dying interior

Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:19 pm

is it possible to some how dye the cloth seats you get in e30's?

reason i ask is my car has the blue interior, blue carpets, door cards and seats but i have aquired 2 325i sport front sport seats in grey cloth.

the cloth pattern is the same but obviously the colour is not.

is there anyway i could dye the whole interior black/dark grey? i know you can get colourant for leather but am unaware of anything for car cloth/fabric interiors

Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:24 pm

I should imagine the carpet dye should work
http://www.valeterspride.co.uk/black--c ... l-69-p.asp

Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:27 pm

that looks ideal! whats the worst that can happen eh! worth a shot. i will buy some and do a write up as i go along!

Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:31 pm

have a look at the carpet thread..It is a spirit base so it dries quickly ...lots of fumes and defo wear rubber gloves .. I would take the seats out to do it

Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:23 pm

I can vouch for the glove wearing, I bought a tin recentley to dye my blue carpet, the tin had a slight split in the bottom, it took about a fortnight to completley wash off my hands.

Valtersprides packaging leaves a bit to be desired.

Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:52 pm

ive always wonderd what some e30 seats would look like dyed black

Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:57 pm

Will have to keep an eye on this - I wanted to do it but I'll admit I have bottled it every time! Let us know how you get on!

Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:41 pm

will do! should have it done by end of next week. wil take plenty of pics along the way!

Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:08 pm

pauldeacs wrote:will do! should have it done by end of next week. wil take plenty of pics along the way!

you dyeing seats aswell??? i bet they would look good black

Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:01 pm

Alex wrote:
pauldeacs wrote:will do! should have it done by end of next week. wil take plenty of pics along the way!
you dyeing seats aswell??? i bet they would look good black

yep im gonna go for it, i have a blue interior and have aquired some grey front sport seats so im going to attempt to dye everything black.

whats the worse that can happen eh? i write off a pair of sport seats and end up having to get a full interior retrim!!!

Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:50 pm

cannot wait too see what happens, if it looks good i know what im going to do to my next e30

Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:33 pm

The real test is once its done is go for along drive in a white shirt and let us know if you have a black back!!!
considering doing mine now!
im watching and waiting!

Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:53 pm

Hows the seat dying going mate?

Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:02 pm

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... rpet+black

Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:11 pm

havent had time to attempt it as of yet. will get it done and get pics up ASAP

Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:24 pm

hi post a picture of your current seats, as i have a complete interior out of my sport which are in blue,these seats must of been fitted after as they have the 318is pattern in blue check not grey check... ?

pic of the seat ...

Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:55 pm

they look grey to me

Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:04 pm

Alex wrote:they look grey to me

& look blue to me in the pic they do look grey thou or is it jus me ...

Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:50 pm

did you get round to dying the interior then