28th October 2008

Painting Plastic Gauge Cluster Mounts To Match

unpainted gauge cluster

Please don’t mount it before you paint it !!
If your cars trim is not black then why in the world would you want to put a custom item in your car or truck without making it look custom.
Painting your gauge cluster mounts to match your vehicles interior will make it look so much more factory and well again look “custom”.
We all like to have a nice looking interior in our cars and trucks like adding little interior upgrades and such. By making these items match and paying attention to the little details will pay off in the end and make your ride look like a million dollars and not like a five dollar ride. Read the rest of this entry »

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19th October 2008

The Reverse Grain – Graining Your Repair

This is gonna be kinda a quick post today. Sorry for the lapse in info lately I’ve had other duties to attend to lately and haven’t had a lot of time to write. But I did want to throw a little info out to all of the automotive interior repair professionals. This little trick gives you a pretty good grain pattern when done correctly. I call this “The Reverse Grain“.

This graining technique is actually pretty easy and gives you a light grain on a leather repair when a little more hide factor is needed. Read the rest of this entry »

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6th October 2008

Seat Covers for Leather Seats

I get questions on occasion on whether seat covers are needed to keep a cars leather seats looking new. This is one question that I have to ask a question back before I can give a truthful answer.

” Are you going to leave them on all the time? ”

If they answer is yes then I have to say that their seat probably won’t look new when they take them off say a year or two from now. Read the rest of this entry »

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