Thread: IIA - Deluxe roof liner - recovering

Damian,
You might be able to get elephant hide seat covers from Exmoor Trim.
They supply complete seats and will re-trim your seats Front Seats : Standard Front Seats- Elephant Hide Grey
Maybe if you contact them and push the fact that freight for complete seats would be very expensive from/to Australia.......

As to the existing headlining.......seems a shame to have to remove it if it's OK.
I'd think it was glued in place with a contact adhesive, not sure how easy the old stuff will be to get off but the glue will be very old so it might be easier than you think.
If Exmoor don't come to the party then look for a similar grey vinyl. I found some at Daleys Daley's - Home


Colin

The grey of the Exmoor product seems considerably lighter in colour than mine Coliin, notwithstanding their claim that it's 99.9% accurate. Did you get a swatch from U.K.? As to Daleys, can you tell me which brand of vinyl you selected and the colour name?

I understand the earlier reproduction elephant hide wasn't that close to the original, not sure about the latest version (I haven't got a swatch but must order the Dormobile covers at some point).




I'm fairly sure that it was the Retrim Auto Grade Vinyl from Daleys, I wandered in with a sample and they showed me round the rolls they have in stock. Last time I got some it was about $33 per metre, they also carry the matching thread but only in the large spools (about another $30) but you need access to an industrial machine because of the thread diameter.

Colin

My thought is that your headlining might be best left alone, because the adhesive they used may not be available any more and that if you glue the new stuff on it may become an issue of falling down over time.

I tend to find that the old philosophy of 'if it ain't broke don't fix it'. I find that if I do fix it than it becomes really broken.

Nathan.

I absolutely agree with you Nathan on "if it ain't broke . . . ." and I would certainly prefer to leave the roof alone. After speaking yesterday to B.M.I. in Sydney, the Australian distributors for Exmoor, I sent an email to Exmoor.

They replied quickly and are going to send me a swatch of the current "elephant hide" vinyl. They are willing to sell me the vinyl by the length. We'll see how it matches up. I'll post a photo when it arrives. Others may be interested.

cheers

Originally Posted by damiane

I absolutely agree with you Nathan on "if it ain't broke . . . ." and I would certainly prefer to leave the roof alone. After speaking yesterday to B.M.I. in Sydney, the Australian distributors for Exmoor, I sent an email to Exmoor.

They replied quickly and are going to send me a swatch of the current "elephant hide" vinyl. They are willing to sell me the vinyl by the length. We'll see how it matches up. I'll post a photo when it arrives. Others may be interested.

cheers

I'd be interested to see the sample Damian plus also find out the price........


Colin

About 15? yrs ago I had both the 2a shorty and the 2a traybacks seat redone wth a vinyl similar to the swatch Gromit has shown. No idea what it was called, the upholsterer just did them with that. However after a few years of dust,mud,sweat,tears and other , the ingraining has come to resemble the original Elephant hide. I would not remove the original roof lining unless you were hellbent on replacing with fluro pink Not many hood liners totally match the other interior anyway.
Cheers Scott

Originally Posted by gromit

I'd be interested to see the sample Damian plus also find out the price.
Colin

Originally Posted by schuy1

About 15? yrs ago I had both the 2a shorty and the 2a traybacks seat redone wth a vinyl similar to the swatch Gromit has shown. No idea what it was called, the upholsterer just did them with that. However after a few years of dust,mud,sweat,tears and other , the ingraining has come to resemble the original Elephant hide. I would not remove the original roof lining unless you were hellbent on replacing with fluro pink Not many hood liners totally match the other interior anyway.
Cheers Scott

Thanks for the feedback Scott.
Thanks for asking Colin.

Damian, please keep us posted on this. My Wombat had the deluxe trim in what seems as though it might have been the elephant hide (none of worth keeping) and only one seat base... in brown. If this vinyl seems reasonable, it might be a good option for me.