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I agree they look a little dark all by themselves and that might be enough said. They are definitely not black. Let me share a few more pictures. Pictures are cheap so here goes.

These 1971/72 dark blue interiors are about as tough to match as the 1970 bright blue must be. Even though Seattle doesn't get a lot of intense sunlight compared to some place like California or Arizona, interiors still do fade some here and this car started out in Ohio for a few years before coming here.

Here's the top side of the original sunvisors. Cloth instead of vinyl so it reflects the light a bit differently. You can possibly see the stitching around the edges is basically gone. It is definitely a bit lighter in this picture.



Here's another with the door panel, visor backside, original glovebox door on that back inner part, repainted molding and part of a test panel for the interior paint.



Here's the back side of the original sail panels. Again, a little lighter.



Now, in this picture I've included the original panel that goes under the steering column - missing a small chunk in the lower right corner, too.. You know how bad this part fades. If Chris reads this maybe he can take a picture of his compared to other pieces.



Here I've pulled back a little farther and you can see part of the front seats that are also from 1997 era, but not Just Dashes. This was the PUI offering of the time. They, I suspect, dye them from a black. But you can see how well they match the door panels done by Just Dashes. At least from my perspective.



Here's about the same shot, but believe it or not this is WITH the flash on my iPhone turned ON.



Another angle. No flash on the camera.



Here's a close-up with the flash turned back ON. The difference between the under dash piece here is now far more obvious, but look at the back sides of the sail panels and the edging of the visors. Maybe not all that far off?




Here's some of the original seat back on the new seat upholstery.





Next to the even more faded under dash panel.



But, not as dark as black.





Trying to marry all of this together is a tough choice. Do I dye the seats and door panels a bit lighter or try the stuff from Legendary or dye some of the faded pieces to match the seats and door panels? The dash and console were also done by Just Dashes so they look the same as the door panels right now. I do also have an NOS dash pad in black that I was sort of planning on using instead of the one from Just Dashes, so I'll have to dye it anyway.

Chad