new car

clumsyandshy · Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Posts: 3

well, its not new i guess. but i recently got a car and its rather boring looking. i was wondering if you folks had any good ideas on how to snazz up my car inside and out

rratstarr · Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 92

http://www.artcars.com/

-S

jo · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 6 Location: San Carlos, CA

if you live in the SF bay area, ArtCar Fest is this weekend, you could come check out the cars and get some ideas
www.artcarfest.com

Mine are the fabric covered (natch) pickup truck, and the artscooter :)
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craftytricks · Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 323

This isn't a decorative idea, but I've been told that if you keep a stick of cinnamon under the driver's seat, the car will smell very nice. Same goes for a stick of vanilla.

stella · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:21 pm Post subject:

i'm lucky if i can keep my car reasonably tidy, much less snazzy, but this is what i've done:

-my stereo got ripped off, so i put a piece of matte board in the hole where it used to be, and i stick a pretty postcard over that. i want to make a better car-shrine there some time, but for now, a postcard beats the heck out of a black hole. of course, if you're lucky enough to have a stereo, that wouldn't work... if you don't smoke, you could pull the ashtray out and put cool art stuff (statues, flowers, etc) in it.

-i keep two little trashcans in the back footwells, one for trash and one for bottles. this isn't fancy, but i spend a lot of time in my car, and it helps keep it from getting really filthy.

boheme-anne · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:23 pm Post subject:

Back in the day of my extremly crapy cars....
I used funky throws and blankets to cover my ugly seats.
I put those glow in the dark stars on the roof inside.
I glued funky fringe around the border of car ceiling/roof, above the tops of windows..I don't know if you can envision that..if not watch the first cheech and chong movie when they make the low rider van!
I had stickers all over the inside and outside of my car. Stickers rule baby!
Oh, and you can't go wrong with weird dashboard icons. I'm not just talkin' about bobble head dogs either...I had a large collection of funky tiki gods and hula girls..I almost didn't pass inspection becuase you couldn't see out of my car.
Also, I haven't checked out the website in a while but you can get anything you want on a license plate braket at traffictalk.com Not too expensive either!
Happy decorating!
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emma_bo_bemma · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:19 pm Post subject:

i remember the old getcrafty site had a tutorial on how to paint racing stripes on your car...
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