Replacing my entire interior.....bad idea?

[sentipede]

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I picked up my black with ivy/white interior 65 fastback at the beginning of the summer, and have been sinking a lot of money to get the car back up to par.

Anyhow, the last major item needing attention is the interior. I have received several quotes from reputable restoration shops and they are coming in at about $3600 for a complete color change...no aluminum or gauge pieces. This includes all seats, doors, carpet, headliner, dash pad, and repainting of all surfaces. I have thought about keeping the same color and just reupholstering the seats, doors, headliner, and changing carpet, but the dash would still definitely need to be repainted.

I was thinking with the winter coming, I could try to do as much as I could on my own before I drop it off in an effort to save money. I have no experience with any of this, am I in for some serious trouble? Any suggestions would be much appreciated....

Thanks in advance!


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[geostang351]

Here is a sample of what you will be replacing. Not included in this kit is front seat foam ($100), new dash pad ($175), and assorted other items listed in the link below. Are you replacing chrome as well (door/window handles?) The metal doors and dash can be painted. New bezel?

http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/itemdy01.asp?T1=76563BLK+01&Category=&catkey=EMUSTANG

http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/it...m&subCategory=Dash+Components&CatKey=EMUSTANG

Just as an example

 

[sentipede]

Are there any videos or tutorials that walk you through step by step for the carpet, doors, dash pad and upholstery? I figure if I knock those out, I can save the painting and headliner for the professionals...

Ran across this article, but was looking for something even more detailed...along the lines of a video tutorial:
http://www.mustangandfords.com/howto/5205/index.html

 

[Max Power]

man, I like the interior the way it is. Cooler in the summer and you don't see it every day.

 

[CarlF250]

You can definately do it yourself (except paint) for less than $3600. I just installed my entire interior (part of a complete restoration) this summer. I had the seats reupholstered professionally, but installed them myself. I replaced everything on the dash, carpet, door panels, handles, etc.

The only thing I have not done is replaced the headliner. This is because my front and back windows are not in yet. I am going to take it to the restoration/body shop so they can do this.

That said, almost nothing went smoothly. It can be done, but you need to take your time and have a lot of patience.

Carl

 

[mfp4073]

there is a little bit of a learning curve with the hogrings, but other than that you can do this yourself. I did it the first time and taught myself to do it.