[V8] Black interiors?

Ron Wainwright ron_01056 at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 5 10:59:25 PST 2009 

http://gulffabrics.com/
If you click der link you'll get to the home page.
On the left you'll see options... click Automotive
scroll down a bit & click on Alcantara.
Thn scroll down a little & click on Colors. That will bring you to all the colors available.

 I asked for a few samples of 9040 & 9002. I'm prolly going with 9040.

 & by the way.... samples are FREE! & when I asked for the two samples they sent them out quick! I got them in like 2/3 days! Florida to Mass.

 Now no one get ideas of doing this before me... rite Marky Mark... (AKA DJ 9040).... LOL

 Ron


--- On Thu, 2/5/09, Roger Woodbury <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> From: Roger Woodbury <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: RE: [V8] Black interiors?
> To: ron_01056 at yahoo.com
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 1:21 PM
> Ron, you are an evil person.  Brilliant, but evil!  Just
> THINK of all the
> possibilities!
> 
> Now, I wonder if this might be a good time to restart the
> old thread about
> creating a V8 Avant.....
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Wainwright [mailto:ron_01056 at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:24 PM
> To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] Black interiors?
> 
> This what I'm in the process of doing to my front &
> rear seats.....
> 
> ... I have sport seats from a Urs4 that have seen better
> days! The Black
> leather on both side bolsters on the drivers side are well
> worn, & have some
> holes in the leather. & I wanted to replace both D
> & P-side seat heaters. So
> I was thinking BUWAHAHAHAHAAAA.....
> 
>  I had just recientley seen & went through a S6+
> (Plus)... yup the only
> known legal S6A 4.2 car in the US... anyway,
> the car has Black on Black Alcantera seats front &
> back... I've seen Black
> on Nargo Blue, & Blk with Stone Grey inserts... but
> fell in love with the
> Blk on Blk seats. So back to what I was thinking........
> 
> .... I found a source for Blk Alcantera in Florida. I have
> a guy that I
> trust to redo my sports I just have to drop off the front
> & rear seats so he
> can measure how much material I'de need.
>  I'm not sure on what he's going to charge me to
> redo the seats. 1st I gotta
> spend $$$ on the Alcantera, which is bout $100'ish a
> yard. & then get the
> foam seat sections & let the guy have them.
>  Should be nice when there done though!
> 
> 
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 2/5/09, Roger Woodbury
> <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Roger Woodbury <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
> > Subject: Re: [V8] Black interiors?
> > To: "'Ingo Rautenberg'"
> <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
> > Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 11:27 AM
> > I dunno.  I have never gone to a shop to actually see
> what a
> > new interior
> > would cost.  There are a few shops in New England that
> can
> > do first class
> > work, but what they would cost today is an
> unknown...even
> > if most of them
> > are still in business.
> > 
> > But if the cost was at all close and I was trying to
> do a
> > restoration on one
> > of these cars, I would rather have a completely new
> > interior rather than buy
> > a used one not knowing exactly what it would look like
> > until I opened the
> > mystery boxes from Europe.
> > 
> > Then there is the other question of whether of not you
> > would even use the
> > same seats at all.  I have a fantasy of buying a V8
> and
> > pulling the engine
> > to do a complete, "out of body experience"
> engine
> > reseal, fixing all the
> > things that you might as well do since "we're
> in
> > there anyway".  While the
> > engine was out, taking the carcass to the body shop
> for a
> > complete
> > refinishing, and then installing the "new"
> > interior.  Since we're
> > fantasizing, my new interior would use late series
> comfort
> > seats and the
> > rear seats would be two comfort seats also, set into a
> > customized mounting
> > platform.  The result would be a true four passenger
> V8,
> > with individual
> > front and rear seats.  I have NO idea what it might
> cost to
> > do this, nor
> > where it could be done...southern California someplace
> no
> > doubt.  
> > 
> > The end result would be the ultimate V8 tourer, in as
> near
> > new condition as
> > possible.  
> > 
> > I was just looking at V8's that are advertised for
> > sale.  There are some
> > pretty interesting cars floating around for really
> small
> > dollars that could
> > be good candidates.  
> > 
> > Total cost might be around $25 grand, I'll bet.
> > 
> > Roger
> > 
> > Oh, yeah. And while were "in there"
> we'll
> > yank out the old analog phone.
> > It's worthless, and that space in the armrest will
> be
> > where the humidor
> > could go because I must be smoking something strange
> to
> > come up with this
> > idea.
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ingo Rautenberg
> [mailto:ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com] 
> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:52 AM
> > To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
> > Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [V8] Black interiors?
> > 
> > Roger,
> > 
> > I suggest you find a place specializing in doing this
> > locally and get  
> > a quote. Leather prices may have come down a bit, but
> hide
> > costs were  
> > through the roof even a few months ago.  I've got
> to
> > think you'd be  
> > looking at $1500 or more.  And I'm pretty sure you
> > could get a  
> > complete interior from Europe including shipping for
> less
> > than that.  
> > Just a guess.
> > 
> > Ingo
> > 
> > On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:35 AM, Roger Woodbury wrote:
> > 
> > > Speaking of importing black interiors from
> European
> > sources made me  
> > > wonder
> > > if this would really make much sense.
> > >
> > > I wonder what it might cost to have the interior
> of an
> > existing car's
> > > interior recovered in something entirely new.  I
> > wonder if the cost of
> > > having it done, right down to the door panels and
> door
> > and window  
> > > posts
> > > might not end up being less expensive than
> importing
> > something that  
> > > might or
> > > might not prove to be really worth using.
> > >
> > > In the end, the interior would be entirely new. 
> It
> > might even be  
> > > possible
> > > to use completely different seats, assuming that
> one
> > wanted neither  
> > > Audi
> > > sport or comfort seats.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
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