pic request please - gray interior w/ black mats

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192Darkhorse

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Thinking about getting full coverage black mats for the inside of my OBS w/ gray interior. Not sure how it would look though since the gray is so light. Anyone have the min their truck?

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My black truck came with the lt. grey interior, & black rubber flooring. Recovered much of the interior in lipstick red. Sorry no pix before I redid the interior, but I haven't insatalled the new (red) carpets, yet. Don't know if I will, especially after the heater core geyser in it last week. Made the clean-up so much easier. If the carpet had been in there, I'd be replacing it right now. If it was a customer's vehicle, they'd be looking at a $4-500.00 bill for that job. Getting to appreciate the rubber floor more & more. I'll just have to get used to the ribbing that I take from my buddies for having the rubber, even though I do upholstery for a living.
When I do high-end Hot Rods, I like to go darker on the carpets, as opposed to matching the carpets to the seats. White or grey seats = black or dk. grey carpets. Red seats = burgundy or black carpets. I've done one interior similiar to Eric Clapton's '32 3 window. Black car, tan interior, & very dk. maroon carpets. Looked amazing!
When you use a darker floor covering, the floors disappear, bringing the eye's attention to the seats. We call it 'floating the seats'
 
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I have a set of NNBS factory carpet mats in my truck. They look great with the gray interior.
 

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My black truck came with the lt. grey interior, & black rubber flooring. Recovered much of the interior in lipstick red. Sorry no pix before I redid the interior, but I haven't insatalled the new (red) carpets, yet. Don't know if I will, especially after the heater core geyser in it last week. Made the clean-up so much easier. If the carpet had been in there, I'd be replacing it right now. If it was a customer's vehicle, they'd be looking at a $4-500.00 bill for that job. Getting to appreciate the rubber floor more & more. I'll just have to get used to the ribbing that I take from my buddies for having the rubber, even though I do upholstery for a living.
When I do high-end Hot Rods, I like to go darker on the carpets, as opposed to matching the carpets to the seats. White or grey seats = black or dk. grey carpets. Red seats = burgundy or black carpets. I've done one interior similiar to Eric Clapton's '32 3 window. Black car, tan interior, & very dk. maroon carpets. Looked amazing!
When you use a darker floor covering, the floors disappear, bringing the eye's attention to the seats. We call it 'floating the seats'

I absolutley love that color combo for some reason... Black ext - Red int ...nice man!
 

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I absolutley love that color combo for some reason... Black ext - Red int ...nice man!

It's actually 2 tone. Everything from the armrests down, is red. Everything above is the factory grey color, with a dividing line of piping in graphite (dark) grey. From 10-15 ft. away it looks like the interior is grey but when you get close, or open the door, the majority of the interior is red.
 

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It's actually 2 tone. Everything from the armrests down, is red. Everything above is the factory grey color, with a dividing line of piping in graphite (dark) grey. From 10-15 ft. away it looks like the interior is grey but when you get close, or open the door, the majority of the interior is red.

You should do all red ;)...like i said i love that look, you mainly see it in old school vehicles but i think it would neat to see in a more "modern" vehicle specialy one as clean as yours.
 

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You should do all red ;)...like i said i love that look, you mainly see it in old school vehicles but i think it would neat to see in a more "modern" vehicle specialy one as clean as yours.

This winter. ALL red! Going to do hand-lacing around the outside edge of the seats in graphite, or matching red. Kind of like the new Ford King Ranch. (I said the 'F' word! My apologies!)

http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/BlackChoppers45.jpg

http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/BlackChoppers42.jpg
 
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