Thread: Interiors-What is cost of and best material

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Yea, I also need to look into a sewing machine, because THE COST for a nice "name shop" interior is well beyond my budget, LOL.

The going rate for a NICE roadster leather interior is going to be in the $7K to $12K range. I attended the Goodguys Del Mar show this past weekend and looked at many roadster interiors and talked to their owners and found one that was VERY NICE, but "not done" by one of The Name shops and it was still $5K.

I guess it comes down to how much of the job you are willing, or capable of doing yourself. When you start counting up how many separate panels you need in a roadster, it's a lot, which drives up the labor time and cost. I can count 17 to 20 panels (with vinyl/leather or carpeted) in my car to do the firewall, two kick panels, two door panels, two quarter panels, behind the seat panel, 6-7 pieces of "edged" square weave carpet, and a full trunk and floor.

I'm sure that it's about like paint and body work. That cost of materials is going to be double what "you think" they should cost.

Wow $7-12K is a lot more than we pay here in england, a normal roadster is usually around $3,200 maybe a bit more for a complicated job & another $650 for the top, a 5w Coupe would be around $5600 - $6400, this is based on the prices of the best guy in england.

I got lucky with my roadster as i have a friend that trims, my costings were $3500 including the top and trunk, mine is diamond pleated so a bit more work involved.
I made all the panels in 1/8" marine ply and installed all the clips etc etc, When making the panels you need to have a slight understanding of the trim materials as you need to allow for foldover.

Originally Posted by John Palmer

Yea, I also need to look into a sewing machine, because THE COST for a nice "name shop" interior is well beyond my budget, LOL.

The going rate for a NICE roadster leather interior is going to be in the $7K to $12K range. I attended the Goodguys Del Mar show this past weekend and looked at many roadster interiors and talked to their owners and found one that was VERY NICE, but "not done" by one of The Name shops and it was still $5K.

I guess it comes down to how much of the job you are willing, or capable of doing yourself. When you start counting up how many separate panels you need in a roadster, it's a lot, which drives up the labor time and cost. I can count 17 to 20 panels (with vinyl/leather or carpeted) in my car to do the firewall, two kick panels, two door panels, two quarter panels, behind the seat panel, 6-7 pieces of "edged" square weave carpet, and a full trunk and floor.

I'm sure that it's about like paint and body work. That cost of materials is going to be double what "you think" they should cost.