Thinking of reveneering the wood ...

[FastCougar]

So, I have the door panels removed as I'm working on cleaning up the window mechanisms and troubleshooting the passenger's side window not going up. So I'm sitting here looking at the wood veneers and it's eating at my brain ... "I know you can reveneer these and have a knock dead interior" says my brain. What are your thoughts on this wood?

for this interior

 

[FastCougar]

My only qualm with not using the stock Mahogany is that the shift knob won't match

 

[JFENG]

Style

Flashy veneers are plentiful. The original designers chose the original veneer for. Reason. No harm in deviating for personal reasons but I think it will detract from the car if not in the original wood or if the rest of the ****pit doesn't have appropriate design cues that work with the new veneer.

Personally, I think pomelle mahogany is a bit too strong for a stock E9 interior. It the steering wheel and seat style were a bit more exuberant then I think it would work for me. But then I'm an older guy who prefers subtle harmony and am out of tune with the younger generation and their tattoos and coffee can sized exhausts.

Was just at C&C in Irvine, and while its not my cup of tea I do acknowledge that the things younger folks do with their cars have their artistic appeal.

Also, use an adhesive and top coat that're up to automotive conditions (heat, cold, uv exposure).

 

[David]

While not exactly the same, it would look something like this:

 

[Stevehose]

If you are selling the car, why re-veneer it? If keeping it, I'd do the structural parts first.

 

[steve in reno]

I re veneered my dash with carpathian elm burl.
It came out very good and a near perfect match to my Nardi steering wheel in color.
Shifter is in leather with shift pattern.

It is yours to make the way you want. Be tasteful and think hard about it before you pull the plug. A lot of work in removal and install.

Beautiful patterned wood shown.

steve

 

[rsporsche]

So, I have the door panels removed as I'm working on cleaning up the window mechanisms and troubleshooting the passenger's side window not going up. So I'm sitting here looking at the wood veneers and it's eating at my brain ... "I know you can reveneer these and have a knock dead interior" says my brain. What are your thoughts on this wood?

for this interior

looks like madrone or carpathian elm burl. which looks a little british - austin healey or jaguar. a fine grain pomele figured wood wood be better than a burl - a fine quilt figure ... perhaps makore pomele. but, i think a linear grain with a beeswing figure or possibly a block modeled figure would be better. some woods that are interesting are figured walnut, andiroba, or for a lighter wood, you could try eucalyptus or quarter figured anigre. anigre. for an oranger wood, try fiddleback makore or for a darker wood etimoe. the important thing to get a linear look (especially on the door wood) is to use a quartered wood. plain sliced veneers will be more random.

 

[rsporsche]

a few more favorites - sometimes a flatcut figured wood can also be pretty - looks more like a piece of lumber

 

[jmackro]

Flashy veneers are plentiful. The original designers chose the original veneer for. Reason.

I'm in agreement with bfeng. No offense to those who like it, but to me that burled wood just looks tacky. In addition, if you ever plan on selling your coupe don't assume your prospective buyers are going to favor that "1960's Las Vegas" look.

 

[FastCougar]

Well, considering the front end rust, I'm trying to resolve all the other minor issues with the budget that my father gave me to remedy the rust (we thought it would only be surface rust due to how limited it has been exposed to rain). Since the budget was only $500, this leaves fixing things that I can that will take away someone's ability to bargain down the price further. Things like replacing the front window motors and re-veneering (not much on the interior other than the visor attaching clip). I figured while I had the interior apart I might as well redo the wood since it's starting to de-laminate in spots. I think for $30K with some rust in the front end, the rest of the car should be complete and in great shape.

That said, I can see the points about the burl being more British in nature and I think if I were to keep it, that would be my choice. However, since it will be sold, I would prefer to keep it as close to stock as possible ... I just love working on this car and got carried away with a little projection of my desires.