My B5 Passat... New wheels soon

[LukeyBabes]

Anyway, on a lighter note. I just made a impulse buy of some cream leathers in taunton.

Like so


Going to dye them tan with some stuff from here.

http://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Leather_Dye.htm

including the inserts in the door cars. But the majority of the door cars will stay black.

[LukeyBabes]

Not much to report....other than i bought another set of 17 inch RS on german ebay.

Pictures taken from ebay


my bbs 2 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr


my bbs 3 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

Smaller tyres, wider dish for the rear and an overhaul and i will be happy for now.

Oh and i made a new sig picture. What cha think? Representing! lol.

Does anyone know how to change the name of the thread?

[LukeyBabes]

Picked up my new interior today! Got a bargain because it was dirty because of being in storage for a while. And i even got more bits than were advertised! Almost got a full interior. apart from the a pillar trims, 1 of the c pillar trims, headlining, carpet and headlining.
I only need the seats and centers of the door cars. So if you need anything from a cream leather b5/b5.5 interior let me know. And it came with net optic handle and ash tray trim. Also for sale.

All this for £250 because it was dirty. And they are heated seats. AND it even came with the wiring loom!

A lot of pictures now!

Rears


IMG_1565 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr


IMG_1573 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

Dirt!!


IMG_1566 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

Door cards that im going to take the center parts out and put in my black door cards instead.


IMG_1569 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

Front, dirty


IMG_1574 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

Front, cleanish with saggy headrest. Any ideas how to fix?


IMG_1577 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

Old vs new


IMG_1581 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

test fit


IMG_1580 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

Striped down


IMG_1585 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

Taken all the plastics off ready to be colored so i dont miss any bits


IMG_1588 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr


IMG_1589 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

Going to replace the plastic parts with the black trim off my old seats when they are dies tan. Will look miles better!


IMG_1591 by LukeJamesPhotography, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

[LukeyBabes]

I just ordered the dye to make them tan! And a kit to fix the little rips. Should get here tuesday!

Took the rest of teh cream plastics off the rest of the seats today. So i could get access to all of the leather. Plus im replacing all the plastics with black bits anyway.
And i also cut all the centers out the door cards to dye them.



Because im going to take the fabric bits out of my door cars and put the tan centers in place of those with the black.

[LukeyBabes]

I tried a heat gun on the saggy head rest and it worked a treat. Nice a tight again now! Those wrinkles will come out with the leather dye stuff.



My dying kit tried to get delivered today but as always they tried in the half an hour i was away from the house. So i'm getting it tomorrow instead.

I booked my car in for an MOT on thursday so thought i would check my car over yesterday. I decided i needed 2 new suspension bushes so i changed them over today. 1 arm on each side needed changing because you cant change the bushes in them.



Spot the new arm lol. Changed on both sides.



Hopefully a more interesting interior update tomorrow. after i refit my ABS sensor because i needed a new sleeve thing to fit it. £12 for a damn tiny bit of metal!!!

[LukeyBabes]

Ridiculous that this cost £12!!! Abs sensor holder



Turns out the MOTers didnt like the look of some other bushes after i change the 2 arms that i though were the only bad ones. so i couldn't be arsed and made them do it.

SO NOW I AM NO BACK ON THE ROAD! YAY.

Anyway, while it was at the MOT i got on with the seats.

Got my kit



Filled some cracks



before



1st coat



2nd base coat



finished colour.



Need to put the satin finish on and the sealer to finish it.

Unfortunately the air brush fell off the table and broke so i have been unable to do anything else on it yet. but i have finished the colour on the door cards and some other small bits.

[gazb]

I have wanting to die my leather could I go from black to say red how much was the kit ? And have you been refunded yet ? Looking good though I like b5 passats

[LukeyBabes]

Its not really die. Its paint, so yeah you can go from black to red. The kit was £105 and its plenty to do a full interior!

Yeah i did get a refund for the wheels. But the other set i have no bought, the guy hasn't said has posted them and has stopped emailing me. People are useless.

And thanks mate

[slimadi]

Looks good so far interior looks funky

[LukeyBabes]

Thanks man. Hopefully the new part for my spray gun will come tomorrow so i can get on with some more leather painting!

[Joshbm]

Win!

[LukeyBabes]

Thanks!

Got the bit for the air gun today and came in an overly big box for what it is lol. The tiny bit of metal is what i got. And it was in a bag in a pot in a box with those foam chips.



Here is some finished bits.



Would of been able to do the rest tomorrow. but i ran out of air gun compressed air cans. Haven't even started spraying colour the rear seats and i ran out of compressed air! and the kit says there is enough stuff to do a while interior including dash and center consul. Yet i haven't even finished the colour strange and i run out. And there are 3 coats of satin finish to spray on and then 3 coats of sealer to spray on there whole interior! Not cool really. I sent them an email earlier complaining. Because they advertise it as a kit to complete the entire job obviously.

[LukeyBabes]

Finished off the colouring today and got the seat fitted. Might be able to do the door cards tomorrow!

Fitted the black trim from my old seats as well. Typical that when i was taking all the plastic trim bits off from the cream interior i broke nothing but when i was taking the black bits off that i wanted, i brake a few bits! lol

Stripped the interior and spent a while hovering up all the crap. DIDNT EVEN FIND ANY MONEY?!?!?!



Took a pic to show how much the suspension raised up after taking the interior out. A good 20mm i would say!



A pic of a finished seat



Its hard to take pics of the interior. Nut this is the best i could do in a rush.











Not to sure about the headlining now. Might be in for a change as it doesn't really go that well. At least change the arm rest anyway.

And i also FINALLY got tracking number for my RS coming from Germany yesterday!

Might get the door cards in tomorrow

[LukeyBabes]

I cracked on with the door cards today! And i think its really made a massive difference!

Before



After











Tiny bit of contrast between the seats and headlining lol



Going to try all the gray grab handles etc in black before changing the headlining fabric.

I personally think it looks amazing!

[gazb]

looking good trim is full of win