Door Panels (interchangeable?)
 

The 81-87 door panels are not the most attractive..Is it possible to use different years on my 84?
Suggestions or comments appreciated.. My winter project is to clean up the interior. I have about 5 different colors now...lol

Brown seat belts, door panels, visors
New black dash
Red carpet
Darker red seat
All the steel is silver (including the roof)

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Re: Door Panels (interchangeable?)
 

You have two other choices...

There is the 77-80 style, and the late r/v series suburban that was slightly different up through 1991...

The 73-76 would require different doors...

Also remember the panels looked slightly different between trim levels, ie custom deluxe vs silverado...

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For example, this was one of a set I sold a couple weeks back, but came from a 1990 conversion package suburban. The difference between this panel and a normal suburban of that age is that they made the insert vinyl instead of velour cloth, but the layout and woodgrain trim would be the same:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8...d52d7033_c.jpg

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Whats the piece below the power window switch do?

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Looks like it was probably for a power seat control, since the Sub was a conversion. Suck place to put it, though.

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I put 87 sub panels in,my 78 with some 89 sub bits, no fit issues
used the pad,buckets,from 89 too
cept the early rods used metal clips later plastic...

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I have a pair of 85 Suburban buckets in really good shape...Can't wait to mock them up to see how they fit.
Anybody ever try dying a seat? They are gray and I want to go with black.

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Vinyl or cloth? Ive heard of varying success with dying seats, continual use of the drivers seat from getting in and out wears the color off.

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They are cloth..Vinyl on the sides.

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Get them recovered. Your never going to be happy with dyed cloth.

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That's what I figured..
The new seatcovers that I see listed on the various web sites (lmc,brothers etc..) don't say anything about the armrests. Do they come with new covers for them? I would think they would have to be sewed on somehow.

Local shop said around $350.00 to cover each..Ouch