just like many on the site, i have been hard at work on the interior of my 1gee. it has not been easy. i first started with removing the cheap looking seat covers. the front seats had been re-upholstered before with almost the same colour material. hence keeping the front seats 'rather' clean. when i got to the rear...... the fabric looked like it was covered with soot!!! it was awful. i sprayed more tuff stuff on the rear seats and let it settle.....only to realised more SOOT to surface. i then scrubbed it down till i got it to a state where it looked almost new. sadly the fabric holding the back rest of the rear seat to the bottom rail was of such inferior quality that it simply ripped. however when i tucked this portion under the seat, no one would know the difference.
as for the front, cleaning them up was far easier but upon close inspection i noticed that the rear, back rest for the front seats had lost its comfort. the foam seems to have been rather, flat. seat itself was padded recently making them nice and high but the FLAT back rest wasnt at all a good support for long term driving.
so i then took the car to for sum work at a friend of a friend's shop. i got the front seat back rests re-padded with extra lumbar support, the rear back rest's ripped fabric strip replaced, a new velour 'box stiched' fabric cover for the rear parcel shelf (speaker board) and just for a new look, a new rug (carpet) to match the exterior...hehe.....i got all this done for just under USD$60. hehe
when i found the LX rim, i also found a JDM EX-L steering wheel. it was beige in colour but was in a rather bad shape. i had the chrome trim around the horn buttons but the chrome ring around the centre hub had been faded to a really sorry state (plastic). i got the whole wheel for just under USD$8. hehe...i think with the right patience and time i could restore the wheel but for now i salvaged the centre piece stating the honda 'H' emblem with the 'power steering' stated around it. a lil simple surgery and i got the centre piece fitted to my old wheel...hehe. i didnt get around to taking pics but will do so when i get home next holidays.
just for your info, the malaysian specs had the rear armrest standard with the old 1gee. however hazwan, do feel free to jump in and correct me k?
do let me know what you think. hehe...regards to all, dev....
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