Suede all the things

July 5th, 2015

I just can't leave cars alone.

As I've done to my last few cars, I wanted to wrap a few interior pieces in the Autozam with suede.  I get this self-adhesive stuff from a guy in Korea and it's pretty fun to work with.

As I started removing the plastic interior panels, I gained even more respect for Suzuki/Mazda.  When they built this car, they really wanted something as light as possible.  Every piece is as thin as possible.  Super flimsy, but it's all you need!

This piece in particular was a huge pain.  Apart from a Toyota Sera glove box, these B-pillars were the most complicated I've had to deal with.

It's important to leave yourself a lot of extra suede on the sides just in case.  Wrapping interiors has become a kind of meditation for me.  That's part of the reason I like it.  That and it makes the car feel a little more classy.

The rest of the pieces were pretty straight-forward.

Why leave it plain plastic when you can have suede??

Sure I'm adding a little weight, but it feels much nicer inside.

Even if I'm not changing something, I love to take apart cars just to find out more about them.

The deeper in you go, the more you understand the designers.  Especially on such a rare car like this, I'm amazed at all the bespoke parts.

I even found this:

Super Car Inspection!  Glad to see it was taken care of.  I have a feeling the oil was changed right before they shipped it from Japan.

I also started taking off the tint.  It's been impossible to see out of the back, and this should lighten up the interior a bit.  More on that next time.