If you go back to the blog I wrote on November 1, 2011, you can see the first shift boot, handle, and console lid cover I made. I liked them a lot. I had never made any of that stuff before and I was really excited how well they turned out. I just wrapped my headliner, A-pillars, B-pillars, and C-pillars in black checkerboard fabric a couple weeks ago. Now I wanted to make another set to match.
I sewed them by hand again. If I had a sewing machine I could make all kinds of cool stuff. I used my pattern I had made for the shift boot from the last time. One thing that always bothered me about the old set I made was on the handle. I didn't like how it didn't come all the way to the top. You could tell it was just fabric on top of it. While I thought it looked good, I thought it could look better. I sorted that out for the new set and I was able to cover the whole thing. This time for the center console lid cover I covered the whole thing in one piece of fabric.
Original installation January 2012
This is pretty hard. Wrapping the interior pieces was harder for me because of the checkerboard pattern. Using a solid color you would just have to worry about not getting any wrinkles. I also had to make sure when I laid down the fabric that the pattern was straight. It does matter what type of glue you use. It will sag if you use cheap glue. I used 3M Super Trim Adhesive. Then I made patterns for the sunvisors and sewed them together. I sewed them by hand. I painted the remaining trim black. I used Krylon Fusion Satin Black. If you're wondering, the thing in the middle is the sunglass holder. Working a few hours a day, it took about a week to wrap everything. The fabric is soft and it feels like suede.
Original installation December 2011
