Interior Suggestions

[tauschung]

I just got my hands on an '02 Accent..No power anything. And, I was looking for suggestions on what to do to the interior.

I've never done any mods to a car before, and I was looking for all of them to be DIY. So far, I bought black and grey seat covers (for the back too). Installed a new head unit, and Put up green led bars under the front dash and back seats.

Any recommendations? I'll post pics later if wanted.

[WallmartTP]

No offense man but lose the seat covers unless you replace the upholstry. The LEDs could stay. Get an interior lighting kit from Vamp. Change your shifter and knob. I'd say that should be it. You could always take out the paneling and paint the interior.

Anything else?

[brndnbess]

This is what I did to my 95 accent.

reupholstered the seats (from beige to black/green mix)
Painted the dash and all trim pieces
Aftermarket shift knob, shift boot, pedals, and steering wheel.
Reupholstered the door panels (from beige to black) and painted door panel pieces (black/green mix)
Installed heated seats
Leds under the dash
Had monitors installed into the back headrests
Convereted from manual to power windows and mirrors
And a few other odd an ends

[tauschung]

Originally Posted by WallmartTP

No offense man but lose the seat covers unless you replace the upholstry.

I'm eventually going to replace the upholstry. But that takes a lot of money (or so I've heard). I'll look into that eventually.

As for shifter knobs, where would I get those?

And painting the interior. You mean like the dash cover and such? I never considered that. What kind of paint would I use for that?

Sorry for the questions. But again, I've never screwed around w/ a car before.

[brndnbess]

As far as painting goes the best paint to use is krylon fusion paint for plastic.
And yes reupholstering the seats could cost you anywhere from $500 to $1000 or more if you get to "fancy" with it.
And the shift knob you can get anywhere, your local automotive store, ebay, sharkracing.com, etc

[tauschung]

Originally Posted by brndnbess

This is what I did to my 95 accent.

reupholstered the seats (from beige to black/green mix)
Painted the dash and all trim pieces
Aftermarket shift knob, shift boot, pedals, and steering wheel.
Reupholstered the door panels (from beige to black) and painted door panel pieces (black/green mix)
Installed heated seats
Leds under the dash
Had monitors installed into the back headrests
Convereted from manual to power windows and mirrors
And a few other odd an ends

Do you have any pics?

[brndnbess]

Don't have any pics right now, but I will stop buy and get a camera and take some pics for ya as soon as I can.

[newbtastic]

yeah, i want pics too. Ive got a green 96 and eventually going to paint it a different green color but im doing the interior, or at least starting to do it in black and green. i found some nice looking seats on ebay made by BOMZ. is that a good brand? does anyone know. Im also doing some custom guage faces that I made in photoshop. They are gonna look great as soon as i have the time to install them ill take some pics. any ideas where to get some carpeting from?

[ereeves116]

as far as that krylon fusion paint, where would i get that?

i checked home depot and lowes and neither of them carry it, and i really don't want to go with another brand of paint since a lot of people suggest krylon.