DIY cinnamon Leather console project

[poss]

Always wanted some cinnamon in my otherwise-black leather interior - so here's the opportunity to do it to a degree with this leather cover for the centre console (have to respray first)

[Obioban]

To be happy with the results, you're going to need to thin the leathers at the seams an/or carve out space below the seams.

I've tried to go down this route. It was rough... and my wife is a fashion designer, so we had a bit of an edge going in. I ended up buying the OE BMW version.

[poss]

Thanks for the advice. The only OE BMW versions I could find were all for LHD - so not an option for me.

[jet_dogg]

You need to start with the right type of leather. The hides are shaved at various thicknesses at the tanneries depending upon their purpose.

10/10 your diy will look shite, leave this one to the professionals.

[poss]

This cover is professionally made by JF Customs:

I don't see any problem with the seams. They sit nice and flush when placed on the plastic. We will see how it looks when it's glued down.

[jet_dogg]

Keep us posted on the final product.

[Tbonem3]

Nothing ventured...

[poss]

I have a spare console I bought from a breaker so I have nothing to lose in trying except a bit of time

[pynacl]

Sounds like a fun project! Will definitely be tricky to get it to fit correctly and look factory, but worth a shot on the cheap. Worst case I noticed ECS sells the genuine cinnamon ones for $260 right now, which all things considered is pretty cheap: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...xoCtfcQAvD_BwE. Considering picking one up to add to my cinnamon interior.

[Fiolo]

Subbed! Curious to see how it turns out.

[T.J.]

Sounds like a fun project! Will definitely be tricky to get it to fit correctly and look factory, but worth a shot on the cheap. Worst case I noticed ECS sells the genuine cinnamon ones for $260 right now, which all things considered is pretty cheap: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...xoCtfcQAvD_BwE. Considering picking one up to add to my cinnamon interior.

Just the arm rest, but the arm rest in black always looked funny to me so I bought one. It’s a nice look.

[poss]

Leather all glued - just needs some final trimming. Very time consuming as you need to do a section at a time. I started at the front and worked to the back focussing on the seams and aligning the cutouts in the leather to the corresponding places. You need to shrink the leather to fit as you go.

[freshprince2421]

All things considered that looks pretty amazing. Looking forward to installed pics.

[oceansize]

I'm not mad at it. Need to see in car from various angles.

[maw1124]

To be happy with the results, you're going to need to thin the leathers at the seams an/or carve out space below the seams.

I've tried to go down this route. It was rough... and my wife is a fashion designer, so we had a bit of an edge going in. I ended up buying the OE BMW version.

I tried to do just this in Imola... it went NLA before I could pull the trigger a few months ago. Dammit! But seeing how they wear in the Clownshoes and Zs, I'm not sure I missed out. It is a bit of a high traffic area. Black would probably hold up just fine and hide some of the wear.

maw