it has potential.

Interior trim painted - you can see the difference between the stock color and the black


Both looking nice and painted


Door Panel with Glass


Starting to remove the old headliner


TaDa


With a layer of glass - when I smooth this out and get the vinyl placed it'll make all the difference in the world


A little teaser for ya - can you guys figure out what I'm thinking about doing here?


MUCH more tomorrow. It's "supposed" to be nice again so I'm going to get started early!

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Sofa King FEB 20, 09:47 PM
Just a quick note...

I was really moved by everybody's kindness and generosity helping Tyler get his dream car to become a reality. It says a lot about the human spirit. When Tyler left this world, I was upset. Upon reading the announcement I actually hit my desk and said "No!"... Naturally, what we all feel about Tyler's passing is NOTHING to what the Shipman family must be going through - and all my prayers are with them. When I was outside today enjoying the first beautiful weather of the year, I thought about Tyler. I stopped what I was doing and I thought how friggin unfair and cruel life can sometimes be. I'm going to be 41 in just a few weeks and these past few months have been pretty rough for me personally. But I'm more than twice Tyler's age when he left this world. At nine years old Tyler had lived half his life. That alone helps put things into perspective. At least for me.

I'm not trying to be preachy or gushy or anything like that. Tyler meant a lot to all of us even though a majority of us never knew or even met him. But his fight was our fight. His cause was our cause. That's the human spirit. I guess what I'm trying to say is that no matter how bad things get or you're frustrated because you can't find a part or afford a new paint job, or you had a fight with you wife or girlfriend... think about Tyler and his family. Appreciate the things you have. More importantly, live life to the fullest.

Finally, I have no doubt Tyler is cruisin' in style... and not a single stop sign or traffic light as far as the eye can see...

Thanks
aeffertz FEB 21, 12:59 PM
Hmmm, it's nice out up here for a change, so I'm guessing it's nice wherever you are!
Can't wait for the update.
Sofa King FEB 21, 06:58 PM
UPDATES!

I was able to get most of the headliner finished today. I didn't get as far as would like and I might have to get a new piece of vinyl. The piece of vinyl I purchased was near the very end of the role and has creases that I can get out. Total price for the vinyl and padding was under 10 bucks. I also installed the painted trim pieces but didn't get around to the other side so I have multicolored interior. This is where I am right now...

I sanded the healiner down for about an hour - I actually enjoyed it


Another


This is the vinyl... I thought I could get the creases out


Up close - not good. Can't really get it out


After cleaning the fiberglass I sprayed with adhesive and started laying the padding on the headliner


Nice


Another


Up close


Whoever said laying vinyl is easy was... WRONG. This is not easy at all. But the creases are really bothering me. I may just start over


You can really see the creases - not finished yet


From afar - you can see the work beginning on the door panel


Tomorrow I'm headed to the Fiero Factory to get a few goodies. I'm also going to see if i can find another piece of vinyl. The hobby center I got the vinyl from may not have ordered or received a new shipment so I may have to run around town.

That's it for today.
katatak FEB 21, 10:13 PM
Looking good Greg! I sat in the house all weekend nursing a head cold. Got zero done this weekend.... I feel beaten!

Pat
aeffertz FEB 21, 11:09 PM
I know what you mean about recovering the headliner.

I recently recovered my Grand Am headliner with some leather. It's extremely hard to get every curve and humps without creating wrinkles. I did my headliner in 4 sections, and that worked pretty well. (divided it in half horizontally and vertically)
grkboy707 FEB 22, 06:44 AM
It's looking amazing! What kind of paint did you use to paint the interior panels? Thats on my to-do.
Sofa King FEB 22, 08:31 AM

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Originally posted by katatak:

Looking good Greg! I sat in the house all weekend nursing a head cold. Got zero done this weekend.... I feel beaten!

Pat



Take it easy and get lots of rest. Spring is coming and you know what that means?
Sofa King FEB 22, 08:32 AM

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Originally posted by aeffertz:

I know what you mean about recovering the headliner.

I recently recovered my Grand Am headliner with some leather. It's extremely hard to get every curve and humps without creating wrinkles. I did my headliner in 4 sections, and that worked pretty well. (divided it in half horizontally and vertically)



Post some pics - would love the see it
Sofa King FEB 22, 08:34 AM

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Originally posted by grkboy707:

It's looking amazing! What kind of paint did you use to paint the interior panels? Thats on my to-do.



Krylon now offers their "Plastic Spray Paint" in flat black. Be sure to the clean parts before painting. I used acetone and the results were amazing. The paint laid out perfectly and it looks really nice all installed. Now go forth and paint

http://www.krylon.com/products/fusion_for_plastic/

Flat Black is product #2519

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