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Hey peeps, I’ve owned my 2017 Toyota 86 for 3 months, this had been my dream car for years BUT one thing that never attracted me was the outdated interior. I’m wondering if anyone has seen, done or thought about doing the maybe unthinkable.

My idea is flattening out the dash where the air vent is in the middle BUT creating something to get air out still. I have the halo 9 installed so I’m expecting a look similar to this with the leather and vent area bit flattened https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-rev...oad-test-44643 OR JUST google Mercedes A Class interior from 2016. Extra ideas are possibly getting the centre console on full leather or gloss black similar to the gr supra and a decent armrest because I just have a hole for cups right now.

Please do list other ideas as well!
I want to keep this car for a good time, so keeping it looking more updated would be amazing.

Welcome to the gang, there, KING_X - :clap:

I outta :slap: you (for your own good) for those "updating" ideas, but I won't because you are new - ;)

This Updated Look Should Help:
Circa Spring 2021

Just glue a 20" flatscreen sticking up from the dash and it will be as modern as everything else out there right now.
https://images.fastcompany.net/image...reens-suck.jpg

I actually like the interior but then again, I was a teenager during the 90s cars that we all know and love so I've never minded it (except in american cars where everything looked like bulbous plastics). It's a KISS type approach I can appreciate.

If you're going for minimalism... yeah, a car like the Model 3 has it in spades but it's missing all of the fun that makes the 86 a driving focused car.



The only wacky interior mods I've seen in the 86 have been starry night headliners and alcantara wrapped everything lol. I hope you end up just making what you want!

Kitt it




https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8d/42...48fd212c45.jpg

Now THAT'S awesome!

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A friend in Florida put a lot of money into her 86. My favorite part of the whole car is the top of the door. They pulled the old piece off and wrapped it in leather and added the stitching for a nice, classy look.

Post is from Instagram if you want to see the whole car. I highly recommend it. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...66d73eb18b.jpg


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Damn she classy AF

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That’s awesome. I’m going the other way. I’ve removed everything including the passenger side seat and door card, which will probably get reinstalled. I’m trying to figure how to make it look good without all that unneeded weight added on.

You should go for a Lotus Elise aesthetic.

Nah Lotus Esprit

https://barrettjacksoncdn.azureedge....terior_Web.jpg

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Just wait for the next gen to come out and then do a dash swap...

its practically the same idea.......

You mean the next gen that’s only rumors on what it looks like?


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If you really want to go custom then do what I did with my 2017 Miata. I had to make the carpet myself and then added red leather seats https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9a43ceec19.jpg


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You can get pretty creative with plastic panels. It's all a matter of time and money.

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albu...pss70qkjqg.jpg

Just stickerbomb it.

Paint your dipstick..

WTF!! Too busy.. too many textures, too much grain variation, too much bad taste.. too much excess.. too much trying too hard.. too much retro..

you'd need to start by stripping the plastic dash out and figuring out where the crash structure starts and stops behind it--because i wouldn't modify that on my own car, no matter how much you offered to pay me.

good luck! i haven't seen any custom dashes that don't look like something out of a Handyman magazine.