Beautiful, did you do the work or have an upholstery shop do this? I am interested in finding someone who can perform a similar style of upholstery work for my car.
I am in the interior design/decorating industry, so I had my longtime furniture upholsterer do the C4 seats. The rest was done by the auto upholsterer of the shop doing the engine, fuel injection, body work, and I've not met him. Any reasonably competent upholsterer should be able to do the work as there is nothing extraordinarily difficult to do, with maybe the exception of the dash. One thing that I am having corrected on the dash as a result of my experience with a leather dash on my XKR is that there isn't an adhesive on earth that will keep the leather buttoned down through excessive heat and cooling cycles. The leather must be anchored down with staples on the underside edge. Otherwise the leather wants to shrink up and creates air bubbles where the leather has disattached. Before the dash goes in next week, I have instructed them to put small staples through the leather into the fiberglass dash form to insure this doesn't happen.
Hopefully, by next weekend the interior will be fully installed, and I'll get photos of the finished product. I am anxious to sit in the C4 seats and see how I fit. I'm even more anxious to drive the damn thing.
Stay tuned!
Hopefully, by next weekend the interior will be fully installed, and I'll get photos of the finished product. I am anxious to sit in the C4 seats and see how I fit. I'm even more anxious to drive the damn thing.
Stay tuned!
Well, we're down to the final few days before I get my CAT back after nearly four years. Day before yesterday, I actually sat in the new seats for a "fitting," and we had to move the rails a bit to give me a little extra room. The seats look great, the door panels are very nice, but the most exciting part was hearing the new engine/exhaust sounds as I heard it running for the first time. It is extremely loud, and just intoxicatingly guttural! Sorry about the lousy cellphone pics, but should have some nice ones this weekend. Just aching to drive her.
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Well, almost there. Seats installed, interior almost back together. Tomorrow console gauges to be installed in new leather faced panel, hatch re-installed tomorrow, paint to be buffed out, side mirrors to be installed. Waiting for transmission bushing so that it stays in gear, a couple of bushings for headlight mechanism, and A/C replacement. But, at least it appears I'll be able to daytime drive it next week for the first time in nearly four years. I have heard the engine roar to life, and the exhaust is very, very loud, idles beautifully, and the Holly fuel injection should save me a lot of grief in the future. The pictures show the car in good company with a Lambo on the lift behind it, and a LaFerrari in the corner behind it. Dash looks beautiful. More pictures and build info when I get the car next week. I can barely stand the waiting any longer.
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