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I have been doing some planning with my trucks interior, seeing as the exterior is almost done. Anyhow, I have not seen much of anything you guys have done, so I decided to make this thread for everybody to show off. So, here is my first modification: the seat cover.
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There is a guy that goes to swap meets around PA and Ohio that runs a small business called Pete's seats. The seat cover was $225, and i got a matching headliner for $125. Seeing as I could not find any seat cover that looked even okay for close to that money, I think it is a great deal. He has a pretty good reputation around here with a lot of truck owners. For anyone going, I believe he should be at Carlisle next weekend.
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Did you use the phone number that is listed on this page? Pete's Seats - Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina (NC) | Company Profile
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OK I'll bite. Prepare yourselves, this could get long winded...
My interior has been a work in progress for a couple years now, so I'll tell ya the changes chronologically:
First things first, I got my truck with a 460/C6 and 3.55 gears. Then I bought a 89 F250 EC with 7.3/ZF5 and 4.10 gears and proceeded to swap the ENTIRE drive drain out of the 89 into the 84 with the exception of the transfer case and rear drive line. The 89 was in good shape, but I had my heart set on a bullnose crew cab. The crew interior was red and beat, and I needed to spuce things up to get Momma and the kids excepting of the new family hauler. So other parts I used out of the 89 are the steering column, the "Flexsteel" aftermarket front seat (kinda beat but really comfy), and front door panels.
The headliner was junk, so I pulled it down, spray glued it, and applied some Ultraleather I got from my work.
The carpet had mushrooms growing in it, so I ripped it out, stuck down some sound deadener, and then glued down some Coin mat that I also got from my work.
The dash was cracked all over, so I DA sanded it, and sprayed glued some more Ultraleather to it - didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, but pretty good considering my upholstery skills (none). Cut 2 more holes in the dash and installed some tweeters.
About this time I decided I didn't like all the red interior, so took all of it out, sanded and painted it black.
Then I whipped out a new shifter and transfer case **** out of some 2-1/2" aluminum bar stock on my dad's lathe.
Made a matching turn signal lever.
Then I decided I wanted more options - like more gauges, a tach, outside temp, compass, clock, more gauges, and controls for the air bags on the rear suspension.
I needed to plug that big ugly hole in the middle of the dash, so I fabbed a pan out of .080" aluminum that fit the stock clock and bolted it on top of the dash.
Then I snagged an overhead console out of a 99 explorer and mounted that on the headliner. Also got some visors out of a newer F150 so Momma could have a mirror on the backside of hers.
Then, after searching forever for a factory tach, I decided I would use the tach that came out the 89 parts truck - long story short - I got all kinds of carried away and ended up fabbing new dash panels out of .080" aluminum that now house a speedo/tach from a 89 along with a bunch of spots for aftermarket gauges. Also included a switch panel to the right of the steering column for cold start advance/high idle/electric fuel pump/fog lights. Then extended the rods for the wiper/headlight ***** so they were easier to reach, and gave me extra room for a aftermarket ignition switch and one more 3-way switch for the manual glow plugs and to engage the starter. Then made some billet wiper/headlight ***** on the lathe. The empty spots to the left of the speedo are going to be a boost gauge and pyro. Haven't got that far yet.
In the center dash, I relocated the stereo down about 1/2", giving me room for 3 gauges just above it. Then I added a vacuum gauge and 3 air pressure gauges where the factory clock would go. Then I deleted the ash tray, and built a panel that houses the cigarette lighter, an air switch, and regulator for controlling the rear air bags (will be completely adjustable from the driver's seat once I get on board air).
Finally found a set of rear door panels (that were beat), sanded and painted them, glued some more Ultraleather into the insert area, stole some door handles out of a Ranger, and made my own arm rests after my 5 year old daughter demolished a stock one.
Most recently, I made a cup holder that sits on the floor behind the shifter, new front center console (the aftermarket seat has a flip down middle seat with a console on the back of it like a OBS seat), and 1 more console that sits on the center of the rear bench to house all of the kid's junk - all out of 3/4" and 1/2" plywood, then covered in automotive style carpet. Don't have pics of these yet, though.
Still not done, but it's getting there....
Haven't done the pic thing before, so I hope this works...Hope you guys like it.
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/IMG_4938.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/IMG_4934.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/IMG_4932.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/IMG_4931.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/IMG_4929.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...Picture078.jpg
My interior has been a work in progress for a couple years now, so I'll tell ya the changes chronologically:
First things first, I got my truck with a 460/C6 and 3.55 gears. Then I bought a 89 F250 EC with 7.3/ZF5 and 4.10 gears and proceeded to swap the ENTIRE drive drain out of the 89 into the 84 with the exception of the transfer case and rear drive line. The 89 was in good shape, but I had my heart set on a bullnose crew cab. The crew interior was red and beat, and I needed to spuce things up to get Momma and the kids excepting of the new family hauler. So other parts I used out of the 89 are the steering column, the "Flexsteel" aftermarket front seat (kinda beat but really comfy), and front door panels.
The headliner was junk, so I pulled it down, spray glued it, and applied some Ultraleather I got from my work.
The carpet had mushrooms growing in it, so I ripped it out, stuck down some sound deadener, and then glued down some Coin mat that I also got from my work.
The dash was cracked all over, so I DA sanded it, and sprayed glued some more Ultraleather to it - didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, but pretty good considering my upholstery skills (none). Cut 2 more holes in the dash and installed some tweeters.
About this time I decided I didn't like all the red interior, so took all of it out, sanded and painted it black.
Then I whipped out a new shifter and transfer case **** out of some 2-1/2" aluminum bar stock on my dad's lathe.
Made a matching turn signal lever.
Then I decided I wanted more options - like more gauges, a tach, outside temp, compass, clock, more gauges, and controls for the air bags on the rear suspension.
I needed to plug that big ugly hole in the middle of the dash, so I fabbed a pan out of .080" aluminum that fit the stock clock and bolted it on top of the dash.
Then I snagged an overhead console out of a 99 explorer and mounted that on the headliner. Also got some visors out of a newer F150 so Momma could have a mirror on the backside of hers.
Then, after searching forever for a factory tach, I decided I would use the tach that came out the 89 parts truck - long story short - I got all kinds of carried away and ended up fabbing new dash panels out of .080" aluminum that now house a speedo/tach from a 89 along with a bunch of spots for aftermarket gauges. Also included a switch panel to the right of the steering column for cold start advance/high idle/electric fuel pump/fog lights. Then extended the rods for the wiper/headlight ***** so they were easier to reach, and gave me extra room for a aftermarket ignition switch and one more 3-way switch for the manual glow plugs and to engage the starter. Then made some billet wiper/headlight ***** on the lathe. The empty spots to the left of the speedo are going to be a boost gauge and pyro. Haven't got that far yet.
In the center dash, I relocated the stereo down about 1/2", giving me room for 3 gauges just above it. Then I added a vacuum gauge and 3 air pressure gauges where the factory clock would go. Then I deleted the ash tray, and built a panel that houses the cigarette lighter, an air switch, and regulator for controlling the rear air bags (will be completely adjustable from the driver's seat once I get on board air).
Finally found a set of rear door panels (that were beat), sanded and painted them, glued some more Ultraleather into the insert area, stole some door handles out of a Ranger, and made my own arm rests after my 5 year old daughter demolished a stock one.
Most recently, I made a cup holder that sits on the floor behind the shifter, new front center console (the aftermarket seat has a flip down middle seat with a console on the back of it like a OBS seat), and 1 more console that sits on the center of the rear bench to house all of the kid's junk - all out of 3/4" and 1/2" plywood, then covered in automotive style carpet. Don't have pics of these yet, though.
Still not done, but it's getting there....
Haven't done the pic thing before, so I hope this works...Hope you guys like it.
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/IMG_4938.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/IMG_4934.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/IMG_4932.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/IMG_4931.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/IMG_4929.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...Picture078.jpg
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Good job, BikeMaker!
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