This took me about 15 minutes. I used about 3/4 can on the seat alone. The arisol smell is still there and the seat is not going in the car until that smell is gone. I recommend that you do one coat let it dry then come back and do another to pick up the light spots.

I used Fabric Color. Color Ebony.


Here is the seat before.


Almost done. You can see the difference.



[Modified by Spade, 7:53 AM 11/18/2002]


[Modified by Spade, 8:27 AM 11/18/2002]

 

Cool!

Looks like I found the next mod for my car. I need it bad!

 

did you mask off the grey fabric somehow....to not get overspray?.,....looks nice

 

Nope, I sprayed the whole damn thing.

The fabric is a little more rough. But, I think with time it would loosen up again. It has not rubbed off on anything yet.

 

for some reason I cant see the last picture.

 

Fixed

 

so did you spray the whole entire seat, or just the middle part?

ahhh evermind i didnt notice how light the grey was....i thought you just sprayed the middle....


[Modified by SpoonFedHatch, 4:28 PM 11/18/2002]

 

Ref last pic....I fixed it.

 

looks nice


[Modified by splitime, 4:30 PM 11/18/2002]

 

i wonder how long your seats are gonig to stink? Look alot better though.

 

do they bleed off?

 

I was thinking of doing this as well, but I was afraid the dye would stiffen the fabric too much and make it uncomfortable to the touch. Let us know how it feels in about a month.

 

THe stink is almost gone. I left the seat in the garage so it can air out. I will put it back in the car this weekend.

The fabric isn't that stiff, it is like stiff jeans. Not that uncomfortable. I have had the back dyed for a while now and they are still the black that they were. I haven't had anyone wet sit back there yet. I will try the wet towel on them tonight and see what happens.

Then only down side is it brought out the cigarette burns that the previous owner had in the seats.

 

thats pretty cool. i never heard of it before. gues i need to go out more.

 

They look good in the picd, but can u clean the cloth wit regular cleaner after u sprayed them. Just in case u drop some drink on it?

 

Honestly, I don't know. I have only had to vaccum them since they dye.

 

I did the same thing with my carpet and mats in july. i put in gsr seat and they where black and my carpet was dark grey. It's still good. The carpet is still fine but the drivers mat is a little faded. The only down part about is the smell. It takes forever to get out. I left my windows open about 3 inches for about 2 weeks.

 

Where'd you get it at? Looks good, hopefully it doesn't bleed or rub off

 

how long is that stuff supposed to last?

 

 

nice. i did that to my seats also but i dont even use the stock seats anymore and just leave it inside the garage and teh color is still nice. ur seats look nice

 

So what is the over all verdict,

or

 

i like it!!!

and thats one dirty *** hubcap on the workbench man!!!

 

Good job Spade!!! Finally another update on those seats and it looks niccccccccccce!! I think imma do this to my seats too. I know I'm a bitter for Spade and the info!

 

I did this to my seats too and the stuff wore off the driver's side seat after about 1 month of daily driving. Be warned, it looks really nice at first, but sucks later on when one seat is darker than the other.