PUI interiors

[x Baldwin Motion]

anyone have anything to say? I was going to order an entire interior kit for the kids 69 Nova (have not been able to convince him springs in his can are part of the patina).
please send a PM if you can't say it out loud. I need to know.
Thanks in advance.
Chris

[Alss]

PUI is OK, have it in my COPO,it was the only game in town when I restored it.... Legendary is really really nice..I put that in my Malibu...I would choose them if it is available for a nova..my .02

Albert

[Bill Pritchard]

Chris,

I said essentially the same thing as Albert, via PM.

[ORIGLS6]

Chris,
Your particular installation might be limited but if Legendary has an application they're probably gonna be better than PUI.

Granted, I've only seen a few sets from both suppliers but Legendary has been the better looking set every time.

[rockn69]

I just finished installing a Legendary interior in my Chevelle last week with the help of Dan V. It looks great and fits really nice. The PUI that I replaced it with was 8 years old and didn't fit well. But on the flip side, Bill Hammell's top flight Chevelle has PUI and it looked great at MCACN last week end. I think alot has to do with who is installing it.

[JRSully]

Last I checked,Legendary doesn't produce Nova stuff. (I begged them to at Carlisle) PUI is basically the only game in town and thier door panels tend to be very "puffy" (not as flat as orig's) and the decorative trim can come loose/seperate after a while I have found. Another option is have SMS do a set for you/restore yor originals, fairly resonable and closer to the original item

[Canuck]

Before Legendary started doing 442/Cutlass interior stuff, I had a set of door panels made at SMS. I believe they may have subcontracted to PUI as what I got was no better that the PUI stuff I looked at a year before. Granted the 442 door panels are complicated with the beveled wood grain anf mylar trim,yet Legendary got it right.
Talk to Doug or Marty at Legendary to see what their plans are. Its possible that your door panel patern may be similar to something they are already producing (other than shape and size).

Paul

[Nova Research Project]

I talked to the Legendary folks this past weekend at MCACN. There are several other models interiors ahead of the Nova. So we are talking a few years before they add Nova to the line up.

Greg

[Mulsanne Blue]

I went the SMS route for a set of 1970 Camaro standard interior door panels. So far it’s been a total nightmare. After being assured they would a perfect match to the original (color, grain, vinyl weight, embossed pleats, etc.), what they sent was similar to the puffy PUI construction, only with poorer a quality. Even the sample material they sent prior to closing the deal, which was a perfect match, wasn’t used. I contacted with my dissatisfaction and they stated they are going make a new set, which are due around x-mas. My original order was back in July. At the same time I ordered pleated seat material, but haven’t seen that. They charged my cc $800 right away and so far this is all I’ve got from them.

[jeff morocco]

good luck with SMS getting them done before christmas. i waited 18 months for my door panels for my 300 deluxe chevelle. i got them and didnt fit worth a crap. i actually sent them back this afternoon after marking all the wrong stuff on them and taking over 30 pictures to send them. they told me they fired 2 guys for poor quality of work and my set was their last . go figure ! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bs.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[Mulsanne Blue]

That figures. I hope it was the same two who tossed or lost my old original panels and seat covers that they were to pattern from and use as examples to make my new ones.

[Nova Jed]

I agree. My door panels were not of good quality from SMS. The only place that had the exact color I needed for my Nova though.

[kwhizz]

If you need door panels that are of the highest quality and perfect color matching.......Contact "Just Dashes" and see if they are set up to make what you need.................From my experience......they are the "Best".....And, you get what you pay for....(Right Charley!!)

Ken http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

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[Charley Lillard]

LOL...long story....

[Jim Ferron]

The 'OLD' PUI stuff was pretty good [circa 1990] but everything I've seen for years is just terrible...all the heat stamping are way to shallow...

I just had Legendary do some stuff for my 69 Cutlass ragtop and was thoroughly impressed...

[Mr70]

USA-1 sold reeeeeeeally good stuff 25 years ago,before they became PUI.Then they started to fall down after.

[JRSully]

The problem with PUI,and they would probably admit this, is they sell to the masses, not the perfectionist.

[x Baldwin Motion]

OK, so the bottom is, there is nowhere else to go for the Nova interior. So I bite the bullet and drop $900.00 for the complete kit, headliner to carpet? Remember this is just the kids driver. Is that what you would do?

[jeff morocco]

Chris,
my opinion is this. even though you say its "just the kids driver", you should still put the quality interior in it. it still should fit correctly no matter what. im sure its going to be a nice car on the outside, why not make the inside just as nice. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif i would drop the 900 bones and get the whole shootin match, heck, i paid $900 for just door panels that dont fit !! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif and mine is a racecar ! i was going to have them(SMS) send me the seat material for my bench that i want to put in the car, but probably not, we'll see how they "fix" my door panels first !!!