Winner's Circle sell the Hardura set to cover the hump behind the seats and for
the
trunk. I know, I ordered a set in red for my car and was very pleased. They
also
have the correct pebble grain grey cardboard panels that mount over the wheel
wells
in the trunk. By the way, I got a seat kit and panel kit and carpet kit from
Moss.
The panel kit is slightly darker than the seats and nothing installed yet, but
looks
fine. I don't think that for other than judging, anyone is going to say
anything
about a few shades difference.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Bryan Vandiver wrote:
> The orginal interior I had that I didn't install, was exactly what you had
> below..(seats and panels from Moss), and 'delux carpet kit from VB. They were
> also red, but the panels and seats did match fine, In fact they were both
>'made
> in england, and the manufacturer's marks on the back of the vinyl for each was
> the same. Of course I had I bought these about three years ago, and Moss may
> have changed their source since then. The vinyl was 'deep'(blood?) red, but
> appeared much lighter in sunlight. I didn't use the set I had, since my car
>was
> painted green(came out a bit 'brighter' than expected), so I decided to change
> the interior rather than have the entire car resprayed. The red carpet kit
>from
> VB seemed to match the panels and seats fine also.
>
> Wow- VB now has a color coded Hardura trunk set?? I don't remeber seeing that
> available anywhere, not even AH-spares (they only offer black, from what I can
> tell)
>
> - Bryan
>
> >Subject: Re: Panels - AH Spares
> >To: Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
> >MIME-Version: 1.0
> >
> >I too, am awaiting an order from AH Spares. So far, very good to do business
> >with, and prices aren't that bad either.
> >
> >As per interiors, just went through a bit of a horror story I thought I'd
> >share. I ordered a red seat and panel kit from Moss for my Bugeye
> >restoration. I ordered the carpet set and "trunk carpet" set from VB. Upon
> >getting ready to install, discovered that the seats and panels from Moss did
> >not match. The "trunk carpet" set from VB is actually red Hardura, not
> >carpet, and the "OEM" style carpet was nowhere near matching any of the
> >above. So, I had four different colors of red in the car. Needless to say,
> >the seat and panel kit went back to Moss, and they said they couldn't match
> >the seats to the panels or vice versa. The "OEM" carpet set from VB was not
> >stitched completely around the top of the tunnel, so it too, went back. I
> >considered using the red Hardura trunk liner, but then opted to have my local
> >auto upholsterer make up the whole works. BTW, none of the reds shipped to
> >me were anywhere near "Cherry Red", but were more of a maroon or burgundy
> >shade.
> >
> >Rod Miller
> >59 Bugeye (nearing life), 71 MGB, 78 Spitfire, 72 TR6, 84 XJ-S, 87 XJ6,
> >etc......
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