Rickdogg

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After looking at the boring factory interior for a while, I decided to try to learn something new and skin the interior pieces for a different look. I opted for black and silver (actually texalium) in place of where the factory silver bezels are to somewhat retain a factory look, but with some bling!

Since it was my first time trying i pulled some random test pieces to experiment with.







I swear that rear pillar on the back window is a pita to work with. I don't look forward to reinstalling it.



Some initial prep:

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Decided to yank the backings on the 2010 challenger seats as well



Diboblo and I are thinking of swapping the led's in the seat backings out to something custom







The "horseshoes" or u-shaped pieces on the backing were all siliconed in so had to remove them to allow the cf process

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Some chemicals and my miscellaneous starter kit with Betty Crocker of course





Never had use for the bottom floor bathroom, but made my "a beautiful mind" setup for this experiment.



The fabric has arrived!

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The first 4 guinea pigs are the 2 horsehoes, rear window switch bezel, & one rear door pull



First time pressing the fabric on to the pieces

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The initial layer of epoxy

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The first trim after the first coat dried



After some more trimming and second coat of epoxy down

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Plenty of steps left, but I just wanted a quick test fit so I could trim the main backing as much as possible while the epoxy is thin before I layed down more layers.

Silly Wabbit

Oh noes my OCD kicking in... why horseshoe pattern in different direction than the backing??? Unacceptable pls do over thx!

Rickdogg

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Lololol. I did that on purpose for constrast of the two parts, although it won't be noticeable anyways since it sits on the back of the seats anyways lol.

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Here is the rear window switch after a mild wetsand. Just needs a little bit more sanding and then some cleaning up on the inside corners etc before I lay the clearcoat and do more sanding.



This is the driver side seat backing. The passenger side was my guinea pig and I learned a lot from it so the driver side should be cleaner an the fabric should be much tighter from the extra prep work I did for it.

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Here is he driver side seat back raw with no trimming, wetsanding, or clear yet...just wanted to see how it looked.



Started on the front pillars as well.

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Quick test fit of the front pillars. They still need sanding and clear etc. Why do the gen 1 versions for so awful even in factory form?



Passenger side

mr. sparco

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Nice work, cf is a pain to work with but that hexcal texalium is nearly impossible to get around curves.

Rickdogg

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Blah about to try and mess with the texalium in the next few days.

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