HanZ33

So ive been wanting a leather centre console for a while, but havent had the money to pay someone to make a custom piece for it, long story short about 25$ cad and 9 hours of patience with some adhesive glue and it looks perfect imo. Its not real leather, but its a lot thicker than i thought and has a really satisfying smooth feel and squish to it, so happy with it prolly gonna do the doors now too. Link to the **** i used, its already adhesive backed but the edges dont like to hold without adhesive glue (https://a.co/d/htTLUgr)





ignore the door in the passenger seat, painting door handles black and sound deadening for the new speakers i just installed

HanZ33

Next up gonna see how tight the fit on the speedo cluster trim panels are to see if i cant match it to the centre console

DarkZ03

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Looks ok, but it's not something I'd want. Cars get dirty and sit in the sun, I want something I can easily wipe down.

HanZ33

i mean, the suede is on panels that don't really get dirty, that's the reason i wrapped the shifter surround leather, it was suede before, but it was hard to clean so the leather is perfect

DarkZ03

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Damn, I didn't even realize the center was leather. But as far as the upper dash goes, my 2018 car gets pollen on the upper dash when the car is closed, I doubt a 20 year old car would be better in that department.

icer5160

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Hey OP, what's your shifter boot made out of? Is that snake skin of some kind or kevlar? It looks very different/unique.

Hey Dark,

There's a fix for your pollen issue, but it requires pulling the entire AC Blower box and making some modifications. But in short, you can fit a cabin filter from a 2003 Altima inside the blower box. The trouble is, it requires you to split the casing (serious effort). I've done the mod, but maintenance/upkeep will be painful. I figure doing that once per year is worth the trouble to keep mold & mildew from building up on my evaporator & heater cores (resulting in STINKY AC).

This mod can be improved by cutting out a side access port on the blower box and installing a removable door, to do it professionally/cleanly, meaning to match other vehicles with factory equipped cabin filters, will require a 3D printer and some testing/prototyping. I have my old blower box from my wrecked Z that I plan to use for this eventually, but it's not a priority right now.
Cheers!
-Icer

DarkZ03

iTrader: (11)

Neat, it's not too much of an issue for my Z, but it chills in the garage so has more protection lol.
The car I was referring to is my GTI which has a cabin filter that I change every summer, still gets pollen in it.