Painted Cloth Seats

thapr3dat0r · Sep 4, 2013

A few pics of my newest project. This Express is exactly what I wanted; Hemi, 4x4, quad cab, painted bumpers, back-up camera, 20" chrome wheels and factory bed liner. But the interior is severely lacking, IMO. I will be getting some Clazzio leather seats covers eventually but in the meantime this is what I am doing:

Using DupliColor Vinyl and Fabric Paint. Works awesome. Not sure how I want them to end up, though. How should I finish them off? FYI, the truck is bright white.

So....

1) All black
2) Black sides and factory grey center
3) Black sides and painted white center

thapr3dat0r · Sep 4, 2013

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WhiteExpress · Sep 4, 2013

You are one crazy guy! Painting the seats in a '13! I was just happy they were all one color unlike my '11 Express seats. BARF!

That being said, I think you'd regret ever putting white on seats.
Even the light grey is somewhat hard to keep clean.

Etroze86 · Sep 5, 2013

My vote is black on the bolsters and leave the center alone.

Casper · Sep 5, 2013

thapr3dat0r said:
A few pics of my newest project. This Express is exactly what I wanted; Hemi, 4x4, quad cab, painted bumpers, back-up camera, 20" chrome wheels and factory bed liner. But the interior is severely lacking, IMO. I will be getting some Clazzio leather seats covers eventually but in the meantime this is what I am doing:

Using DupliColor Vinyl and Fabric Paint. Works awesome. Not sure how I want them to end up, though. How should I finish them off? FYI, the truck is bright white.

So....

1) All black
2) Black sides and factory grey center
3) Black sides and painted white center

My vote is option 4, black cneter to hide the dirt and match the headrests.
Leave the sides and back the original color to match the carpet aind door inserts.

thapr3dat0r · Sep 5, 2013

WhiteExpress said:
You are one crazy guy! Painting the seats in a '13! I was just happy they were all one color unlike my '11 Express seats. BARF!

That being said, I think you'd regret ever putting white on seats.
Even the light grey is somewhat hard to keep clean.

Ha ha, yeah I guess I am crazy. I mod all my stuff, new or old. That is a good point about the white. I'm going to get white leather inserts with black seats when I go Clazzio but I'm starting to think white cloth is not a good idea.

Etroze86 said:
My vote is black on the bolsters and leave the center alone.

That's kind of where I'm leaning now. Worst case, I don't like it and paint the center to go all black.

Casper said:
My vote is option 4, black cneter to hide the dirt and match the headrests.
Leave the sides and back the original color to match the carpet aind door inserts.

My doors and carpet are all black.

My dash and center fold down armrest cupholder thingy is gray so I think it would look good whether I blacked them out or left some gray. Still undecided. Just hoping blue painters tape sticks well on the seats.

Casper · Sep 5, 2013

My doors and carpet are all black.

My dash and center fold down armrest cupholder thingy is gray so I think it would look good whether I blacked them out of left some gray. Still undecided. Just hoping blue painters tape sticks well on the seats.[/QUOTE]

Okay, so match middle of the seats with doors, floor and headrest. Leave outter edges light grey for contrast. :Whoa:

DatacomGuy · Sep 6, 2013

Wow. Sweet! I say black sides, center leave be. I like two-tone like that. Just my personal preference.

That being said, i love my dark gray seats in my express. Minus the fact they are cloth.

thapr3dat0r · Sep 9, 2013

Just finished seat number one. Really happy with how it turned out. Blue painters tape was a PITA to stay put but did its job. Ignore messy garage. Doing some home remodeling.

WhiteExpress · Sep 9, 2013

Wow. That looks really good!

thapr3dat0r · Sep 9, 2013

WhiteExpress said:
Wow. That looks really good!

Thanks! Yeah, thankfully it came out ok. Had a little overspray in some small areas where the painters tape came up a little but I was able to rub it off.

JohnnyDollar · Sep 9, 2013

I don't know that I could have done that to a brand new truck,
but it does look really good.
Good Job.

Rusty2872 · Sep 9, 2013

I've got to admit I never thought about your painting the seats idea. It looks good, don't forget to throw some pics up with everything in the cab.

DatacomGuy · Sep 10, 2013

Very cool.

Riccochet · Sep 10, 2013

I'm curious as to how well it holds up. Will it start to wear off fairly quickly with use?

Trupiano · Sep 10, 2013

JohnnyDollar said:
I don't know that I could have done that to a brand new truck,
but it does look really good.
Good Job.

Same here. Great job though, it looks good!

thapr3dat0r · Sep 11, 2013

JohnnyDollar said:
I don't know that I could have done that to a brand new truck,
but it does look really good.
Good Job.

DatacomGuy said:
Very cool.

Trupiano said:
Same here. Great job though, it looks good!

Thanks, guys. I tell my buddies and show them pics and the common reaction is, "I had know idea you could do that". I knew I was gonna get leather seat covers anyway so if I screwed it up that just meant I had a good excuse to get them sooner :Big Laugh:

Rusty2872 said:
I've got to admit I never thought about your painting the seats idea. It looks good, don't forget to throw some pics up with everything in the cab.

Will do! I had to touch up the first seat but going to put it back in tomorrow and get started on drivers seat.

Riccochet said:
I'm curious as to how well it holds up. Will it start to wear off fairly quickly with use?

I think it will hold up well but only time will tell. The few reviews I read were very positive.

thapr3dat0r · Sep 19, 2013

Back Seat in progress and finished:

thapr3dat0r · Sep 19, 2013

Passenger seat in cab:

Cruizer · Sep 19, 2013

That's slick man. If that paint can hold up on a seat, it will be what I paint anything else vinyl or plastic with. I may even strip my dash and redo it with that stuff. Let us know how it holds up, I'm really curious. Great job on the seats, they look awesome!

Painted Cloth Seats

Final Color Scheme of Seats?

All Black

Black sides and headrest with factory grey center

Black sides and headrest with white painted center

Should have left it factory color

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