Recovering int. trim pieces in leather.
 

I've been planning on repainting my trim pieces in silver but just for the heck of it, I decided to see what it would look like covered in leather. I redid the piece next to the door handle and I think it looks good but I'm wondering if the interior is starting to look too bland by adding more black. What does everyone here think?

Before:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...40_47_full.jpg

After:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...40_48_full.jpg

Rob, you did a very nice job. But, I like the before better.

looks nice man, good job.
how did you get the leather to stay there? glue?

Yes, please detail how you did it for us.

As for your original question, I think it's hard to have too much leather.

I think it looks much better covered in leather, I'd take leather over painted plastic any day. It seems to fit better than a big piece of silver on the door. Nice job!

Great job. Could you tell us how you did it? Maybe too much black, but what about a different color leather? Grey, or maybe that other fabric...Alcantra?

Cool. Thanks everyone for the great feedback. Not sure if I'm going to keep it but I'm going to do a few more pieces while I make my decision.

All I did was cut the leather to the size of the trim with about 1" over hang on all sides. I used 3M Super 77 spray adhesive. I sprayed both the leather and the trim piece, allowed both pieces to get tacky (about 30 seconds) and then applied the leather to the outside of the trim. I made sure everything was even and smooth and then started tucking and trimming the back side. I pre-cut some relief points before I started to make the tuck process easier.

I still need to do the other side so I'll do a write up and take some pictures of the process.

I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking of trying cinnamon leather (kind of a dark burnt orange) or a dark red. I also have some synthetic suede lying around somewhere (similar to Alcantra) I should try.

Hmmm...maybe it's time to go out and get some more leather...

Beat you to it! :p

http://www.986forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8638

Just teasing. Nice work. And a big improvement, too, no? :)

Wow. I like yours better. My leather has too much texture to it. I also love the yellow stitching.

Do you have any more picture of your interior and the roll bars?

Not really, but I can go take some. Stay tuned.

Thanks... the car has some interesting factory options. I do like the full leather and deviated stitching.

Sorry for the long delay. I don't want to embed all these pictures so I'll just provide links. Sorry the pictures are not the best - by the time I finished cleaning the leather the light had become very flat. None of the leather is actually shiny in person, that's the effect of the flash.

I managed to find the leather to cover the door pocket covers and the door pull covers on eBay. I found a very fine-grain, very thin leather and got a great deal on it. It matches the factory leather VERY closely in color and texture.

On to the pictures.

http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0733_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0735_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0736_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0737_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0739_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0740_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0741_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0742_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0743_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0744_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0745_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0746_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0747_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/HPIM0748_001.JPG
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/leather.jpg
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/leather2.jpg
http://vorlon.case.edu/~jpv/porsche/interior/Armrest.jpg

I really like the work you did, it subtle but very nice