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Car Forum / Saab Cars / February 20052004 9-5 changes, yet again...
A few weeks ago I posted a question about replacing the digital displays on my 2004 9-5. I don't like the color and wanted the green displays like in the 9-3. No one liked that idea... So, I've concocted another scheme. My car is gray and I have the beige interior. I'd like to change that too. Scuffs and dirt and everything else show a bit too much. What kind of money would changing from beige to the dark gray (I say black, but it's not) interior cost? What woud be the best source for doing that? The dealer was supposed to check on that for me, but they never called me back. I guess I need to change all the plastic parts, the seat covering, the lower part of the dash, the carpet, the header... That's going to be a lot. Would it be easier/better to find some fine citizen with a black interior that wants to trade, or one that's been wrecked? Anyone?  SignaturePaxton Sanders pcsanders@yahoo.com "That's not art; that's just annoying!" -- Squidward >A few weeks ago I posted a question about replacing the digital >displays on my 2004 9-5. I don't like the color and wanted the green >displays like in the 9-3. No one liked that idea... Just stick a green transparent plastic cover over the display - or wear sunglasses. >So, I've concocted another scheme. Groan! >My car is gray and I have the beige interior. I'd like to change >that too. Scuffs and dirt and everything else show a bit too much. You could clean the car more frequently and use Scotchguard, and foot mats. >What kind of money would changing from beige to the dark gray (I say >black, but it's not) interior cost? What woud be the best source for >doing that? The dealer was supposed to check on that for me, but >they never called me back. Lots, and I wouldn't have called back either. You could just do over the seats with black shoe dye then polish the seat leather with black boot polish..... >I guess I need to change all the plastic parts, the seat covering, >the lower part of the dash, the carpet, the header... That's going >to be a lot. and will result in a car that looks bitsy and is worth less than it was before you started modifying it. You should re-spray the body too, to get away from that horrible gray (silver?) So don't be a slave to an unrealisable task. You could spend many thousands and still have an unsatisfactory result. >Would it be easier/better to find some fine citizen with a black >interior that wants to trade, or one that's been wrecked? Yes, if you can, but why not just sell the car and buy another with the colours you want? PS If you hate the colours so much, why did you buy the car in the first place? SignatureRegards, Peter Wilkins Wow. Thanks so much for the useful advice. SignaturePaxton Sanders pcsanders@yahoo.com "That's not art; that's just annoying!" -- Squidward > Wow. Thanks so much for the useful advice. May have been sarcastic .... but. My single line would have been instead of spending a lot of money modifying the car, take the money and exchange for a car you would rather have. Whatever the loss you make it may not be that large (it may not even be a loss) if you are considering buying brand new saab parts to redo the inside of the car. Carpets linings, door panels, seats and whatever else it has. The dealer probably does not want to know ... not becuase they make enough money (they can always make more) ... but because once the work is carried out they see it as a certainty that you might complain. Also , how serious do you appear to the dealer in wanting this done. It will cost them a lot of time to price all the parts (and the labour is another story. This kind of alteration is more common to body shops than dealers (unless in oz saab dealers combine with bodyshops ... not common in the UK). IMHO look for another car. One you know the price to change ... the picture will be clearer. Regards Charles SignaturePlease remove _removeme_ to reply. Work: http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ Hobby: http://www.egothor.org/ >A few weeks ago I posted a question about replacing the digital >displays on my 2004 9-5. I don't like the color and wanted the green >displays like in the 9-3. No one liked that idea... I must have missed that fist time round. It would be pretty easy to change the colour on my 2001 9-3 SID. Yours may well be the same. The LCD panel is clear and the illumination is white. The orange colour comes from a piece of orange plastic between the bulbs and the display. Finding a suitable bit of plastic in your favorite shade would be the most difficult part. >So, I've concocted another scheme. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Anyone? How about leaving a tin of paint in the car and then parking it in a desert until the tin explodes. I'm sure the insurance company would be sympathetic... Cheers, Colin. > >A few weeks ago I posted a question about replacing the digital > >displays on my 2004 9-5. I don't like the color and wanted the green [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > display. Finding a suitable bit of plastic in your favorite shade > would be the most difficult part. Probably really easy actually. Buy some of the colour filter that's used in theatre lighting. There's a vast range of colours. Graham >> >A few weeks ago I posted a question about replacing the digital >> >displays on my 2004 9-5. I don't like the color and wanted the green [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Graham You could all so get the interior painted the colour that you like, Here in Perth Aust there is a mobile guy that does it, looks very good when finished there maybe someone similar where you live
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