let me know how it turns out...

 

Hmm i dunno about the steering wheel, I mean your hands are always there im sure it would fade or smear and it would suck to walk around all day with red hands.

 

you sure that won't mess up the leather??

 

that looks awesome man, as for the dying i'm sure its reliable....cuz peoples butts are on the seats all day, moving around. very smooth look

 

40 dollars, i'd be in in a heartbeat if it came out as good as your chops..

 

Real nice. How many different colors do they have?

 

Hey guys, I'll let you all know how it goes as soon as I get a little more research done. I would think if its this easy then everyone would be doing it right? maybe noone knows about it or something but its always worth a shot so I'm going to try it out as soon as I can find a dealer of these products in IL. supposedly some place like autozone. but anyway, I'll let yall know.

 

looks hot and for $40 i be all over it.

 

eeek .....

 

me too! I would love to do that.........keep us updated!!!!!!!!!

 

That looks pretty cool...especially if it would only be $40. Make sure the stuff works on fake leather too. If that's the stock shift boot, then it's vinyl, not real leather. Also, does anyone know which parts of the seats are real leather? I know that only part of the seats are real leather and the rest is vinyl. There have been a few threads in the past where people were debating which parts are real and which are not. I tend to believe that the center parts of the seats are the real leather and the edges are the vinyl parts, but I've seen people say it's exactly the opposite. Here are some of the threads this has been mentioned:
http://www.newtiburon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2531
http://www.newtiburon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31819
http://www.newtiburon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44491

Anyway...if the dye works on fake leather as well as real leather, then you'll be all set. If it doesn't, then make sure the parts you're planning on dying are in fact real.

 

40 dollars, i'd be in in a heartbeat if it came out as good as your chops..

Likewise... even if it was $100

 

Real nice. How many different colors do they have?

unlimited. the dier mixes the die on the spot. i had to have a piece of my leather seat repaired and a guy came out to my house (hyundai sent a 3rd party) and he mixed up die and re-died it. now, i doubt u can go from black to white or something like that, but tinting a black seat to a maroon like this guy wants should def be feasible. once you die it, it is done for life as far as the one guy told me. it is just like dieing the leather black. it stays that way. i actually have a jar of the color he mixed for our seats just in case i ever need it again.

 

yea im likin this idea i was thinkin about it myself, but the places i checked for it didnt really have wat i was lookin for. where would u get the leather dye from then?

 

dont know how possible dying black leather with red dye will work being it's a darker color, but yea i'd do some more research before u do anything, and if u wanna test anything i'd do your leather shifter thing, that will be the cheapest to replace if crap goes wrong

 

If you do it, make sure you wear something really dark for a long time. I'm guessing it will bleed for quite awhile, no matter how good a job they do. Also, there are holes in the leather in the middle of the seat which will capture more dye. I wonder what would happen in the summer when you're sitting on those seats and sweating a bit...

 

hope it works out for ya, but i dont think its the complete answer to changing your leather color. it'll just come out as more of a shade of a red,blue..and on and on. but hopefully its what your looking for. but for 40 bucks, it sounds too good to be true. just my .02

 

You can go to any paint shop and they can mix up any color you want of a vinyl dye. Its a little costly for a good brand tho. It takes a few coats to cover black especially if you want to do a light color like white or light yellow. Im sure it can be done. We did my husbands old cavalier from tan to baby blue. its on cardomain--tifflover1212 we sold it tho.

 

I don't think you can go to a lighter color. That red looks like a crime scene, but hey, I like the 2-tone on any car. If you find a product that will go lighter on a black dyed leather, lemme' know.

 

Looks pretty good. I was thinking of doing this also. let me know how it turns out.

 

Motorroom the korean web-site sells something like this. I'll see if I can find the link.

 

just go to a office supply store and buy light of highlighter markers

 

Here's the link. A DIY also:
http://imotorroom.com/frontstore/we...de=motor_17&Page=1&bGroup=18951&bStep=1&bLocation=1&bNumber=64&sField=&sString=

 

holy ****, I want leather now

 

yeah, that looks awesome. I wish I still had my stock seats.