Cessna 172 interior in Red and Black

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This project was a Cessna 172 interior supplied to a client in New Zealand. The parts were ordered directly from the website and delivered with free freight for the client to fit into the aircraft. The interior parts supplied included new seat upholstery, sidewall panels, and floor coverings.

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The interior supplied for this aircraft was the second generation of Cessna seating (1962-86). The seat upholstery kit comes with new diaphragms, foam cushions, and leather dress covers. The diaphragms fit to the seat frames prior to fitting the cushions and dress covers. The kit also comes with new cushions and covers.

The seat dress covers were made in charcoal grey leather (ADI-1121) with inserts in red leather (ADI-3011). Red thread matching the inserts was used for the decorative stitching on the seat. The Cessna logo was embossed into the leather on the upper seat back.

The floor coverings in the aircraft were Genflor carpet in color Peat (WN-120). The carpet is fitted to the floor well area as well as the bottom kick strip at the base of the sidewalls. The sidewall panels were fabricated with new backing panels which are then wrapped with upholstery.

The upholstery finish on the sidewall panels is made up of leather on the upper part of the panel and carpet on the lower section. The upper part of the sidewall is divided up into charcoal grey leather (ADI-1121) and red leather (ADI-3011) which runs in bands along the length of the cabin.