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Interior peices....worn out

1.5K views 10 replies 7 participants last post by  PRtibby  
#1 ·
So I'm getting sick of looking at falling apart interior even though tib is just my daily driver. I need some replacements, anyone know where to get some or all of these parts or whats the best solution on fixing them? 2004 tib 6mt.

1. Steering wheel peeling uptop.

Pretty universal problem for older tibs, anyone figured out a way to fix this? Re-wrapping whole steering wheel in real leather seems not so cost-productive.

2. The shifter ring (little silver insert) and the whole mission plate plastic piece that hides the shifter linckages etc. (Gonna order the shifter boot from forum sponsor here)

Where to get them?

3. Passenger belt buckle.

The dreaded airbag light is on again, I just replaced the drivers side maybe a year ago and now the passenger's side went out...use to be all over ebay for 35-45 bucks, not anymore...where to get it? (Dealership quoted $100+ so I laughed at them).

4. Defroster vents for the front windshield ... once again a wide spread problem, they cracked. Can't fidn them.

Car is starting to show it's age and I'm trying the best I can keeping it looking good but it seems in the past 1-2 years the parts for the car keep getting harder to find.

And in my personal opinion it's not worth buying these parts from rape-ership because by the time I buy all parts at their inflated pricing they are going to cost more than the residual value on the car lol :3_headsha

Thnx in advance.
 
#2 ·
Go to a junkyard, there should be a Tiburon there, get parts from it.
 
#3 ·
Thanks Ramin, but I went 3-4 times now...everything is just as worn there, plus I don't want to get buckles from a wrecked car... want them new :p

Plus the stigma of a wrecked car parts = I rather pay a lil more money to get new just not at dealership prices...:3_hypocri

Anyone got connections at parts dep. or in korea?
 
#4 ·
Just check out junk yards further away, There are always decent condition tibs in the junk yards around orlando anyways
 
#7 ·
Yeah they use to be... all I see is couple of used ones. I really don't want to use used as they could be from a wrecked vehicle = could be broken/defective from force of the crash. Only as a last resort.