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Topic subjectTan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
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95535, Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by Malenko, Jul-10-06 11:49 AM
ok so I dont exactly have alot *cough* ONE *cough* before pix, honestly I hated the tan interior of my car, hated it since I got it, spend the WHOLE weekend makin it something I liked alot better.
best/only before one I have that I can find:



All black with LEATHER interior

here are the pix of before the black seat belts and no seats installed:






I removed the tan seat belts and installed the black ones (even tightend the bolts to Dino torque specs, and the leather seats are in and are comfy as a cloud, till the sun heats them up, lol






One flaw with the door skins I bought is no speaker grill for the front.



Thanks to 2gnt, dsmtuners, and 3fastperformance.com for image hosting. All feedback is appriciated.





95537, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by DR1665, Jul-10-06 12:02 PM
Looks fucking awesome, Thom. Good show. Good show indeed. :thumbsup
95538, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by bloodyangel1, Jul-10-06 12:29 PM
did you paint that, or buy it like that? thats something i want to do too, but never get around to actually doing it. it looks real good tho
95539, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by Malenko, Jul-10-06 12:53 PM
Seat belts,door skins, both front seats, and all 3 pieces of the back seat are factory black leather from a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 10th Anniversary Edition , I even have the limited edition cluster with factory silver gauges (with 55K on the odometer). Everything else, carpet, panels, headliner,etc was all meticulously redone with Duplicolor flat black. The floor mats are aftermarket ones that look completely stock.
95540, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by Pitchblack98, Jul-10-06 01:10 PM
looks good... sweet!
95541, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by CrazyEclipse, Jul-10-06 01:40 PM
VERY nice indeed
95542, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by kain_99gs, Jul-10-06 02:30 PM
Looks like you were leaning up against the backseats a little too much. they are like bent towards the rear of the car :P

Looks really good. Do you have any pictures of say the front dash. where it meets up with the factory black. Just want to see if you can really tell it's canned or not.
95543, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by eclipse_gs_1512, Jul-10-06 02:38 PM
Looks damn good!! And I hear ya on the black leather seats...they're real nice when they haven't been baking in the sun. There have been too many days when I sit down and instantly look like this ---> :eek :wallbash
95545, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by cs82685, Jul-10-06 03:43 PM
Looks real good, I hope to do the same with my gray interior
95546, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by Malenko, Jul-10-06 03:54 PM
Originally posted by kain_99gs
Looks like you were leaning up against the backseats a little too much. they are like bent towards the rear of the car :P Looks really good. Do you have any pictures of say the front dash. where it meets up with the factory black. Just want to see if you can really tell it's canned or not.


I dont have the inner two bolts, cause my seat took 2 and these seats take 4, so just the outter bolts are installed, so the back seat can be leaned on but not folded foward.

The last picture is a pretty good shot of where the tan used to be but is now black meeting factory black. I can take another shot tomorrow if youre lucky.
95547, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by optikal, Jul-10-06 04:14 PM
hell ya thom looks sweet.

oh and i think i have the speaker grill that is missing from the door panel. I didn't notice it last night when you picked everything up but i'm pretty sure that I have it.
95551, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by kain_99gs, Jul-10-06 09:01 PM
I like how in the first picture you have that sticker on your back bumper. :P

Thanks. I got hooked up with seats, doorpanels, kick panels, doorframe things too. I am tempted to do everything else but just want to make sure it will be worth the time. :)
95552, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by Malenko, Jul-10-06 10:21 PM
the dynamat was to cover up the dealership sticker that peeled the paint.

this pic of the blackedout tails:


you can see where I removed the dynamat and the dealer sticker is still there sucking away. I'll get it repainted, eventually.
95555, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by dsmmyth, Jul-11-06 06:15 AM
Looks like my car...but more complete.

You know, looking back, I would prefer a clean tan leather interior over the OEM black.

But I already have this stuff, so I'm sticking with it.
95558, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by azdave, Jul-11-06 10:10 AM
The all-black interior looks really sweet but I could not live with it here in AZ. I've measured surface temps on black seats at over 170F in a closed car.

You've seen "Arizona Driving Gloves", right?.



95566, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by kain_99gs, Jul-11-06 04:54 PM
Yeah. It sucks here in the summer time too. I usually drive to work around 4:30p.m. everyday with heats in the hundreds at times. Sweaty back and all :(
95568, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by eclipsekaiser, Jul-11-06 10:59 PM
hahahahaha! at Arizona Driving gloves
95569, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by Logo99Dsm, Jul-11-06 11:15 PM
looks sweet, always did love an all black interior. gloves are nice but pot holders work in a pinch :) <--Northern Az
95584, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by markgsx, Jul-12-06 10:39 PM
I liked tan but the new black looks great too!
Anything beats the boring gray I'm stuck with.
95772, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by hazardeclipse, Jul-21-06 03:44 AM
im in the process of switching mine to black as well... and as to what ^^ said above, yea, grey is boring, but weird greyish blue SUCKS
95782, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by TaloN2.0, Jul-21-06 06:24 AM
that looks great, I like the tinted taillights, did you use a spray tint? If so where did you get it?
95791, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by Malenko, Jul-21-06 09:19 AM
ask DJTrickee he did the actual tint job, I aquired the tails in a trade
95802, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by kain_99gs, Jul-21-06 04:12 PM
nite-shades at napa for me was $10/can. I did my front corner lenses.

95804, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by TaloN2.0, Jul-21-06 07:21 PM
is it a complete black out, cause I don't want complete black out if thats what it is.
95819, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by turbo8u, Jul-22-06 10:31 PM
yea that looks phat mang :cheers
95820, RE: Tan to black conversion picturefest, 56K get a sammich
Posted by kain_99gs, Jul-23-06 12:02 AM
It's as black as you want. I used 3 coats for my side markers.

Hey malenko, you are doing your center right?