The Upholstery Forum

Did a rough cut on the carbon fibre shell. Next is to cut the lines more straight, glue some rings to the carbon where the bolts will go for even distribution of the force when torquing down and continue with the bottom piece for the bracket.

Awesome work! Like the progress pics. Have any in how you did the steering wheel forged carbon?

Remove the leather upholstery and remove all the old glue, then just apply some epoxy to the steering wheel as a prime coat, then put all the small chops on the steering wheel, add some more epoxy to it. Let it dry, then sand flat and add epoxy again. If needed add extra chops if there are spots uncovered. Sand again and put clear coat on it for UV protection. Mine needs a final layer of clear still... but i am collecting some items to clear them all at once.

It would be easier to use a vacuum machine to have all the chops lay flat, but i dont have one at the moment so did it by hand.

This is what the first lay up looks like.

Thanks! Wasn’t sure if it was vacuumed or how you did it. Looks sharp though

Changed the shift boot from fake suede to Alcantara.

Closing the hole on the B pillar.
Made a template for the lower part where the seat belt normally comes out between the plastic covers, to fill it up and make the panel even for upholstery.

Applying plastic bondo to smooth out the panel.

This is something I plan on doing with my audi also. Shaving the seat belts and going with a harness.

One is almost finished... the other is halfway there.

One piece is ready for Alcantara.

The end result of the wrapped B pillar panel.

looks awesome!!

The door inserts of my other toyota avensis were coming loose at the edges. Took the doorpanel out and replaced the black perforated leather with dark grey leather.

Making new centre caps for the wheels. The black will be made with forged carbon.

Made test cap to check form and dimensions.

Ordered the Low beam projectors this week. On this picture there are 2 high beam projectors in the headlight. The low beam will be equiped with xenon bulbs. When they arrive i can start with the projector installation.

Installing the frequency filters on the doors, in a way that they exactly fit in a spare space in the doorpanels. The filters weigh 1 kg each. There is just enough space to get them in.

Mounted to the door