Matching Limited Edition Seats: How to Design a Custom Interior to Perfection
- Csizzle95
- Oct 10, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 12, 2024
After multiple Seat changes I landed on bright White limited addition Corbeau seats with intricate honeycomb stitching. There were only 12 seats made and I was able to work out a sponsorship deal with Corbeau, they brought the Subaru in for some product photos to display their limited edition seats!
After falling in love with the new interior addition, I decided it was time to go the extra mile. I went to a local upholstery shop with the Subaru, and a roll of white vinyl to template the existing honeycomb pattern from the seats. This was eventually used on the custom door panels I built. As an added bonus, we will also be going over my custom floor mats that also match the Corbeau seats perfectly for an all around cohesive interior!
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Custom Door Panels in the Making
Some of you true Subaru fanatics might notice that these door panels were originally the 2006-2007 limited black leather door panels. These limited door panels were and are a hot item. They are hard to come by and can be very expensive. My original plan was to not modify these rare door panels, but this whole project happened so fast. I didn't have time to source another set of door panels, or take many pictures. So, the few pictures I have, are from a spare door panel I had laying around that I used to show the same process I used to build these honeycomb door panels.
Chopping up my limited edition door panels
I was a little hesitant on this, but to keep the "limited" rarity/styling, I left the lower arm rest as the original limited black leather!
Here is a quick shot of the hand stitched matching white vinyl done by Wasatch Upholstery. It was not cheap!
This is a quick shot of the spare door panel.
On the inside of these Subaru door panels, you'll notice these door panels were originally assembled with plastic welds. Meaning Subaru basically just melted all the different door panel pieces together to complete the door panel.
To disassemble and modify the existing panel. I just melted the plastic welds with a torch and gently pried apart the door panel.
The lower arm rest comes right out.
Next, the upper trim piece of the door panel! Then, just find an edge of the original material of the door panel and gently rip it all off! Unfortunately, The foam backing on the original material does not remove well off the original panels. I had to scrape at this foam with an eraser wheel for what felt like hours for each door panel!
Again picture are limited, but the process was simple. I mapped out my material and precut the pieces for each door panel, and used spray/contact adhesive to attach the new material. Do a final trim, and reassemble the door panel using a torch to melt those plastic welds back together!
The Finished Door Panels
Now the interior doesn't just have cool seats, it has cool seats that look like they belong. But that wasn't quite enough. I really wanted another "extra mile", so I got the idea of custom floor mats, and that's where Well Mats came in clutch!
Matching Honey Comb Floor Mats
I found Well Mats, a company from Ukraine that specifically make custom floor mats. I sent Well Mats a picture of the seats and dimensions of the honeycomb pattern. It took a couple months of back and forth but after they made a sample and confirmed with me, I paid for my mats and they sent them out within a month. I couldn't be happier with the result and would absolutely recommend their company.
Custom Air Tank Cover
I sat with this set up for a while until recently I had the epiphany that I needed to tie my trunk set up in with the white cab interior. I had white on my air tank but the finish of the paint wasn't up to par and I needed something worthy of the Csizzle brand. Finally I landed on a custom honey comb air tank cover.
All I had was the white vinyl left over from when I purchased extra for the door panels and I didn't have any with the honey comb stitching but with no sewing experience, I decided to completely make my air tank cover from scratch keep reading here.
I have a few more ideas to tie in the honey comb so follow along for more. Thank you for reading this far and being a part of this journey with me, I feel honored to have you along for the ride.
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