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Anyone doing anything trick with their interior? Got tips and tricks?

I'd love to see a separate forum for this kind of thing.

Edit: We got the forum... this is it. No need to continue voting.

That would be nice:rolleyes:

good idea might fit in with audio also

That would be nice:rolleyes:

good idea might fit in with audio also

Then vote so I can pass it on to Steve! :D

Theres already overlap on the forums . Basic unpaid in garage , basic paid in the proper years , custom has already shown up in audio and communication , and even more in the resto forum .

Theres already overlap on the forums . Basic unpaid in garage , basic paid in the proper years , custom has already shown up in audio and communication , and even more in the resto forum .

Well I haven't seen much in the way of custom stuff... maybe I should've made that more clear. For example, the stuff Ryoken is doing would be perfect for a forums like I'm talking about.

I think it's a great idea because it seems like people get frustrated when there's a question about interior in the garage. Good idea.

Go into the audio forum , manipulate the bottom of the page menus so you see all posts from the beginning , and there are plenty of custom interiors with stereo components , WITH PICS :waytogo:

Also a good idea for things like restoration, how too's on building center consol, it can go on and on.

:waytogo: I voted, its a good idea.

Yeah, custom upholstery, door panels, dashboards, etc. Troubleshooting interior lighting and electronic problems is also a strong topic.

Well I haven't seen much in the way of custom stuff... maybe I should've made that more clear. For example, the stuff Ryoken is doing would be perfect for a forums like I'm talking about.[/quote]

Perhaps we should just have a Ryoken Forum :thinking:

Well I haven't seen much in the way of custom stuff... maybe I should've made that more clear. For example, the stuff Ryoken is doing would be perfect for a forums like I'm talking about.

Perhaps we should just have a Ryoken Forum :thinking:[/quote]

i thought about a '69 k5 registry:woot::thinking:...lets count em up and locate them and see how many of the >5000:deal: made are left...sorry for hijack, you talking about a new forum:bow: made me remember thinking about this...is there 1 already somewhere on the internet? if not lets count them!

Yeah, custom upholstery, door panels, dashboards, etc. Troubleshooting interior lighting and electronic problems is also a strong topic.

Agreed... When I came to CK5 it was more about getting answers on how to fix my truck than it was about modding it for off road. Some folks on here are running stock trucks with no plans to change (Artzner comes to mind immediately) and/or may need restoration tips, as someone else mentioned.

Electrical is also a fine idea.

Well I haven't seen much in the way of custom stuff... maybe I should've made that more clear. For example, the stuff Ryoken is doing would be perfect for a forums like I'm talking about.

Perhaps we should just have a Ryoken Forum :thinking:
When i read it i thought the same thing :haha:

I'd like to see a forum myself cause i'll be doing the stepside this year.

What could it hurt?

I'd like it. I'm looking for ideas for rear interior panels myself. I suppose my main problem is a lack of metal suppliers down here in the Keys.:doah:

I'd like it. I'm looking for ideas for rear interior panels myself. I suppose my main problem is a lack of metal suppliers down here in the Keys.:doah:

I'm gathering ideas for them myself... Still unsure about which way I want to go with them. A lot of it has to do with whether or not I find a half-cab kit, which is pretty unlikely. :(

I have come up with a few ideas while doing a search. I am trying to keep the interior water hose/rain friendly and I want to do it out of diamond plate and then Herc over it. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time finding anything other than a 4x4 sheet of paper thin crap down here so I might end up using marine plywood. I can work with wood a little better than I can metal anyway.:D

I have come up with a few ideas while doing a search. I am trying to keep the interior water hose/rain friendly and I want to do it out of diamond plate and then Herc over it. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time finding anything other than a 4x4 sheet of paper thin crap down here so I might end up using marine plywood. I can work with wood a little better than I can metal anyway.:D

I thought about using fiberglass / carbon fiber / ABS plastic... something impervious to the elements and moisture. I think ABS would be my last choice, for lack of rigidity.

Sheet metal would be best, I agree, but probably hardest to work with. I want internal subwoofer boxes in them, so that the subs are flush mounted. Then mount everything using security screws so that it's a royal PITA to steal. :D

Oh yeah, marine-grade audio equipment is a must.

It's all about composite... :bow: :haha:

That'll be by far the easiest mod I get to. Just need to get over to Trenton for a 4 x 8 of some 1/4"... Thats the perfect mod for that material... integrate some speaker work too...

#17 on the list... :wink1:

It's all about composite... :bow: :haha:

That'll be by far the easiest mod I get to. Just need to get over to Trenton for a 4 x 8 of some 1/4"... Thats the perfect mod for that material... integrate some speaker work too...

#17 on the list... :wink1:

Wonder if I could find a sheet that big around here... :thinking:

2 factors....

1 - where is your nearest distributor. you may get lucky... any one stocks, or can get it easily.. http://www.creativepultrusions.com/distlistus.html they are in Canada too..

2 - cost.. it's not cheap... 1/4" sheet runs me like $175, 200.. Haven't priced it lately.. maybe a tad more for the average joe.. Thats ALOT of scraps leftover for other smaller projects too..

The real kicker is, that, and lower door panels would be soooooo simple.. So, good for a newbie to the material.. Some jigsawing, sanding, paint, herc, whatever... inpervious to elements, awesome speaker material, etc, etc...

I'd go diamond plate before I'd hand lay a glass one tho...

2 factors....

1 - where is your nearest distributor. you may get lucky... any one stocks, or can get it easily.. http://www.creativepultrusions.com/distlistus.html they are in Canada too..

2 - cost.. it's not cheap... 1/4" sheet runs me like $175, 200.. Haven't priced it lately.. maybe a tad more for the average joe.. Thats ALOT of scraps leftover for other smaller projects too..

The real kicker is, that, and lower door panels would be soooooo simple.. So, good for a newbie to the material.. Some jigsawing, sanding, paint, herc, whatever... inpervious to elements, awesome speaker material, etc, etc...

I'd go diamond plate before I'd hand lay a glass one tho...

Oh, I wouldn't hand lay that either... I'd get a sheet, cut it, and the epoxy on some stuff in the back to create a box for the speakers. I wouldn't get too fancy on it. The front would get painted and/or bedliner'd for protection.

My only concern with the speakers, at least with subs, would be the depth behind the panels. Not sure there is enough room to have the speaker flush mounted. Again, I haven't been behind mine yet, so I am just guessing. My plan is to move the spare to the rear bumper, then build two custom boxes, with 10's mounted up high. Below the boxes for the speakers will be two locking drawers for storing my wrenches and other tools. All the amps and an inverter will be mounted behind the panels for security (think out of sight, out of mind).

I don't think it would be bad to have a separate interiors forum, just not sure it is required.

Oh, I wouldn't hand lay that either... I'd get a sheet, cut it, and the epoxy on some stuff in the back to create a box for the speakers. I wouldn't get too fancy on it. The front would get painted and/or bedliner'd for protection.

well, knowing me, I'll go overboard... Not sure if I'd do any sub enclosure stuff, maybe just run some marine 6 x 9's out back... Tho I may consider a sub, as that may be the logical placement.. maybe a couple 10's in the back or something...

I definitely will utilize the space. In front of the wheel wells, it'll defintely get some sort of compartments, or amp mounting..

any of that becomes simple with that angle composite in the corner technique I developed and some scraps... maybe a couple of those fancy 1/4 turn latches I wanna get for my e-box and glovebox/breaker panel...

well, knowing me, I'll go overboard... Not sure if I'd do any sub enclosure stuff, maybe just run some marine 6 x 9's out back... Tho I may consider a sub, as that may be the logical placement.. maybe a couple 10's in the back or something...

I definitely will utilize the space. In front of the wheel wells, it'll defintely get some sort of compartments, or amp mounting..

any of that becomes simple with that angle composite in the corner technique I developed and some scraps... maybe a couple of those fancy 1/4 turn latches I wanna get for my e-box and glovebox/breaker panel...
Hey, I remember where the idea of using those latches for the side panels came from:D

I figured 2 10's in the back, just because I like to have bass. Acoustics wise, these things weren't built for audiphiles, but I think a couple of subs can provide plenty of bass, even with the top off.

I want to put a good set of 6x9s in the front of the rear panels angled with my little 200 watt amp and I plan on having the locking storage on each side behind the seat to hide stuff in. I am not sure if I am going to stick a sub in there yet. I really only listen to rock and I try to stay as low key as possible with my noise.

Place a bunch of interior specific threads and see where it goes:dunno:

This is what I did. I cut new side pannels out of galvanized sheet metal. I put to layers of bedliner on it to give it texture. I then put 3 coats of glossy black paint over the bedliner to smooth out the surface(bedliner was way to rough) and also to give it some shine. I got some black striping to go over the edges to give it a cleaner look. There wasnt enough room to mount subs flush in the back. So I just went with a good set of Pioner 4way speakers 300w. They sound really clear and have good bass. Im only running 150w to them so I'm not even getting close to the most out of them, but with just that little wattage they are loud. During the summer when my friends and I play football I only turn them up to 3/5 of the way and we can hear them just fine with it about 200yards away.
The key to bass in a speaker thats not a sub is that you want the biggest magnet possible. The bigger the magnet the more bass you have. Same with the bigger the speaker the more sound it pushes around. It also does you no good to run a 800w speaker with a 200w amp. When you try and crank up the volume it will sound like S### because its not getting enough wattage. Right now thats my problem is that my speakers arent getting enough wattage when turned all the way up the will crackle some times. Need to find a 1000w 4way amp. You want to have your speakers and amps alomst the same but with the amp a little smaller so you dont blow the speaker.
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Anyone doing anything trick with their interior? Got tips and tricks?

I'd love to see a separate forum for this kind of thing.lord knows i need it.:D

I love your "stereo" Daryl... :haha::haha::haha::bow::bow::bow:

I like your side panels John. I've been puting off mine, I want to use 1/4" hard board covered with Grey cloth.

Maybe I'll start mine next week.

I love your "stereo" Daryl... :haha::haha::haha::bow::bow::bow:


:haha:

I had the same setup. I was just a little more high tech, I bought one of those tapes with a headphone cable on it and hooked up to my iPod. :haha:

:haha:

I had the same setup. I was just a little more high tech, I bought one of those tapes with a headphone cable on it and hooked up to my iPod. :haha:

I had a mini-disc player connected straight to an amp, going to a big ghetto-ass box in the back seat with 2x12's in it... I got the box at Pep Boys, so you know it rocked... :haha:

col....u want me to see what it would cost to truck ya a full 4x8 sheet of diamond plate...how thick you want it...metal, like everything else is cheap(er) around here

I just made my lower door panels using the original back board. I also used some thin hard board, and covered it with some gray fabric I bought. Stayiong with gray.. I also am about %70 done with center consol.

BTW, since there's no interior forum I posted my progress here. So, technically its not thread jacking. :D

BTW, since there's no interior forum I posted my progress here. So, technically its not thread jacking. :D

As thread / poll starter, I hereby grant permission to post any interior-related stuff here... :D

When I redo the rear panels, I'm gonna cover it with the same gray, and use the billet pieces that you can get for the doors. This way, the rear passengers have the same visual as the one riding shotgun.

My interior is almost perfect,but I`d love to see ideas on moding it.

col....u want me to see what it would cost to truck ya a full 4x8 sheet of diamond plate...how thick you want it...metal, like everything else is cheap(er) around here

I appreciate the offer, but really I think wood is going to be easier to do what I want.

I got my billet dash / door pieces from LMC and installed them. I think they look outta place with my gray interior. So I was thinking of painting them gray to match. I think it will look a little more suttle, and stock appearing. What do you think?

what do I think....i think i need to see pics of the setup b4 i can tell you to paint billet and it look better....pictures!

Sorry, too cheap to buy a camera. I just think if they were gray, it would look less foreign. Also, the brushed aluminum looks tacky next to the chrome inside door handles.

what if you use wire brush and brush the billet w/swirls? alot of diff ways to dress billet...seems like a waste of $ to buy billet, then paint it

Good point there. I may paint them anyway. When i get my instrument cluster, I'll leave that as is since it is 99+ dollars.

Dupli-color makes a metal over coat,maybe they make gray...?

The pics are a bit old, but I've started doing diamond plate aluminum in my interior.

The pics are a bit old, but I've started doing diamond plate aluminum in my interior.

Nice man! I like how you incorporated it into the door panels.

how about we quit asking and make a forum for this?

how about we quit asking and make a forum for this?

Good plan!!!

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Good plan!!!

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Yeah, what they said:D:D:D:D

Yeah, what they said:D:D:D:D

If I can hit 70% on this thing with over 100 votes, I'll submit it to His Royal Highness Steve. :D

58 votes for "Yes" as of this writing.... To me that's worthy of starting a new forum. Some other sites don't have that many active members in a day. CarolinaK5 is peaking at 75+ members online at one time, and slowly but surely getting bigger and better. Not as big as here, but there's a good bit of content over there.

Come on guys... Keep it going.

Trying to hit 70% for "yes" with 100 votes or more.


I put the 'nekkid' option in just to follow standard operating procedure, :rolleyes: but let's push it up to 70%+ for YES!

C'mon...

7 mores votes for "good idea"!!!!

:D

5 more!!!

:bow::bow::bow:

Count it down... 3 more! :D:D:D

Haha.

Just from this thread I've got an idea of what I'm going to replace the panels with in the barn doors on my Suburban.. the cardboard is crap for durability, but they are in good shape.. bet I could get a c note on e-ghey :haha:

Haha.

Just from this thread I've got an idea of what I'm going to replace the panels with in the barn doors on my Suburban.. the cardboard is crap for durability, but they are in good shape.. bet I could get a c note on e-ghey :haha:

All the more reason to have a good forum for it! :D:bow:

But yeah, I have some rear panels from a K5 that I could probably get some cash for on eBay myself...either that or just sell them here.

:thinking:

3 more to 100...

Vote for the interior forum...!

2 more for yes please... :o

BTTT

One more!!!

:bow::bow::bow:

You guys rock!!!

:bow::bow::bow:

Thanks for pushing it up to 70% in favor of the Interior Forum!

Now, if only I can convince Mr. Fox to go for it...!

i vote yet again pls make one

I'd vote again if it would let me. I think it's a great idea...

Even though half the site runs nearly no interior, there's still that other half that DD's their rigs, and also the guys that just like to have a nice vehicle for camping, hunting, wheeling, etc...

I'd vote again if it would let me. I think it's a great idea...

Even though half the site runs nearly no interior, there's still that other half that DD's their rigs, and also the guys that just like to have a nice vehicle for camping, hunting, wheeling, etc...

Exactly. And even if you're not a hard core wheeler, or don't wheel at all and need good tech info, this is still the place to come.

I started my panels last Saturday, unfortunately the past week has been 12-15 hour work days so I havent gotten much done. Next week isnt looking so hot either. :(

I started my panels last Saturday, unfortunately the past week has been 12-15 hour work days so I havent gotten much done. Next week isnt looking so hot either. :(

Later on down the road, I have some pretty sweet interior ideas I plan to add into mine.

I'll be building a pretty nice console, similar to a police unit. It'll have removable panels, basically a rack (like they use for large servers), but not as wide. It'll have a large storage compartment, and mounting for lots of accessories, and go all the way up to the dash. I'll probably get some cable shifter setup for the t-case when I do it.

Hopefully I'll be posting that in an interior forum... :D

i just want to make my interior real nice and functional, but keeping it stock-ish. this kind of forum would be a good place to get all kinds of good ideas.

The pics are a bit old, but I've started doing diamond plate aluminum in my interior.



I like that, It looks kinda redneck, thats the reason i like it. I think Im going to do the same thing only not pollished, might leave it just satin finished, or have the panels powdercoated to match the interior color scheem.

:D :D :D

Notice at the top of this thread, that it has been moved to a different forum.

:D :D :D

Ladies and Gentlemen, the new forum:

Interior - Stock and Custom

http://coloradok5.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=86

And here it is. All because of Jon! Thanks Jon. And extra thanks to Steve the boss man.

pretty cool, man. good job for pushing it.:waytogo:

And here it is. All because of Jon! Thanks Jon. And extra thanks to Steve the boss man.

pretty cool, man. good job for pushing it.:waytogo:

:o Thanks guys...

Much thanks to Steve for setting it up and moving a few threads in to get it started.

Who keeps voting... and why? :doah::haha:

You are IN the Interior Forum! We got it, it's right here.

Poll closed...thanks for playing people.

Rene