Well today, I had a bit of spare time and I couldn't stop myself from getting on with fitting some of the parts I have collected.
First job was to get rid of the cloth interior and fit the alcantara/leather one I had picked up. This started with a very nervous but easy strip down of the interior, all this came out after only 14 bolts. I've only had it 3 days which made this nerve racking. However now I have got this out the way I wont feel so bad pulling other parts off it. I want to try and do the majority of the spanner work on this car myself, its one thing that got me excited about my old R53 MINI as we did all the work. With the clubby I was lazy and got Millsy's to do most of the work for me, which was easier and he did a great job but you dont get that satisfaction that you have achieved something yourself.
First job before touching anything was to disconnect the battery:
Prepping the car ready to pull out the interior by
tweedbean, on Flickr
Disconnect the battery by
tweedbean, on Flickr
Good bye cloth interior:
Cloth Interior by
tweedbean, on Flickr
Out came the interior, I found it easy to just remove the rear side panels to get at the rear bolts on the back seats:
Interior out by
tweedbean, on Flickr
Interior out by
tweedbean, on Flickr
Alcantara vs cloth:
Comparison alcantara vs cloth by
tweedbean, on Flickr
In went the rears, looking much better already:
Rear seats in by
tweedbean, on Flickr
Closely followed by the fronts:
New interior in by
tweedbean, on Flickr
Close up 2 by
tweedbean, on Flickr
Detail shot of the GT86 space invader type pattern they use across the car including the front grills and dashboard.
Close up by
tweedbean, on Flickr
Much better, I'm really pleased with the difference as the seats now match all the red stitch detail throughout the car. I haven't hooked up the heated seat switches just yet, I am going on the hunt for the wiring tomorrow.