Detailing your MR2 aw11 seats... color?

como · 08-17-2009, 06:12 PM

So I'm painting my mk1 in the coming weeks, and it occurs to me that the seats, too, have an excessive amount of red on them. Short of replacing the seats, or seat covers (do the stock seats have removable covers, even?) what are my options for darkening them up? (making them black, ideally)

Don't know squat about fabric dye. Like everything else I'm not real big on looking great, just looking not red and not staining my pants would be "good enough" for me

420mr2 · 09-27-2009, 06:33 PM

fabric dye won't work. I've tried it myself to try to turn my blue interior to all black and red, and after a million treatments (like 5) the seats always went back to blue, that's because it's supposed to be submerged in the dye for an hour or so. the only way to darken your seats is to take off the fabric that's there and put on new fabric. if you know how to do that yourself, then that's awesome, otherwise you'll have to take it to an upholsery shop. also, you could get buckets.

mr3 · 09-27-2009, 06:58 PM

I saw a commercial a long while ago about the duplicolor vinyl paint. Maybe it would be a cheap thing to try.

jasenklems · 01-10-2010, 12:50 AM

not on fabric it wont work like you think it will I work for an upholstery shop and I have tried it please just look for some new seats out of a salvage yard or go to a shop or just buy some cheap autozone covers.

Tristen · 01-10-2010, 01:19 AM

i have cheap autozone covers... they're freakin' fabulous... they're all short fur with dragons embroidered on them... black, to match my interior ofc...

08-17-2009, 06:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
como Road Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 652 Thanks: 13 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	aw11 seats... color? So I'm painting my mk1 in the coming weeks, and it occurs to me that the seats, too, have an excessive amount of red on them. Short of replacing the seats, or seat covers (do the stock seats have removable covers, even?) what are my options for darkening them up? (making them black, ideally) Don't know squat about fabric dye. Like everything else I'm not real big on looking great, just looking not red and not staining my pants would be "good enough" for me

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09-27-2009, 06:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
420mr2 No Skills Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Diamond Bar, CA Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Blog Entries: 3 iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	fabric dye won't work. I've tried it myself to try to turn my blue interior to all black and red, and after a million treatments (like 5) the seats always went back to blue, that's because it's supposed to be submerged in the dye for an hour or so. the only way to darken your seats is to take off the fabric that's there and put on new fabric. if you know how to do that yourself, then that's awesome, otherwise you'll have to take it to an upholsery shop. also, you could get buckets.

09-27-2009, 06:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
mr3 unskilled Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Plymouth Mtg, Pa Posts: 2,406 Thanks: 24 Thanked 98 Times in 93 Posts iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	I saw a commercial a long while ago about the duplicolor vinyl paint. Maybe it would be a cheap thing to try.

01-10-2010, 12:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
jasenklems Cage Fighter Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Mt. Healthy Ohio Posts: 139 Thanks: 7 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	not on fabric it wont work like you think it will I work for an upholstery shop and I have tried it please just look for some new seats out of a salvage yard or go to a shop or just buy some cheap autozone covers.

01-10-2010, 01:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tristen ~~~Nyaa Nyaa~~~ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Takoma Park, MD Posts: 349 Thanks: 8 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Blog Entries: 2 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	i have cheap autozone covers... they're freakin' fabulous... they're all short fur with dragons embroidered on them... black, to match my interior ofc...