My B5 passat... Not realy a build.

[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]

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]

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.

[LukeyBabes]

yea i saw that above. black and tan will go really well! if it comes out successful im going to get some black to rejuvenate my interior

It ment to be good stuff. I bought some black as well to redo my steering wheel because its looking a bit worn.
Have a look on there website. There are a few pics on there of restoration stuff. Its quite amazing really.

I am up in Scotland and just picked up a issue of fastcar the other day same dice lol. Great build cant wait to see more

Thank dude

@luke. Did my A pillars and console over the weekend.. Hot glue works wonders for the fabric edges. As for my B pillars, that requires me to take my seat belts out. My hands are too big

Hope its looking good then. You got a build thread?

Love your work man. Looks great!!

Thanks mate!


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!!!

[dollaR]

Love your work man. Looks great!!

[_hmnib5]

@luke. Did my A pillars and console over the weekend.. Hot glue works wonders for the fabric edges. As for my B pillars, that requires me to take my seat belts out. My hands are too big

[LaMaR-]

I am up in Scotland and just picked up a issue of fastcar the other day same dice lol. Great build cant wait to see more

[robcouzens]

yea i saw that above. black and tan will go really well! if it comes out successful im going to get some black to rejuvenate my interior

[LukeyBabes]

HAI! from a long distance cousin owner (B5 A4). Went through this, loving it. Especially your degree from Oxford. Kinda wish I could find a full cream interior for super cheap

Lol thanks dude.

are you from the UK??? Did you get your dice from the Fast car Magazine??

Yeah im from the uk. And no i didnt get them from that magazine.lol. My mate makes the dice and sells them.

much better and the cream goes really well with the dark blue of your car

Thanks. But they arnt staying cream for long.

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.

[robcouzens]

much better and the cream goes really well with the dark blue of your car

[LaMaR-]

are you from the UK??? Did you get your dice from the Fast car Magazine??

[NeedingAnAudi]

HAI! from a long distance cousin owner (B5 A4). Went through this, loving it. Especially your degree from Oxford. Kinda wish I could find a full cream interior for super cheap

[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


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Dirt!!


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


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Front, dirty


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


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Old vs new


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test fit


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Striped down


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


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


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Thanks for looking

[LukeyBabes]

Thanks mate.

[robcouzens]

love it!