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Cool interior options......
just looking at my interior its a little plain so i stopped by my local custom (uniqueautosalon.com ) shop and talked to the guy for a little bit and he can do any thing custom i want. What would look good? Its a white car with black interior and burl wood. was thinking suede inserts with diamond stitching? give me some ideas thanks
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just looking at my interior its a little plain so i stopped by my local custom (uniqueautosalon.com ) shop and talked to the guy for a little bit and he can do any thing custom i want. What would look good? Its a white car with black interior and burl wood. was thinking suede inserts with diamond stitching? give me some ideas thanks
I changed the door pins to carbon fiber. The steering wheel was changed to a performance version and the steering wheel emblem was changed.
I have pics if you want to see them...
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I did piano black wood but maybe a black ash wood or even carbon fiber treatment would work. I also did full alcantara headliner, A/B/C pillar, roof handles, and rear deck. The stitching was top notch. I had all roof trim dyed black (all overhead lighting enclosures).
I changed the door pins to carbon fiber. The steering wheel was changed to a performance version and the steering wheel emblem was changed.
I have pics if you want to see them...
I changed the door pins to carbon fiber. The steering wheel was changed to a performance version and the steering wheel emblem was changed.
I have pics if you want to see them...
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AMGfan so thats still wood? Is it wood painted? How would white suede inserts look? or black suede with white diamond stitching then the same on the doors. What ever I do to the seats i would do the same to the door panels. Just so many options i cant decided lol
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Whatever you do...based on my experience expect a big bill for upholstery. I'd guess for a full interior...headliner, seats, and doors you are looking close to $12-15K...depending on material and the amount of stitching you want.
Personally, I'd stick with black interior with black alcantara diamond stitching inserts in the doors and seats. You need to reskin the whole seat to get the diamond stitching in and for it to look good...
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I know the guy who owns the the place i posted I have known him since he was just a foreman at a custom shop now he owns his own shop and buys ferrari , lambos , SLR's , MB's Bentleys etc. decks them out and sells them he does amazing work. Look at my photo gallery he did my whole escalade. He will do suede inserts with diamond stitching for me for 600 for the four seats. he walked me around and showed me a CLS and two Bentleys he did it was very nice looking
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I went with a double diamond stitching and black alcantara. I would recommend going with authentic alcantara, I have used ultra suede in the past and found that it discolored and faded very easily. It does cost more, but it is well worth it. Here is a link a recent feature,http://www.tunerzine.com/view_articl...tion-cls55-amg
Here are some pics for reference.
Here are some pics for reference.
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I went with a double diamond stitching and black alcantara. I would recommend going with authentic alcantara, I have used ultra suede in the past and found that it discolored and faded very easily. It does cost more, but it is well worth it. Here is a link a recent feature,http://www.tunerzine.com/view_articl...tion-cls55-amg
Here are some pics for reference.
Here are some pics for reference.
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I think silver carbon fiber would look great with your car's color combo. Unless you are getting the seats recovered and can use contrasting stiching there, the diamond white stiching on door panel inserts wouldn't really work, IMO.
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I was quite convinced of making the carbon interior in my CLS
... forgetting about the PIANO BLACK option
I like
I already have the exterior carbon option but now, I'm confused
can you post a full size pic of the dashboard
ps: I see you din't go for PROTETTORE instead of Protezione
.. not convinced of the double sense ?
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It pry wont be until about September until I do the interior work I have opted to lower the car and paint roof , tail lights , turn signals and door handles right now then interior.
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I went with a double diamond stitching and black alcantara. I would recommend going with authentic alcantara, I have used ultra suede in the past and found that it discolored and faded very easily. It does cost more, but it is well worth it. Here is a link a recent feature,http://www.tunerzine.com/view_articl...tion-cls55-amg
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just looking at my interior its a little plain so i stopped by my local custom (uniqueautosalon.com ) shop and talked to the guy for a little bit and he can do any thing custom i want. What would look good? Its a white car with black interior and burl wood. was thinking suede inserts with diamond stitching? give me some ideas thanks
in principle, I love Diamond stitching but mostly in leather,
I feel suede-like would be less "sporty"
.. in any case, it gives a really comfort feeling
further, I would go for single stitching and make double, so called french stitching, only on some details only
.. see this (Vision concept) and focus to the seats design
ps: IMHO, no need of contrasting stitching ... or it will result too elaborated
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Very nice... my other fun car has a charcoal alcantara headliner with all the hardware dyed black as well. I'll never understand why automakers put gray headliners in everything!
That diamond stitching looks sick... if I were to go that route, I'd do a darker black or charcoal stitching so it was a bit more conservative looking, and fitting of the car.
Oh, and I think brushed aluminum interior trim would look NICE... too bad it would be so insanely difficult to do...
That diamond stitching looks sick... if I were to go that route, I'd do a darker black or charcoal stitching so it was a bit more conservative looking, and fitting of the car.
Oh, and I think brushed aluminum interior trim would look NICE... too bad it would be so insanely difficult to do...
