Alfa gtv v6 project black edition

[jonalfaspider 107]

Got a spare half hour today so finished painting the engine bay alfa romeo and v6 24v silver, got a little carried away and removed and painted any rusty bolts lol!

 

 

 

Edited February 3, 2015 by jonalfaspider

[charlee 314]

You could have sanded the letters

[jonalfaspider 107]

yeah suppose i could have, just been offered some tan carpet and tan leather interior

 

do i continue with the black on black or go for the black with contrasting tan 

[charlee 314]

All black becomes boring fast

[jonalfaspider 107]

mmm o well black edition is over im going for the tan im picking it up tomorrow although it really needs re-colouring 

 

i do like the ph3 dark tan 

 

mmm idea??.....

 

 

Edited February 4, 2015 by jonalfaspider

[jonalfaspider 107]

It's funny how the little thing bother you, something that really annoy me are the purple speaker covers, so time to sort it out the sun fade and get them back to black

 

Sold the black leather interior for £180 so project black edition is over but i think it will look even better and still mysterious. I hope it works out well as the black leather is very nice  

Edited February 6, 2015 by jonalfaspider

[jonalfaspider 107]

so you could cover these in red, blue or tan to match your leather interior if you wanted but i think black looks good. I unfortunately don't have loads of money to spend on my gtv so this is a great easy cheap fix.

 

so all you need is some glue and elastic bands and all it cost me £2.45, the materiel needs to be 100 denier......ehhh.  .....so  ..... so i bought some black 100 denier.....tights!!     

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130934633411?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

 

old material off

 

run glue around the edges and put the new material over and hold in place with elastic band around the outer edge untill the glue drys and thats it. My side door speaker covers have a little tear so i have done these also.

 

 

 

 

So as mentioned earlier i have been shopping for a few bits need for a mot

Edited February 6, 2015 by jonalfaspider

[jonalfaspider 107]

after selling the black leather I did a deal and spent £240 on......

tan leather interior
tan carpet
front brembo
powerflex dog legs
full stainless exhaust
downpipe
alternator
brake compensator valve



he through in a few bits for free,
two rear calipers
gtv mats
air con unit
abs unit

so after the shopping trip i thought i would top up my total cost so far i have spent on my project including the purchase price.

total spent on upgrades £1059.65

                                                                                       After

 

all back in 

Edited July 17, 2019 by jonalfaspider

[charlee 314]

so you could cover these in red, blue or tan to match your leather interior if you wanted but i think black looks good. I unfortunately don't have loads of money to spend on my gtv so this is a great easy cheap fix.

 

so all you need is some glue and elastic bands and all it cost me £2.45, the materiel needs to be 100 denier......ehhh.  .....so  ..... so i bought some black 100 denier.....tights!!     

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130934633411?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

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run glue around the edges and put the new material over and hold in place with elastic band around the outer edge untill the glue drys and thats it. My side door speaker covers have a little tear so i have done these also.

 

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So as mentioned earlier i have been shopping for a few bits need for a mot

 

 

Looks like new You could get speaker grille cloth too. 

[jonalfaspider 107]

Thanks, well Charlie and Thanos I have started to put the tan leather in and i dont like it

I love it!!! lovely contrast the interior feels much more of a special place

Edited February 16, 2015 by jonalfaspider

[charlee 314]

I just read the first line

Glad you're happy. Did you change the carpet?

[jonalfaspider 107]

lol! Yep got the carpet to, I have put the head rests, rear seats and door cards in, I'm trying to source some tan door pockets too as I have them in the spider and they add that little extra touch. I have cleaned up all the leather as they were a dirty tan.

The carpet needs a 1001 session before I put it in and the two front seats need recolouring before I pop them in

[charlee 314]

Are you recolouring the seats yourself? I have done my old black seats before. Got the dye from www.liquidleather.com

Use some quality cleaner and conditioner before.

[jonalfaspider 107]

Yeah having a go myself already got the stuff with a little spray gun lol! Finished the front seats

Pics of the one done on the right and the one one not done

Pleased with how the seats have come up but this is what I'm going to repair needs sticking and recolouring

[charlee 314]

Looking good

The driver's seat will be a challenge.

Where did you buy the recolouring kit?

[jonalfaspider 107]

I bought this kit, i cut a little piece off excess leather from under the seat and set it off for £10 extra they colour match 

 

http://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Leather_Colourant_Kit.php?source=webgains&siteid=73669#!prettyPhoto

 

for the worn through stitching i bought one of theses weird needles and im going to use a sponge for the creases.

 

 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Pack-of-7-Hand-Repair-Upholstery-Sewing-Needles-Carpet-Leather-Curved-Canvas-/371212000434?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item566df59cb2

 

some good helpful guides

 

leather dye

 

leather stitching repair

 

 im currently scrubbing the carpet o get all the stains out

[charlee 314]

Thanks for the info 

 

You've given yourself quite some work. How do you fix the stitches with those needles? They look like medical needles 

[jonalfaspider 107]

 im going to try

 

I saw my old gtv yesterday the owner pop round for a catch up still sounds great, it funny the love you have or theses cars, I remember my first drive to work in it i ended up in the middle of a supercar convoy and i think i blended in 

 

check it out

 

Edited February 20, 2015 by jonalfaspider

[Paso 239]

Great thing about GTV is that non-alfisti rarely know how old or powerful the car is.

[jonalfaspider 107]

not really had much spare time to play with the v6 but took the spider in for a cambelt kit and had the front end lowered with 30mm springs, a little disapointed as i expected them to be sat just above the wheels baybe when i do the back it will sit right? 

Edited March 8, 2015 by jonalfaspider

[charlee 314]

I think it looks just right. 

[jonalfaspider 107]

Thanks hopefully get the roof down in the next couple of weeks,

So got the carpet out as it needs some tlc, hired out a rug doctor carpet cleaner and went to work, left the 1001 carpet cleaner to soak

[jonalfaspider 107]

After one go with the rug doctor

A little bit of oil and dirt stains on the drive footwell so left a carpet stain remover product on for tonight so will be like new tomorrow morning when I give it a final once over before it goes back in tomorrow

[joeGTV 106]

Good work bud!

[Hermanoli 6]

Better than new, they have a fluffy feeling