would black leather
Jan 22, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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would black leather
would black leather with white rawling stitching look good with all the tan trim pieces and dash but im hoping at painting the main part of the dash black and some of the door parts also
so will it look good still or no
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Jan 22, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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From: Bradenton FL
Ya it would look awesome, black and tan like guiness. lol
Jan 22, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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ok great i think im going to try and get it then going to see how much its going to run my buddy told me it was 1900 just for normal stitching he got triple so i think il find a diff place to do it and let yall know how it goes
Jan 22, 2009 | 08:24 PM
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dash paint= no no. Ends up fading, cracking, generally looking like crap in a year or so.
Jan 22, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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From: Bradenton FL
Dont they make a vinyl/plastic dye type product that you can use to make things black?
Jan 22, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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so how can i make the black look better and also im going to try to do some custom door builds and those will be black so maybe that's all i need.
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Jan 22, 2009 | 09:02 PM
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From: Powder Springs, East TN
I have seen a black dash piece with a tan interior on the 05+ trucks some but I think the seats would set off way to much in the truck.
Jan 22, 2009 | 09:08 PM
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What about one of those black carpeted covers? I know some of the guys here have em and like em a lot
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Jan 22, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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so what should i do because i want something that doesn't look stock if im going to replace it i might as well pay a lil more and make it pop
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Jan 22, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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What about a black and tan two tone??? I've ran the idea through my head a couple of times. Some of the Eddie Bauer Excursions have that.
Jan 22, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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SEM makes stuff to 1) prep the plastice & open up the pores and 2) make it the color you want. Pricey, but you get what you pay for.
Jan 22, 2009 | 09:22 PM
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dash paint= no no. Ends up fading, cracking, generally looking like crap in a year or so.
What he said. I have yet to see someone pull this off where it lasts. Now of course we do have painted pillar gauge pods that seem to hold up.
As for the dash, and black, I predict problems.
Jan 22, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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Seems like if you do a two-tone black and tan that it would blend in better with the interior. I have Wet Okole seat covers and they are black with tan inserts. I have a tan interior and it seems to work well.
Just a thought........
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Jan 22, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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From: Powder Springs, East TN
I agree I have seen a few Exs that look really good with those.
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What about a black and tan two tone??? I've ran the idea through my head a couple of times. Some of the Eddie Bauer Excursions have that.
Jan 22, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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And regular leather seats are bad enough, have you ever got into a hot truck where the black leather seats have been facing the sun? ouch.