ChristianGodin Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I am looking for the company that did this interior: http://www.trade-a-plane.com/detail/aircraft/Single+Engine+Piston/1989/Mooney/M20M+Bravo/1778117.html in the add , it says it is from Elite. But what Elite and from where? I think that it is a nice interior for a refresh. thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Dawson Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Are you looking for that particular interior or want something similar? I used Airtek in Pensylvania and I'm very happy with both there qualitry and style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWinter Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Looks like most of the work was done on the west coast. Interior was probably done by these guys. http://www.eliteairinteriors.com/ Or just buy the plane and the interior will come with it Looks nice, -Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyTim Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I used Aerocomfort out of San Antonio. Would recommend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INA201 Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 What's a reasonable cost range to redo entire interior from a quality shop including plastic, yokes, glare shield, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 11 minutes ago, INA201 said: What's a reasonable cost range to redo entire interior from a quality shop including plastic, yokes, glare shield, etc? E-mail aerohec01@hotmail.com. This is Hector with Aero Comfort in San Antonio. He will send you the latest price list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWinter Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Aero Comfort did my seats and yokes a few years ago..Very good job and great to work with. At some point I would like to have them finish all of my interior. -Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTex Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 What's a reasonable cost range to redo entire interior from a quality shop including plastic, yokes, glare shield, etc? Expect to pay $10-12k for a turn-key job from a quality aircraft interior company like Aero Comfort. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVandelay Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 1 hour ago, INA201 said: What's a reasonable cost range to redo entire interior from a quality shop including plastic, yokes, glare shield, etc? I did not have the yokes or glareshield redone, but new carpeting, seats, headliner, and plastic panels redone for $7K+ Check out my pix of interior here on MS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I'm sure this was answered at some point. Is there a logical order to refurbishing? Can the interior be done first and then paint and glass later? Or is it the other way round? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I would do glass first. Won't mess up the paint (if it does, it will get redone anyway), and removing required interior panels won't mess up the new ones, either. Kind of like resealing the tanks before painting, especially if using chemical strippers since that often causes "slight" damage to the paint in the bottom of the wings. Not planning to repaint anytime soon, this is why I had my tanks done at Wet Wingologists in 2010. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
co2bruce Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Aero Comfort does amazing work. He did our interior a few years ago. These are the seats he did..... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianGodin Posted February 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 8 minutes ago, co2bruce said: Aero Comfort does amazing work. He did our interior a few years ago. These are the seats he did..... Wow. You bet , they do nice jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianGodin Posted February 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I when to see your interior on your site, how much did it cost you for the whole interior? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helitim Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 6 hours ago, teejayevans said: I did not have the yokes or glareshield redone, but new carpeting, seats, headliner, and plastic panels redone for $7K+ Check out my pix of interior here on MS Just yesterday we completed the install of most of the interior plastic panels on my J. I'm here to tell you guys that whatever they charge, pay it! That is one heck of a lot or work to do. I'm sure if I did another one it would be a bit faster but this first one was a bear. Having received the wrong panels on 4 separate occasions from Plane Plastics added a whole new level of frustration that should never have happened. IF anyone here decides to do there own interior I would highly suggest you send your panels in to have them correctly duplicated and shipped the first time. I sent detailed photos after the first mix up and still received incorrect parts. My seats were in pretty good shape so they just received a very thorough cleaning and leather conditioning and were re installed as is. Carpet is in pretty good shape as well. We replaced all the plastic panels from the rear seat forward. The luggage area panels were removed, cleaned, prepped and SEM painted to match the new plastic we installed. The color match was very accurate so you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. First batch of paint I had put into rattle cans thinking the rough texture of the plastic would hide any imperfections of using the cans. WRONG! If you custom match and want to paint your panels, do yourself a favor and get a good adjustable compressor and paint gun system. Significant difference in finish quality when I finally used the correct tools. YMMV on this point if you are an experienced rattle can painter. I also learned the value of using a heat gun judiciously to soften the plastic for a cleaner, tighter fit on panel joints and obstacles underneath the plastic that were not molded into the plastic originally. The visor attach points come to mind. Once I had a few screws in place to put a good tension on the panel over the attach points, I heated the panels just enough for them to smoothly mold around the fittings and then drilled holes after they cooled to run the bolt thru. Hands down the most labor was on the overhead center panel. Cutting and aligning the multiple holes and openings was a very slow process. We then used the heat gun on several different items to make it all fit smoothly. We probably put this one piece in and put of the plane 25 times during the fitting and cutting process. Very time consuming. A cordless Dremel is my new favorite tool for this type of work. My wife had given me one some months ago and I kind of laughed when I saw it. Sat unused in my tool box until this job. Best tool I could have asked for. Thank you to my wife for that. End results are pretty good. I'm sure a professional shop could have done better but would have cost quite a bit. My panels were about $1,700 total. We worked somewhere between an estimated 75-100 hours on the interior alone. Again, being a novice makes this much slower. Tim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyTim Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 When I had my annual done, we pulled out the interior, threw it in the back of my son's pickup, and he drove it down to AeroComfort in San Antonio. It took about three weeks as I recall for Hector and crew to turn it around. When it came back, my A&P installed it all. He said it was the easiest reinstall he'd ever done - I think he was skeptical about my shipping everything out, but he was very impressed with Aerocomfort's workmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark89114 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 How much to have the seats only done? thanks in advance, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyTim Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Mark89114 said: How much to have the seats only done? thanks in advance, Mark You should get a current pricelist from Aerocomfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INA201 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 21 hours ago, LANCECASPER said: E-mail aerohec01@hotmail.com. This is Hector with Aero Comfort in San Antonio. He will send you the latest price list. Will do, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
co2bruce Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Responding to some questions about my post, our interior was done 3 or 4 years ago. You need to call for current pricing. We had ours removed during annual shipped to Texas and reinstalled by our shop. I would not recommend that, let Aero do everything you will save time and money in the long run. All panels are covered in leather, or leather- like material. We love it and their work is worth whatever they charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flymac Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 curious on useful load impact adding all the additional material over the old plastics? Did you get a before/after or a net weight gain/loss noted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVandelay Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 curious on useful load impact adding all the additional material over the old plastics? Did you get a before/after or a net weight gain/loss noted? It's negligible, I didn't get a W&B change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 On 2/14/2016 at 11:18 PM, IndyTim said: You should get a current pricelist from Aerocomfort. Here's the price list Hector gave me in December. It is dated May 2015, so you should check to see if it's still current. 2016-02-15 08-16.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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