The upper door panels remain the stock light blue vynil while the lower plastic part has been covered with a contrasting shade of blue tweed cloth.  I added  new aftermarket window cranks and polished all the door panel chrome on both sides.  I would post a pic of the other door, but use your imagination (it looks the same).
Here are a few interior pics of the Malibu.  More will be added as the interior is completed.
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When The body shop installed the new body from Arizona they went ahead and painted the interior the same color as the exterior of the car.  The floorboards in this thing were in great shape.  You can compare this picture to the ones on the before pics page.  You will be able to tell the difference.  From the factory these cars were only painted in primer under the interior carpet.  The paint we used is the same as the exterior paint but without the clearcoat. I think it looks a lot cleaner this way (even though no one will ever see it).  Before going any further, I dusted the floor and all surfaces to be covered and picked up any loose debris that may damage the floor after the carpet is installed.
The next step was to istall the factory type floor sound deadener.  It is make of some sort of tar base material.  It came with no installation instructions except for a layout sketch.  I didn't see anything that said to glue it down or anything so I didn't.  If I was supposed to, it's too late now!!  This material is supposed to absorb road noise by quieting vibration.  The piece behind the back seat didn't llok right but I can't see any other way to install it.  All of the empty spaces in the tar insualtion were covered later by the floor insualtion in the picks further down the page.
The next step was to install the floor heat/sound insualtion.  I bought 2 rolls of this stuff from J C Whitney along with a 130' roll of aluminum tape.  I may still have to order another roll because I ran out before I could cover the area behind the back seat.  It may look like I put the stuff in upside down.  In all the adds you will see the insualtion with the shiny aluminum side up.  That is for advertizing purposes only beacuse the instructions clearly say that the aluminum side is to be placed facing the heat source.  I covered the tranny hump with it facing up only because it is easier to tape pieces together on the shiny side.  You have to really be careful when installing this stuff so that it will fit down in all the voids in the floor.
    In the pic of the rear interior you can see the new seatbelts I found at our local junkyard.  They came out of an 83' Chevy Caprice 2-door and look like they were never used.  I also snagged the front female buckle ends.  I still need to find a really nice seat of shoulder belts to match these.    The Silver stripe you see running on top of the transmission hump is two runs or 18 gage speaker wire.  I think it makes sense to go ahead and run the wires now while the carpet is still out.  I went with the straight line method and cut the wire way too long on purpose. (I have made the mistake of cutting the wires too short too many times). I ran the wires along the top of the hump and then split off to the left and right after they get to the back shelf.
This is what the new carpet looks like.  In this pic the carpet looks grey, but it is the original color, powder blue.  I bought this carpet kit from 1Aauto.com and it fit the floor pan of my car exactly.  It had all the holes for the seat belts, seat bolts and floor headlight dimmer switch.  They even sell bulk carpet to match so you can use it to cover your package tray or for anything else you may want to use it for.  This way all the carpet in the car will match perfectly. Here is a tip for you (from past experience).  Never trim your carpet kit until you have everything in place and you have let the carpet settle for a few days.  This gives the carpet a chance to fit to your floor better. Also this is a good time to run any wires for accessories such as speakers and brake lights.
   Also in this pic, you can see the front seat belts I scavenged from the Caprice.  They will be replaced yet again with a set of from seat belts from a 1995 Z28.  They are black but they will work great for now.

(Z-28 Belts were a false hope...see below for info...added April 26, 2002)
This is the new rear package try I made.  It stated out with a 4' x 8' sheet of hardbaord.  I made a paper pattern with freezer paper by pressing it onto the steel framing under the package tray area and cut it out with a box cutter.  I then used the pattern to cut out the hardboard to the shape I needed.  As I mentioned above, I purchased some bulk carpet to match my molded carpet kit and cut it to fit on top of the hardboard base.  I glued the carpet down with spray on contact cement.  It looks better than that old cardboard package tray ever did!!  I don't care if it's not "stock", sometimes "stock" is crap!!
After enlarging the factory speaker holes in the rear shelf framing,  I installed water proof foam speaker baffles from Crutchfield. They simply slip inside the new 6"x9" holes.  They dampen vibration at improve sound quailty (at least that's what they told me they would do..
This is what my new package try and Kenwood KFC-6908 4-way 250 watt speakers looks like installed.  I will trim the carpet n the front edge when I install the back seat.  It will look better if I tuck the carpet down behind the seat back than if I leave a cut edge along the front.  Also there is less chance of the carpet getting blown up by wind when I have my "winders" down. If you look closely you can alos see they billet aluminum third brake light.  It is cut out in the shape of a chevy bow tie.  (Check out the pic below)
Well, you can't quite make out the bow tie, but trust me it's there.  I got the third brake light from Stylin Concepts.  This is another thing that I have always added to any of my older cars.  I honestly believe that they help avoid accidents.  Everyone has been behind a car with bad lights and could't tell when the driver was on the brakes.  With one of these puppies, there is no mistake!!! Looks preety cool too.
Hidden inside the glove box is a Kenwood CD player with Changer controls and satellite radio capabilty.  I would have to pay for a satelliter service for that part to work though.  It came with a remote control so I don't have to lean over to change the station or the volume. It has a hide-away face.  I installed a nice "looking" AM/FM factory stereo in the dash to keep the factory look and hopefully to ward off thieves.
(added April 26, 2002)
The last part of the interior to finish was the installation of the seats.  I cleaned them up really well and duct taped plastic on the back side of the upper and lowere rear seat cushions as a vapor barrier before I put them back in.  I did the sma ewith the bottom of the front bench seat.  I took off any tracks or brackets that were bolted on and snaded primed and painted them flat black.   The door sill plates came from the junkyard.  With nearly a whole bottle fo "Blue Magic" metal polish and 500 gallons of elbow grease they look great.  I temporarily covered the front carpet with carpet runner plastic to protect it from dirty mechanics feet. After all, this car still has a way to go before it is completely free form the service staion. The 95 Camaro seat belts seemed like a good idea at the time but turned out to be too short.  They would probably reach around me if I weighed 50 pounds....not 50 pounds less, just 50 pounds.  I had to get a new set of lap belts from Ebay for the front seats until I can find good clean shoulder belts.  The lap belts aren't as safe as the shoulder belts, but they keep this car legal until I can find better ones.  They are brand new and look good anyway.  I may decide to keep them.  I just bolted each end to the factory seat belt anchor holes and used the factory bolts. 
    I am relly happy with the way my interior has turned out.  I may be done with the interior for a while.  I just depends on what I find that I "just have to have".

(added April 26, 2002)
These are a few pictures I took of the trunk of the Malibu after I added some more custom touches.  I had tried the spatter paint in the trunk but could never get it to look right, so I decided to carpet the trunk.  I opted for speaker carpet because it has no backing from Tennessee Speed Sport in Madison, Tennessee.  It is made specially to glue to speaker boxes or other surfaces so It doesn't need a backing.  I simply made a paper patern with a roll of freezer paper for the trunk floor and cut out the correct shape.  I didn't glue the floor carpet down.  I then made a cardboard pattern fr the side pieces.  I got tied of fishing screw drivers and other stuff from out of the space between the wheel well and the fender.  I took the cardboard pattern I made and transfered it to foam filled "sturdy-board".  You can buy this stuff in 20" x 30" sheets at most office supply and art stores for around 5 bucks a sheets.  I cut out a piece of carpet to match each side and use spray contact cement to attah the carpet to the sturdy-board.  I secured the side panels to the trunk floor and to the lip around the inner wheel well with industrial strength velcro, so they can be easily removed to reach the side markers to change the bulbs if neccessary.  I think it turned out pretty nice. (by the way, I know it's not "correct" to have a carpeted trunk in a 77 Malibu, but I burned that bridge long ago!!