Place to buy some tweed fabric?

[coater]

Could anyone tell me the best place to buy a roll or 2 of tweed fabric? Would like to do leather but I think that would be very pricey.
Thanks!

[N2TRUX]

Fabric stores sell it. I would consider vinyl or cloth over tweed. It's going to date your truck.

[S10Fan]

The best place I've found for price, quality, and service is Your Auto Trim. Their web address is ......................

www.yourautotrim.com


I recently covered my door panels in tweed, did away with Ostrich Emu.

BTW, I also agree with N2Trux on his opinion of tweed. I built my truck to have a retro feel and the tweed goes along with my interior. Otherwise I'd just save up a little longer and go leather. I love cattle, on a plate or on a seat.

[coater]

Yes I would agree! Hoping to do it myself,but didn't want to try leather because of the cost. We only have one trim shop in a city of 35k people,so you can imagine what he charges.

[storked82]

Hey COATER

Check out hobby lobby I bought alot of vinyl and sometimes you can get deals or coupons on line I have some tweed on my door panels and I hate it

Im going to change it

good luck

Jeff Main

[coater]

I will check there. I have a friend who has tweed in his '67 and looks pretty good. But I can say I never ridden in it to form an opinion about it.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

Fabric stores sell it. I would consider vinyl or cloth over tweed. It's going to date your truck.

I will politely disagree. An all tweed interior job will date the interior just like all ultra-leather, or all suede, or all.....

Using different fabrics to add some contrast works even if it's not the latest 'trend' fabric. The key is using it sparingly (only for some contrast).

[coater]

I basically was going to use the tweed for all the plastic panels around the glass,headliner trim,and kick panels.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by coater

I basically was going to use the tweed for all the plastic panels around the glass,headliner trim,and kick panels.

That much tweed will definitely date your truck & is most likely what N2Trux was referring to. Too much of any one 'soft' fabric wrapped over plastic trim takes away from the effort. Why not properly prep them & use a plastic/vinyl dye on the hard pieces?

[nbpro]

1995 Chevrolet S 10 custom tweed interior
http://www.sporttruck.com/featuredve.../photo_03.html

[camshaftgsxr]

Haha I love all the hatin on tweed, my whole interior is tweed, well tweed and billit I like it but then again it was done professionally and probably cost more than I paid for the truck since I'm sticking with 16" wheels and not going crazy on the drop or paint I don't think it will look out of place haha

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by camshaftgsxr

Haha I love all the hatin on tweed, my whole interior is tweed, well tweed and billit

I'm not hatin on it. Just stating that a full tweed interior is going to look like it was done 10-15 years ago when full tweed interiors were the rage.

Do what you want, but the facts are the facts.

[camshaftgsxr]

It was done in the 90's lol but it's in great shape still

[coater]

I will try and dye a piece and see what it looks like. Is there a decent place to purchase some? I looked around my town for it a few weeks back,and there is none to be found here. My door panels a faded pretty bad but no nicks and cracks,so would hate to get rid of them. That was the main reason I was going to cover some of the panels.

[N2TRUX]

If your door panels are in good shape you can dye them. Read this article for more details- LINK