[xsuperjoex]

My XR7 (New name: The Iridium Mercury Project or IMP) is being sprayed Mercedes Iridium Silver...I figured why not make the seats go along for the ride. The dye color is, I believe from the 1960's and it's called Mercedes Salsa Red. I love it. Can't wait for the others to be done.

Before:

After:

Comparison:

 

[leonbray]

Silver and red - sounds like a great combination

 

[xsuperjoex]

Top White:

Top Red:

Top and Bottom together:


Door panels and front seats will be done Monday. Sunvisors are also done I just don't have a pic.

 

[1969XR7Vert]

Nice !

 

[7TXR-7]

That looks great!
What did you do and use for the prep before spraying the dye??
I have to do some parts in my ride soon...
Thanks

 

[xsuperjoex]

That looks great!
What did you do and use for the prep before spraying the dye??
I have to do some parts in my ride soon...
Thanks

They had to be cleaned really well then put the leather prep, a base coat of the dye was applied by foam brush then spray 3 coats of dye. The stuff I bought is from www.leathermagic.com they are in Monroe NC so not too far from me. But the quality of their dye is awesome as you can see!

 

[xsuperjoex]

Everything, including the prep was in my kit.

 

[xsuperjoex]

Door panel, honestly that arm rest was garbage...I can't believe how new it looks!

Rear Quarter panel:

 

[xsuperjoex]

Front seats are not done....kind of saving the worst for last. They have so many cracks in them. We'll see how it comes out.

 

[woodsnake]

Those look really good! I wonder if they have a padded dash color change kit?

 

[xsuperjoex]

Those look really good! I wonder if they have a padded dash color change kit?

The padded dash is vinyl covered so it absolutely could be resprayed any color you want. The guy I'm using that is doing the labor has his own mobile color matching in his van.

 

[xsuperjoex]

Same color red as before looks a little darker because of no flash and no fluorescent lighting above.

Driver seat before and after:


Hinge covers also dyed:

 

[tig_21]

so does the color get darker the more dye you put on?.....

 

[xsuperjoex]

Well according to what I've been told...red is a transparent color. The more you put on the darker it gets. To achieve the red that we have on all of my parts it was 1 hand painted coat using a foam brush followed by 3 coats using an airbrush. 4 coats total not including the prep. All the other colors, again from what I've been told can cover any other starting color. Red is the only color where all of your parts have to have the same starting color or the shade will be different. I've seen seats go from black to cognac brown which was pretty amazing.

 

[CougarRon]

Wow that is amazing. Really nice work sir.

 

[tig_21]

Well according to what I've been told...red is a transparent color. The more you put on the darker it gets. To achieve the red that we have on all of my parts it was 1 hand painted coat using a foam brush followed by 3 coats using an airbrush. 4 coats total not including the prep. All the other colors, again from what I've been told can cover any other starting color. Red is the only color where all of your parts have to have the same starting color or the shade will be different. I've seen seats go from black to cognac brown which was pretty amazing.

kool. thanks. i love the darker red colors. post pics when you get them installed!