TMI interior anyone try it

[Donf407]

Getting a big bonus from work said screw bills ,considering redoing my interior in my 62 Ghia with aTMI kit from JBUG with everything new 12inch inserts in the seats The complete interior seats,headliner ,carpet door panels,armrest,sunvisers new foam and all will be about 1,200 bucks give or take a few bucks my question is has anyone done this and what kind of results did you get pics would be nice

[60ragtop]

Have you read thru these?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/search.php?search...=titleonly
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Certified Mechanic by the State of Michigan in 1977
ASA certified in 1987
Certified Hunter Wheel Alignment Master Technician 1986

[Sharp64]

I purchased TMI seat covers, carpet and door/quarter panels through JBugs back in January. You may think about waiting until December, as they usually have a year end sale and you can get 10-15% off.
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1960 Indigo Blue Ragtop (Blue Barry)
1967 Ghia
1985 Westy Money Pit
“...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.” - Michael Caine

[Donf407]

How did they turn out do they look good ?

[Sharp64]

[6T5 square]

It's not the quality of the covers, it's the person installing it that you have to worry about
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65 square 1500S (weezer) sold but always on my mind
60 beetle (Ned)

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[Mike Fisher]

I would rather spend the $1200 at a local upholstery shop, where I can pick out the materials/colors/style in advance. Guaranteed fit with NO labor on my part!
P.S. TMI base carpet is crappy!
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66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold

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[René R.]

My 2c: when I was deciding on upholstery earlier this year I requested sample swatches of material from both TMI and Sewfine. There was no comparison -- Sewfine's material was infinitely better quality. Softer, more flexible, much tighter weave etc. The TMI of the same pattern was coarsely woven and scratchy. Sewfine cost more but I have no regrets.

Though if I had it to do over I would seriously consider the advice above this post -- having a local upholstery shop do the whole job. I had mine professionally installed but it was only afterward that I asked what he would have charged to do the entire job, including supplying fabric. It came out the same.
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[Sharp64]

Out of curiosity what was the cost for a full interior install? I called someone locally just to install a new headliner and was quoted $375 with me supplying the headliner. I can't remember if it included them installing the rear window or not?
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1960 Indigo Blue Ragtop (Blue Barry)
1967 Ghia
1985 Westy Money Pit
“...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.” - Michael Caine

[andk5591]

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[René R.]

My local guy charged me $750 (not including headliner). But I'm in the San Francisco area and everything costs $$$$$ here.

It took him a day and a half. He had a lot of tweaking to do to fit new padding but the effort shows.
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Gone but not forgotten: 1950 Hoffman split (restored in 1966) - another 1950 Hoffman split (restored in 1996)

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[Donf407]

Im in the Orlando area as well friend of mine had the two front seats done the guy charged him 400 and I was not impressed he used crap vinyl and his seems we're not straight I saw a video on line the guy said if you get the pre made foam from TMI there covers fit over them nice as they are thicker then stock I figure I'll watch the DVD that comes with the kit and give one a try if I'm haveing trubble I can take it somewhere to finish it

[Sharp64]

The front tops were the most difficult IMO. Lots of threads mentioned needing two people which scared me a bit as I work solo, but it wasn't that bad. There are some tricks that make it a bit easier. I also used the foam as I can't stand the dust and crap that the fiber padding creates. I had one or two minor complaints about the fit, but in general happy with it.
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1960 Indigo Blue Ragtop (Blue Barry)
1967 Ghia
1985 Westy Money Pit
“...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.” - Michael Caine

[grandpa pete]

Note ; if anyone in the ST. Pete area needs a headliner put in ; I Know a local shop that will do it for $200 plus your headliner .
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[mark tucker]

Ive goten some tmi stuff....not impressed.

[Donf407]

200$ is that for a Vw bug or Ghia does he take out the windows ? That is cheap

[glutamodo]

I've had a couple of sets of TMI seat covers in my 62 dating back to the mid 90s. They are OK, but not awesomely great or anything. I never really liked their early door panels, the pattern of material is more like the 64-65 era even on the 63/older and it doesn't look right to me. So when I restored my 62 last time around 12 years ago I peeled off my old stock door panel material and stuck it onto different cards. Well those backing cards got to be in bad shape (they were pretty cheap) and probably largely due to the fact that I never did put on a vapor barrier. So a couple months ago I decided to just go and buy some TMIs despite my dislike of the vinyl material.

I hadn't seen any new TMI cards in person in several years though, and while they hadn't changed on the material, but the cards impressed me, they were sturdy and felt like they were waterproofed/rubberized. I'm still deciding though whether or not to try transplanting the original vinyl over to another set of cards, the piping is very brittle now though so I'd have to do something about that.

In the meantime I'll run the TMI panels though, and despite the waterproofing I went and finally put in vapor barriers before installing them. Kept the stock rear panels though.
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[Donf407]

Jbugs sent me a 15% off offer call me A sucker but I want ahead and ordered the new interior at 900$ for the headliner ,two-tone seat ,door panels, carpet, sunvisors,armrest ,doorhandles and window cranks I couldn't go wrong