Door Panel Restoration

So, as mentioned, the interior of my impala is an ugly/boring “saddle” color (aka Tan). Of course it’s a big faded and worn from 43 years of use… but overall in pretty good shape. I decided to try some vinyl dye (kinda like spray paint, but actually penetrates vinyl and/or fabric to recolor, and stays flexible, and keeps the same texture).

• So the door panel looked like this. (forgot to take a pic before removing the armrest/door handle, and window cranks. But you get the idea.
  
  
  
• Did some hard core scrubbing with Purple Power to clean 40 years of grime off the door panel so the dye sticks properly, and use some rust remover/chrome polish to shine up the chrome pieces.
• Tape off the chrome trim
  
  
  
• After dye is applied
  
  
  
• Removing the tape makes it pretty! Look at the
  bling!
  
  
  
• Door panel reinstalled and reassembled. It looks amazing, pictures don’t really do it justice (not to mention they show a fuzz and a couple fingerprints from re-mounting it.
  
  
  
  

So, for now, I have one pretty black door panel, with cleaned up chrome (cleaned up all the other parts too), but eventually the whole interior will be this nice! Yay!