Converting black interior back to grey

97CasperCobra · Post by **97CasperCobra** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:01 am

So I have the infamous #4499 Teal Cobra, which in previous Owner's hands, was converted from grey interior to black, along with a pair of non-Cobra seats. I removed the door panels and center console and in the process or replacing all door/window hardware before I put new grey door panels on.

Since I'm fairly new to the Fox-body Mustang (I also own a '97 Cobra undergoing a Coyote swap), my question is what other interior parts (dashboard, steering column, misc panels) were originally grey and which were black??

As for the seats, I understand these are somewhat of a rare find so I will most likely replace the worn & torn existing seats with something from LMR that's budget friendly while I search for stock 93 grey Cobra seats.

I'm welcome to thoughts and advise....

Thanks in advance.

Z282SLO · Post by **Z282SLO** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:45 pm

Black parts - parking brake handle, shifter, shifter boot, plastic piece surrounding shifter boot, HVAC & radio panel, upper half of dashboard, instrument panel, steering wheel, power lock/window switches & surrounding trim piece, door handles & surrounding trim pieces

Gray parts - seats, lower half of dash board & glove box door, door panels/arm rests/map pockets (thin piece of upper gray panels is black), all carpeting, floor mats, headliner (gray cloth in non-sunroof cars), all rear & hatch trim panels, hatch carpeting and hatch cargo cover.

Good luck!

Romo93 · Post by **Romo93** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:33 pm

If all your black pieces are in good shape, you should be able to sell them off and help "fund" your interior swap. A lot of work ahead of you.... Good luck and take your time.

97CasperCobra · Post by **97CasperCobra** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:53 pm

Thanks guys, appreciate the help.
Most the interior parts are not salvageable, door panels are torn, center console has tabs broken off, missing ashtray, broken ash tray door, etc.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

97CasperCobra · Post by **97CasperCobra** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:54 pm

Here's what I'm working with....

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

WillyB93 · Post by **WillyB93** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 7:06 am

Might be best to find a parts car that has decent interior, finding every piece might be time consuming.

97CasperCobra · Post by **97CasperCobra** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:58 am

I'm going to get what I can from LMR, then I'll search for parts from a donor...

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

dbrennancobra · Post by **dbrennancobra** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:19 pm

97CasperCobra wrote:I'm going to get what I can from LMR, then I'll search for parts from a donor...

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

careful... they are all different shades of grey....

97CasperCobra · Post by **97CasperCobra** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:27 pm

dbrennancobra wrote:careful... they are all different shades of grey....

Hopefully NOT 50 shades...

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Goose17 · Post by **Goose17** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:09 pm

Quite the project!

I'm glad you are returning it to stock. I've seen quite a bit of Opal Grey interior parts on eBay. You should not have a problem getting the pieces.

Z282SLO · Post by **Z282SLO** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:19 pm

Goose17 wrote:I've seen quite a bit of Opal Grey interior parts on eBay. You should not have a problem getting the pieces.

Sometimes finding the parts is not the problem. It's finding them for sale at a reasonable price.

specracer · Post by **specracer** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:31 pm

I personally would avoid new repro parts if you can. As stated, colors can be just a bit off. I also really prefer a period correct feel of the car. In other words, if the car is a nice driver, and not a concourse restored car, I liked the parts I put on to look ~20 years old. Not beat, of course, but not shiny new either.

97CasperCobra · Post by **97CasperCobra** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 7:02 pm

Thanks guys, the car has approx. 186k miles on her and plenty of things to fix. Paint is about a 7/10. Just happy to have a teal '93 and want to get it back to how it should look. It's a good driver, just needs a lot of TLC.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk