Anybody Dyed?

[Guest SMR610]

Hi,

I`m contemplating a colour change on my series 3a but

most of the colours I`ve thought of would look better

with a black interior, currently I have light grey Cobra

7`s and I don`t really want to fork out for new seats.

 

What I`d like to know is has anyone tried any of the vinyl

dyes that you can get and if so were the results any good?

 

Cheers

 

Allan

[Guest salty_monk]

Seen them used in Practical classics... looked good. Dunno how they hold up but I would think it must be pretty good or they'd have a lot of complaints.

 

You may be able to sell yours for a similar price as new when you factor in the cost of dye, I don't think it's that cheap...

 

[ibrooks]

I've used the one that Frost sells to paint vinyl headrests, a rear seat and the door panels with no probs. You use a special soap to wash the stuff and then some special stuff like panel wipe that leaves them tacky before finally spraying the colour on like any other paint. Having said that none of my stuff is in hard wearing places so how it would perform on a seat I don't know.

 

Iain

[fry61]

Changed the entire trim of a mini, years back, from pale blue to black;was years before blue "cracks" appeared on the seats--even dyed the seat belts with a cloth dye.

[Guest SMR610]

Thanks for the info, sounds promising

I might give it go.