Iain M
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Retrimmed my A-pillers tonight in black Alcantara. Don't think i have made a bad effort in my opinion. B-pllers will be done tomoz then the c-ones on thursday.
Rest are in my prject thread.
[Edited on 26-02-2009 by Iain M]
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Fro
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Looks good mate
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Iain M
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Thankyou not bad considering its nearly 6 years since the last time i trimmed something 
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Tommy L
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sun visors need doing as well 
Looks good though
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XSIHardy
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How much dose the material cost?
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Matt L
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really need to do the mirrors look well out of place now.
looks a good effort though
last time i tried to retrim something (addmittedly a door card) it looked a blind man with no arms or legs and tried to do it.
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Fro
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Much prefer black rooflining. I'm lucky that the golf came that way as standard 
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Haimsey
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Looks good
Just need to do the rest now and it will look mint.
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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AndyCorsaSport
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Black roof/pillars are the way forward!! Cool as! Think i might just paint mine like a matt black colour.
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CorsAsh
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Nice work
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karisma_corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by XSIHardy
How much dose the material cost?
if its real alcantara it will be £40+ a meter, altough you can get cheaper alternatives that look just as good.
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Haimsey
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quote:
Originally posted by karisma_corsa
quote:
Originally posted by XSIHardy
How much dose the material cost?
if its real alcantara it will be £40+ a meter, altough you can get cheaper alternatives that look just as good.
The material i used on my sunvisors was very similar and was only about £4/5 from the local jeridacki on the market
Marcy Marc
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karisma_corsa
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what you got id imagine is a faux suede, i used the same material in mine, the main difference between teh cheapper ones and the more expensive ones are that black coloured cheap material will fade quick
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Iain M
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_tomtom
sun visors need doing as well
Looks good though
after some black astra ones so they should be sorted, other than getting them new from Vaux new i am struggleing.
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Iain M
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quote:
Originally posted by XSIHardy
How much dose the material cost?
Cost me £120 in p+p for 2 1/2 meters so not cheap. 
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Iain M
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
really need to do the mirrors look well out of place now.
looks a good effort though
last time i tried to retrim something (addmittedly a door card) it looked a blind man with no arms or legs and tried to do it.
Do you mean sunvisors? if so like i said on the hunt for black ones.
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Iain M
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quote:
Originally posted by karisma_corsa
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Originally posted by XSIHardy
How much dose the material cost?
if its real alcantara it will be £40+ a meter, altough you can get cheaper alternatives that look just as good.
Spot on mate.
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pow
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Excelent
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karisma_corsa
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By that price Iain id imagine youve got a genuine alcantara, i work at a car retrimmers and seeing some of the porsche leathers and the Pure alcantaras from Milano in italy, OH MY, £90 a metre
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Iain M
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 £90 a meter!! Is smart stuff to work with. Mind you they where easy pieces to trim. Not looking forward to the c ones. Yeah took me ages to find somehwhere that supplys it tho.
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Fonz
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i like that alot! tidy job!
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Iain M
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Cheers mate B-pillers are tonight they are a tad easier to do dredding the c-ones
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karisma_corsa
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i didnt do my C ones but since ive started helping out a mate, im a bit more confident at trying them, might require some stiching
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Rich H
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Looks tidy Nice one!
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Daimo B
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Alcantara is more expensive, as is higher grade leather.
But if your pikey like me, then you can speak to the seat manufacture of your seats (i.e not standard recaro items), then you can order the material from the manufacture.
I think my Cobra Material cost me £26pm (RRP was £40+pm, but strike a deal, a bit of banter, inform them you ahve the seats, they will do it at a hugley reduced price).
Bit of material glue
And some time n effort.
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