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Then at about age 70, I figured that it was more fun to drop the keys on the counter and let my buddy up at the local auto shop do the job, while I drink a cup of coffee, have a smoke and read part of an auto magazine about cars I can't afford. humfrz |
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Today I installed my stitched leather gauge hood. Now it finally matches the rest of my interior. Only piece left to replace is my existing two piece radio trim/center dash inlay thingy with the later one piece version that's covered in red stitched pleather.
I was too cheap to buy a premade gauge hood, so I just bought a piece of leather that had been precut/stitched off of Amazon for 1/3 of the price and glued it to my existing gauge hood. I think it came out half decent. Last edited by Face_Plant; 07-24-2018 at 01:41 AM. |
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humfrz has been too old to work on his own car for longer than most of us have been old enough to drive. |
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07-24-2018, 01:54 AM | #19310 |
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07-24-2018, 02:27 AM | #19311 |
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Well, ya, but, since I got an earlier start on building cars, than most of y-ens, I figured I could hang up my wrenches sooner -
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Added a heel pad to protect and cover hole in mat
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Been working on my wife's Camry the last few weeks. Cleaning up to reinstall the battery, I saw why it mysteriously started leaking out the positive post. A year ago, I turned it over to the dealership for their their sooper dooper transmission-flushing rig. The asshole tech used a screwdriver to yank off the connector and tore up the seal around the post. On the up side, I think that last week I finally found a machinist more than worth his salt.
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Amazon link? Have no trouble gluing leather parts its getting them pre-made in double stitch that is hard to find. |
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07-24-2018, 02:52 PM | #19319 | |
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To be fair, Amazon is only a reseller for Redlinegoods.com You made it sound like a no-name cheap part in the previous post. Redline makes all the interior pieces for our cars. Nice quality stuff. https://www.redlinegoods.com/
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By "came out half decent" I meant that I think I did a pretty good job gluing it on, not that the leather or stitching was "half decent". The product I bought was very high quality. My only complaint was they folded it when they stuck it in the envelope so it arrived with several creases in it. |
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