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  1. RallyMini370

    RallyMini370 Well-Known Member

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    I didn't do my dash yet but here's a vid about flocking. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGR9JYaoEmc"]How to flock a dashboard on a Subaru STi - YouTube[/ame]
     
  2. drabdub

    drabdub Well-Known Member

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    [​IMG]

    Got my delivery of suede today... excited to go pick up the rest of the supplies to redo the interior
     
  3. drabdub

    drabdub Well-Known Member

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    over the weekend I was able to start pulling the door cards apart and prepping some of the other interior pieces for paint.

    my order for new seats should be finalized next week which means I should have them in 6-8 weeks hopefully
     
  4. 00Mini

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    With any luck everything will be all done with the interior and the seats show up and life will be good.
     
  5. drabdub

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    only delay going on currently is the "horrible" storm hitting California right now so the weather isn't really good for painting or working on cars
     
  6. drabdub

    drabdub Well-Known Member

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    got some good news about the rest of my bumper/sideskirt order. I will only be missing one piece after tomorrow when my order finally gets delivered... then I can worry about prep and paint.

    I also started working on wrapping some of the interior in suede. have to clean up an area before I can pull the headliner panel and start stitching the suede for the new headliner.
     
  7. wjosh45

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    Can't wait to see the pics! Hopefully some pics during the redo. Have you done a headliner before?
     
  8. drabdub

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    hope to post some progress pics as it goes. may even do some video work.

    I haven't done a mini headliner yet but I have done a few Volkswagen ones.
     
  9. drabdub

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    no new pics since I haven't had a chance to work on the car but I did order the seats Friday and they will arrive on Tuesday. my brackets for the seats should ship Tuesday so Im hoping to get them installed next weekend.

    I need to start clearing out all the parts that are stacking up in the house since the garage has been taken over by a friend working on his car.
     
  10. drabdub

    drabdub Well-Known Member

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    [​IMG] picked up my seats today. And the mounting plates should have shown up at my house today too.
    Just waiting on the mounting brackets to install them in the car
     
  11. drabdub

    drabdub Well-Known Member

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    Got notice today that my missing sideskirt piece has shipped so now I need to pick up paint and prep supplies to get everything painted and installed
     
  12. drabdub

    drabdub Well-Known Member

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    Some of the waiting to be installed parts
     
  13. drabdub

    drabdub Well-Known Member

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    This weekend has a few projects for the mini since I have almost all of the parts in.

    Started this morning with picking up some super 77 spray adhesive, some fabric batting, and the thread needed to do diamond stitching on the headliner...

    And the. I got some work done on the car, mostly removing things
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    I was able to finish wrapping my airride controller holder as well so far [​IMG]
     
  14. drabdub

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    Got all of the stuff off the headliner
     
  15. wjosh45

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    What did you use to strip the old stuff off? Looks like your making good progress.


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  16. drabdub

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    I used a wire brush. It has like gold bristles and is kinda soft. Took 10 minutes to get all the stuff off the headliner
     
  17. drabdub

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    Ended here tonight after having some trouble with the suede and the b pillars.
     
  18. drabdub

    drabdub Well-Known Member

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    So it's been a busy weekend so far.. [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
     
  19. drabdub

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  20. MCS02

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    I like how you put the steering wheel in line with the speedo, but it may be better in front of the drivers seat.:D
     

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