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  1. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Seatbelt Sleeves?

    As I am getting close to putting the carpet and new seatbelts in..I need to secure some seatbelt sleeves. I am finding a decent amount of generic ones...anyone have more of a lead on ones that would work for the Cutlass in burgandy or maroon? Located these for the outer front seatbelts, but they...
  2. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Power Brake Booster Check Valve?

    Friends, through the course of working on my steering today...a poorly placed hand snapped my super old power brake booster check valve off at the hose. Will be picking up another one, no issue. I did notice when I pulled the old check valve, I could hear air being sucked in. Should I bleed the...
  3. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Where to get thick jute padding?

    Looking to see where to get the thick 1" jute padding for under my carpet for the drivers and passengers front floor board. Any recommendations? The stock stuff was torn up and not the cleanest when removed. Thanks!
  5. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Interior refresh project

    Alright friends. Got down on starting my interior refresh. Today, pulled the seats, seatbelts and carpet. For a 40 year old carpet nothing super crazy found. Was actually pretty dang clean. As expected, I did come across some surface rust on the drivers front floor board and two pin holes. I am...
  6. RICKDIZZLE

    What contact glue?

    Ok so as part of the interior refresh, I am redoing my trunk too. I originally, 7 years ago had aspirations to make my interior tan..thus I originally did all my beauty boards and trunk in tan carpet. Used 3M Super 77 to adhear it to all the wood beauty boards and the raw metal areas of the...
  7. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Rocker Panels?

    How hard is it to find rocker panels for the 1985 Cutlass? How do they attach to a car without rockers currently?
  9. RICKDIZZLE

    What did you buy for your Gbody today? (2025)

    Alright everyone...had not seen the 2025 thread for this started yet...so here we go...the new "What did you buy for your Gbody 2025 thread". As being that I love manual windows and locks on my Cutlass...I scored some engraved window cranks. Got these from a different engraver than my normal...
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    Vent backer color (input needed)

    Trying to decide on what color backer to do on these vents. I am torn on what to go with so I am turning to my dependable, well versed friends on here. I am using perforated stainless to back my door jam custom vents. I mocked up them up with white paper and black paper to see the backing...
  11. RICKDIZZLE

    ACC Carpet, arrived with an issue.

    Was excited to open up my brand new carpet for my Cutlass. Came directly from ACC via Rockauto. Opened it all up and laid it out in our spare bedroom to let it start to lay flat until I install at the end of the month. Was super bummed to see that where it was folded in the box, one of the more...
  13. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Fender well trim length?

    Trying to figure this one out. Are the fender trims different lengths based on year for the Cutlass? I have some that fit my 1985 Cutlass Supreme perfect minus the fact they are 2.5" too short closest to the door side for the front and 3" too short closest to the doors side on the rear. We are...
  14. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Steering Column Paint?

    Looking to find Claret/Oxblood in an aerosol spray can to shoot my steering column once I pull it and prep it. Found this company not much info on em...
  15. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS New door strikers?

    Curious to see if you guys know if these door strikers would work on my 1985 Cutlass. I am looking for chrome ones to replace mine. If these won't work open for ideas that will. Thanks guys...
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    CUTLASS Claret/Oxblood Dash Mat

    I for the life of me cant find a Claret/Oxblood colored carpet or velour dash mat. Anyone got leads on where to look? I got a couple maroon samples...but they are not close. My dash isn't horrible but has some small cracks for sure. Don't think I wanna fidle with a cap based on what I have read...
  18. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Need to repaint my column question.

    I need to repaint the top portion of my column closets to the steering wheel. I will have my carpet and seats out fairly soon (fingers crossed). Should I just pull the steering wheel, and shifter, mask the rest and the plastic drop cover the windshield, dash and such, scuff, clean and shoot it...
  19. RICKDIZZLE

    Seatbelt colors

    Ok so I 1000% confirmed that my interior is Claret/Oxblood as we thought. Got my samples from ACC for the carpet and that is it. The seatbelt samples I got from seat belt planet, maroon looks nice against it and is the closest...but is a different color from.the rear belts which are original and...
  21. RICKDIZZLE

    Seatbelt Planet

    Anyone ever order from seatbelt planet? Got my swatches from them for my replacement front ones that are 40 years of faded today. Figure why I'm doing the carpet might as well get my belts replaced. Any other sites to consider for new belts?
  22. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Replacement seat upholstery covers

    Alright guys. Been researching and while the SEM or Duplicolor cloth spray/dye is an option...with these new covers being on sale this just seems like a smarter option for a permanent solution. On to my questions: The Cutlass split bench as I have are all considered 55/45 split benches correct...
  23. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Replacement carpet kit

    Looking to replace my stock 40 year old carpet. I see there are several brands out there. Anyone have a suggestion for what brand is closest to the original carpet and a good fit/easy install? Looking at the ACC (Auto Custom Carpets) brand. Trying to figure out my stock carpet color. For the...
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    CUTLASS Bumper Removal?

    Question for everyone. Can the front and rear chrome bumpers be removed without removing the front or rear bumper covers? I am possibly looking to change them out, just want to see if it's gonna be a pretty quick swap...or if it's gonna entail removing a bunch. Thank you.
  26. RICKDIZZLE

    CUTLASS Door striker removal?

    I need to take a single shim out of one of my door strikers. Seems pretty straight forward. I put a torx bit in and then went to use a ratchet and socket to remove it. Broke the socket clean in half. Put a 1/4" wrench on the 1/4 torx...stripped the wrench box end...its like 2 ugga duggas tight...

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