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aeronautica86

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Anybody ever swap out there entire interior for another color? If so, how much did it cost using used parts (approximately)?

I'm asking because I think I'm about to buy a truck with a red interior and I'd really like to swap it out for a grey or mostly grey interior. Anyone have a complete grey interior they want to sell or swap for a red one? Or anybody want to buy the red seats/carpet/door panels etc out of a K5?
 
yeah some dude is looking for these, hes been looking for a long time. check the wanted section.
 
What you are considering sounds like you'd end up with a red lower dash section (the sheetmetal), and gray elsewhere.

Truck I just bought is gray/blue exterior, blue interior, but the dash metal is gray. IMO it looks stupid, but I'm sure it saved GM money. :( Couldn't even really tell until I looked closely, red might show up more though.

Just something to consider.

When I put my '86 together, I removed all the carpet that was left, and bought matching front/rear seats, probably cost me $200 total. Personally, if you found a complete donor, $200 for everything interior you need/want sounds about right. I don't know as you can remove carpet/backing if it's been in there awhile without destroying it.
 
aeronautica86 said:
Anybody ever swap out there entire interior for another color? If so, how much did it cost using used parts (approximately)?

I'm asking because I think I'm about to buy a truck with a red interior and I'd really like to swap it out for a grey or mostly grey interior. Anyone have a complete grey interior they want to sell or swap for a red one? Or anybody want to buy the red seats/carpet/door panels etc out of a K5?
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I had a completely red interior and changed it to gray. Painted the vinyl/plastic with SEM, painted the interior. Replaced the carpet and seats. No more red.

You could do this more inexpensively than I did; the seats were pricey. Carpet was a couple hundred, I exchanged some parts for the door upholstery, interior paint was a hundred or so. I painted the interior myself with Royken's advice (a lot of it).

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After:

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You can do it the way I'm working on doing. I ripped out the carpet, next is going to be some brand of spray bed liner, color pending.
 
That looks great, Skigirl. If my k5 was my dd, I could really go for something like that. If got into that thing, I'd tear it all up on my offroad excursion through rocks and mud. But it would look nice on the way :pimp:.

What do you have on your passenger side kick panel? Stereo-related? It would be convenient for me to stick my amp where yours was/is, but I put my junction block and relays there in a water-tight box, so i'll have to find another place.

and btw, the easiest way to paint the interior to match is...by spray paint. shake can. stab with screwdriver/knife/rhino horn/whatever. throw can, close truck and run. there's no reason to run, but if you have something soft nearby, you can do a dramatic "escape the blast" dive.
 
vortec said:
That looks great, Skigirl. If my k5 was my dd, I could really go for something like that. If got into that thing, I'd tear it all up on my offroad excursion through rocks and mud. But it would look nice on the way :pimp:.

What do you have on your passenger side kick panel? Stereo-related? It would be convenient for me to stick my amp where yours was/is, but I put my junction block and relays there in a water-tight box, so i'll have to find another place.

and btw, the easiest way to paint the interior to match is...by spray paint. shake can. stab with screwdriver/knife/rhino horn/whatever. throw can, close truck and run. there's no reason to run, but if you have something soft nearby, you can do a dramatic "escape the blast" dive.
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Passenger side kick panel area are stereo speakers in a panel that one of the guys made... don't recall at the moment who it was..

Paint & run? Absolutely! :D:wink1:
 
Craig Artzner said:
Skigirl do you still have all of your '75-'76 'before' interior parts pictured here? Mainly the door panels and dash bezel/trim, etc. I know someone who was looking for that OEM stuff awhile back...
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I might have some of it. I'll look and let you know. Be happy to let him have it if he still needs it.
 
thanks for the replies guys;

skigirl, that job looks great. what model/year truck are those seats from?

How easy is it to swap in seats from a different year truck, for instance front bucket seats from a ~97 burb/truck? Will the newer seats/brackets bolt in or is there some modification required etc?
 
skyyk5 said:
OOh I still need them! Bad! :D Thanks craig, for the look out.:bow:
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Thanks Craig. Skyy, I'll have a looksee and see what's still here. Maybe some door panels IIRC. I am using the original bezel, it's on the truck, painted black.

Aeronautica: I bought the seats new, but I know there are lots of seats out there that fit pretty easily you could pull from a junkyard. There were some pretty cool van seats out there that guys have used. Sorry I don't recall what vehicles they came from.

I got seat brackets with the seats I bought and those brackets are welded to the cage. But you could find some that would bolt in. You could always pull the brackets out with the seats that you find and drill some new holes... I got over fear of drilling holes all over the truck a long time ago.:D

BTW, I Linex'd the whole interior before I added carpet to the front. Durabak'd the outside too, so no probs with scratched paint anymore.
 
I have an '88 parts K5 that I swapped the gray interior into my current '88 which was orginally brown. Still need to swap the carpet to a rubber mat and the back panels to diamond tread. Did end up painting the door panels as the parts truck had power windows vs manuals. The paint did match very well btw.
 
Skigirl said:
I had a completely red interior and changed it to gray. Painted the vinyl/plastic with SEM, painted the interior. Replaced the carpet and seats. No more red.

I painted the interior myself with Royken's advice (a lot of it).

Before:
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After:

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Did you strip the dash to bare metal or did you just sand the paint?
 
doubt you'll get a reply, unfortunately Pam hasn't been on in about a year... miss her... anyway.... if the paint is good, just sand and repaint.. a quick primer coat is always advisable to seal the old finish from the new paint...
 
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