[Bill]

Just got these off ebay. I wonder what my plans are? Hmmm...I guess we'll have to wait and see

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[my95tsi]

Extended visors


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[motionisgay]

Ha! I'm intrigued.

 

[Bill]

Extended visors


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nope...I have the lt. grey headliner so the black visors would be odd looking attached to the grey visors.

 

[Joe166]

I have no idea what you are up to, but I am anxious to see. Because you have shown yourself to be a skilled person with a great imagination. Keep us posted please.

 

[Bill]

I have no idea what you are up to, but I am anxious to see. Because you have shown yourself to be a skilled person with a great imagination. Keep us posted please.

thanks Joe. I'm hoping that I can do this "project" this weekend. If not I have to wait a couple weeks, going to Dallas next weekend.

 

[Voracious]

I hope you get to do it this weekend so the rest of us don't have to wait to see what you do lol

 

[motionisgay]

Seriously... What a tease. Hahahaha.

 

[Waycon]

I think I know, but I won't spoil it. Hopefully Bill will complete the work this weekend. Good luck, if it works I'd be very interested in the DIY.


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[leonar40]

I think I know too. Look at the mirrors...

 

[Bill]

Hopefully i get my air compressor fixed today so i can get to work on the car tomorrow...

Oh the suspense....

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[Joe166]

If you figure out how to get those labels off without any residue remaining, that would be good. Mine look OK, but still have a trace of the glue they use.

 

[Bill]

So this weekend was a success...got the air compressor fixed and work was completed on the car. So what was done? Let me show you:

The begining...like many ct's having the light interior headliner and pillars:

So out comes the major plastic pieces:

B pillars C pillars are removed and broken down to be plastic dipped black. The reason i used plastic dip is twofold; 1) I can remove it without much work and 2) the dry time is so much quicker.

Once the rest of the ceiling parts are removed (lights, visors, oh sh*t handles) out comes the headliner. Once removed i treated the roof with some sound deadener:

With the headliner out the transformation begins:

I'm wrapping the headliner in black comfort suede that my company sells in their Install Bay line (CS-ONYX-3 is the part number).

The A-pillars get the same treatment:

And so does the sunroof cover:

Now the light housings, oh sh*t handles, and felt trim around the sunroof are still grey. I really like the contrast however i may dip the light housings and try and fine black oh sh*t handles...but not really sure yet. So here are the results:

So that's the reason i got the black sun visors



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[motionisgay]

Ok, I wouldn't have guessed that! Nice work! I'll be interested to know what you think about the sound deadening in the roof.




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[Bill]

Any sound deadening is going to help the overall quietness if the interior.
Has it helped? Yes.
Would it be recommended that people go out and remove the headliner just to add the sound deadener? No.it's a lot of work and the payoff doesn't make up for what needs to be removed. But since I was already removing the headliner there wasn't a reason not to do it.

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[aznbo187]

Looks great Bill! I would however match up the gray pieces.

 

[Bill]

Looks great Bill! I would however match up the gray pieces.

I would have to search for the oh sh*t handles in black. I could get away with dipping the light housings but anything I would be touching with my hands alot would need to be black from the factory. I was just lucky I found the visors online and for a great price.

 

[leonar40]

Wow, that is amazing! I'll be honest I don't like that half of the parts are one color and half are another color. But the actual work that you did was really impressive!

 

[Bill]

I'll be honest I don't like that half of the parts are one color and half are another color.

I can understand that. I don't mind it right now but I think eventually I want to convert the grey pieces to black. I just have to keep an eye out for parts that show up on ebay. I'm not that crazy to buy the parts I need at full pop.