Motor trimming, Hervey Bay
The inside of the caris the part you sit in.
Shannon has been trimming car interiors for thirty years, thirteen of them here on the Fraser Coast. Seats, hood linings, door trims, bike seats and boat interiors, cut and sewn and fitted at the workshop on Booral Road.
Recent work
Every interior is cut for the car it goes in
Nothing here came off a shelf. The patterns are made in the workshop, the material is chosen for the job, and the stitching is set out before a needle goes near it.
Made here, not bought in
A console that did not exist until it did
Plenty of what goes into a custom interior cannot be ordered. This centre console started as a sheet of ply, cut and shaped in the workshop to sit exactly where it had to sit in that car.
Then it was trimmed in black vinyl, with three gauges set into the top and two stainless cup holders let into the face. Same object, both photos.
One wall of the workshop is covered in templates for speaker grilles and interior trim pieces, which is what makes this kind of thing quick to do properly rather than a one off experiment.
What we do
From a sagging roof lining to a full re-trim
Show cars and daily drivers both come through the same door. A ute seat cushion is worth doing properly too.
Motor trimming
A complete bespoke re-trim, built around what you want the inside of the car to be. Seats, panels, carpet, the lot.
Seat repairs
From a split cushion in a work ute to a seat frame restored properly, with the welds and springs put back the way they were designed.
Hood linings
The job we get asked for most. A sagging roof lining pulled out and replaced so it sits tight and stays tight.
Door trims
Door cards made to suit the car, in vinyl, leather, suede or cloth, with the stitching and the pattern chosen to match the rest of the interior.
Motorcycle seats
Bike seats recovered and reshaped, whether you want it back to standard or something of your own.
Marine upholstery
Boat interiors, in materials chosen to put up with sun and salt on the Fraser Coast.
Vinyl and leather cleaning
Bringing an existing interior back before deciding whether it needs replacing at all.
Not sure what it needs?
Ring and describe it, or send a photo. It is usually clear pretty quickly whether something can be repaired or is better replaced.
0437 309 326
The template wall. Every pattern on it is one that has already been cut for a customer's car.
The workshop
Thirty years of it, and still fussy about the stitching
Shannon grew up in Toowoomba, in a family that was in the John Deere tractor business. While his mates were heading for mechanics and panel beating, he wanted to do something different, and a long time friend called Dion offered him a start in auto trimming.
Thirty years on, Dion has moved up to the Fraser Coast too, and now works for Shannon. In that time the shop has had just about everything through it, from Bentleys to Chevs, and a Torana that Shannon trimmed took Top Interior at Summernats in 2022.
He is not one for talking himself up. He would rather the work did it. There is usually a queue of cars parked outside waiting their turn, which tells you most of what you need to know.
"A freshly upholstered bench seat sits, part of a complete bespoke re-trim on an immaculate vintage Holden sedan. The materials and workmanship are perfect."
How a job runs
The part nobody photographs
Most of what decides whether an interior lasts happens before any new material goes in. This is what that looks like.
Stripped right back and prepped, before a single panel goes near it.
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Tell us what you are after
Bring the car in or send a photo. We talk through what you want the inside to look like and what the car actually needs.
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Materials chosen properly
Leather, vinyl, suede, cloth, carpet. We work with Australian suppliers, so the material is picked for the job rather than for whatever is on the shelf.
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Stripped and prepped
Old trim out, frames checked, everything cleaned back before a single new panel goes near it. This is the part nobody sees and it decides how the rest turns out.
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Cut, sewn and fitted
Patterns made, panels sewn, everything fitted in the workshop and checked before the car goes back to you.
What people say
4.9 out of 5, from 26 reviews on Google
And 100 percent recommend from the five people who have reviewed the Facebook page.
Highly recommended Shannon for any interior repairs. He did a great job on my roof head liner Much appreciated Quality workmanship and service
Used for a repair in seat cushion of Ute, excellent job and well priced for quality of work. Thank you
Good price for quality. Turned out really well and how exactly I wanted it. Worth waiting, only took a few hours. Going back for sure for other custom detailing.
Shannon did a good job repairing my hood lining Pricing was fair and was done sooner than first promised . Thoroughly recommend this business.
Can not get a better job. They really know what they're doing. Trust their expertise. 18 months 10,000km later and the seat is still new.
Top Interior, Summernats 2022
A Torana show car trimmed here took the Top Interior award at Summernats in 2022, which is about as public as this trade gets judged.
Get in touch
Tell us about the car
Ring during the week, or send the details through and we will come back to you. Photos help more than anything.
Opening hours
- Monday
- 8:00am - 5:00pm
- Tuesday
- 8:00am - 5:00pm
- Wednesday
- 8:00am - 5:00pm
- Thursday
- 8:00am - 5:00pm
- Friday
- 8:00am - 5:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
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