Changing interior?

[Looneybin]

Ok i am a new member but long time chevy truck fan. At the beginning of the week i scored a near mint k5 blazer for $800. The truck is my dream ride and is in amazing shape. Zero rust or dirt. Never been offroad, top has never been off, and the carpet and seats still in great shape. The bad is it has a spun rod bearing.

It is black on black but the interior is maroon.......circa 1985....ugh! Its just not me, and it smells like my grandmas buick. Anyone ever pulled the plastic interior out. My 79 k5 is mostly metal on the interior and i like the simplicity of it all. I want to remove the carpet and do the floor in spray on bedliner. I want to pull the panels off and see what it look like under. Hoping there is little glue. Wanting to go black and aluminum on the new interior. I searched a little but there arnt a great deal of good interior threads.
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[motornut]

some parts may not be body colour
but if your painting it won't matter
screws holes all over the place tho
and it's much quieter with it there

[RandyP]

I've heard more people regret putting bedliner on the their floorboards than people who say it's a good idea. Removing the carpet and padding you'll lose all your sound insulation and heat insulation. I've actually heard of guys saying after they removed the carpet and padding and put bedliner down it is so hot their feet burn while driving.

[875.3CHEVY]

i put bed liner down on mine, in the winter its ok.but in summer with the ac on my face would be cool,but the back of my legs and knees would be sweating.the ac and the heat from the floor would fighting one another.here in sc i had to put the carpet back.

[88Jimmy4x4]

if this blazer is as mint as you describe, gutting the tinterior and doing bedliner would be a shame

[Billy81]

Originally Posted by 88Jimmy4x4

if this blazer is as mint as you describe, gutting the tinterior and doing bedliner would be a shame

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[Looneybin]

Yea its mint but the reds got to go. But i guess ill scrap the bed liner idea. I at least want to swap the door panels dash pad and all the interior plastic to black. Thanks for the input guys. Think i will pull the plastic and patch and paint the screw holes. I want it all clean and simple
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[88Jimmy4x4]

Originally Posted by Looneybin

Yea its mint but the reds got to go. But i guess ill scrap the bed liner idea. I at least want to swap the door panels dash pad and all the interior plastic to black. Thanks for the input guys. Think i will pull the plastic and patch and paint the screw holes. I want it all clean and simple
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I totally understand, my interior used to be blue and Im doing mine in black, I painted my door panels, trim, replaced headliner/carpet and seats all to black.

[INSIDIOUS '86]

You can do wonders with vinyl paint and the plastics
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