has anyone wrapped leather or vinyl over their interior panels?

I am currently painting with Krylon but scratches and nicks still show through. I was wondering about someday upholstering with leather, or at least vinyl, something that would match the seats.

Pics?

 

I didn't see this thread... This is what I want to do if possible.

 

Ken, aka PART-TIME Has his back seat panels covered.

 

Pics?...

 

I don't have any. You can send him a PM and ask him if you'd like.

 

It surely can be done. I have not done any in the maverick, but have in other cars. I used vinyl with contact adheasive on the edges which held up fine in the Chicago summers & winters. They were mostly flat surfaces like door panels and arm rests. To do compound curves would require stitched seams.

 

I would most likely take it to an upholsterer and make it look professional. I would screw it up and it would be ugly if I did it myself.

Talked to an upholsterer today and they said the do it all the time. I asked about leather and was told that it could be done but they now usually use a "fake leather" that holds up better to the weather, and is about 1/6 the price. Still looks and feels like leather, doesn't look like vinyl.

I might someday have the seats and the panels covered to match. Maybe a two-toned layout

 

Ya gotta know your limits. Two-toned would be sweet.

 

i have done it with a suede like clothe before on a diffrent car, used the 3m spray adhesive and just smoothed it out as it was drying. Came out fairly good. but it was all one color

 

oh i almost forgot, we did that to my buddies VW Bug, except we also carved flames outta that cardboardish stuff (hardboard i think) and covered those along with it, looked pretty cool for an amatuer job

 

Can you get pictures of either, especially the VW...

 

umm the door panel has since been uncovered, but i think my buddie still has the bug door panel, its a good first time try id say, especially with the very crude cutting tools we had, so ill take pics when im back in the states for u

im the king of doing things cheaply

 

I had a friend who used this on the interior of his 3000gt

http://www.decalfx.com/vinyl_sheets.html

it's been 2 years and no problems but he keeps it in the garage and usually only drives at night, not sure how well it holds up in heat though..

 

Hey Scoop, i just got home, ive been sick as a dog, but i found these pics on my computer from when me and my buddy first did the bug.. so check em out, keep in mind, when it comes to skill level this was our first time tryin anything of this sort, especially with very limited tools.

 

That is really cool, even more so that it turned out that good on your first time