The Winners of TMI Products’ 2025 TRIM Awards

Designer and manufacturer of custom automotive interiors, TMI Products, announced the winners of the 2025 TRIM Awards. The TRIM Awards, now in its fourth year, is the culmination of a multi-stop TRIM Road Tour competition that spotlights the best TMI-equipped vehicles from across the nation, leading up to the TMI Products TRIM Awards at the 2025 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

TMI’s TRIM Awards were envisioned as a celebration of interior workmanship and design in an effort to refocus industry attention from the exterior of vehicles to the painstakingly crafted interiors, company officials stated in a press release. Trophies are awarded to winners across 10 categories, including a Fan Favorite award, which is voted on by TMI customers online, and the Best of Show award, which is presented to the best overall interior at the show.

Best TMI Car

The Best TMI Car trophy is awarded to the best car that uses, at a minimum, TMI seats, and this year, Cristopher Cairo’s 1970 Chevy Camaro took this honor.

This car features a complete TMI interior, starting with a pair of Pro Series Low Back Seats with premium CNC sewn Double Diamond inserts, all wrapped in premium black vinyl that’s the perfect match for the Camaro’s triple black paint job. The same theme was carried out from the matching door panels to the matching rear seat upholstery.

Best TMI Truck

The Best TMI Truck award is open to any truck that features, at a minimum, a TMI seat. The judges selected the 1972 Chevy C10, owned by Justin Fields.

Starting with the Cruiser Classic Collection, the Classic Cruiser buckets were wrapped in the same 511 Brown as the TMI door panels, dash pad and waterfall console, for a full-match interior which presents a fresh take on the classic interior, noted the release.

“Everything fits and ties together perfectly,” Fields said. “The quality is amazing and the finished product was exactly what I was after.”

Best SUV or Wagon

Open to any two- or four-door SUV or wagon, TMI’s Best SUV or Wagon prize was given to Brandon Burrell and his 1977 Chevy K5 Blazer. This Blazer features custom door panels and rear panels, Snowden Custom Seats on custom brackets, APEX Leather premium leather and carpet, a modified dash with Dakota Digital gauges, a full custom console, MTX Audio, an Ididit column with a Billet Specialties steering wheel, and a whole lot more.

Burrell says, “We went for a clean and classy all-leather interior with a touch of modern. Perfect for the vehicle’s look.”

Best Full Interior

TMI’s Best Full Interior category is for any vehicle, of any type, that is running a complete TMI interior using all the available components from that model line. Taking home the trophy this year was Jason Engel with his carbon fiber 1969 Ford Mustang Fastback.

Featuring a complete TMI interior and debuting TMI’s new Pro Series SS2 Race Style reclinable bucket seats, the seats are wrapped in premium APEX Leather, using suede inserts and CNC sewn Double Diamond stitch with carbon fiber silver stripe insert panels. Other TMI products include a matching rear seat, custom wrapped molded door panels, square weave carpet, a matching center console, a matching trunk kit and a suede headliner.

Most Creative Interior

TMI’s Most Creative Interior award winner is selected based on the best usage of patterns, colors and overall execution, the company said. The winner this year was Steve Strope and his 1970 Plymouth Road Runner, which mixes retro styling and modern men’s fashion.

Starting with a 1970 Road Runner, the car uses bits from other MOPAR offerings to keep the brand’s basic design language intact. For example, the car uses a highly modified dash from a 1966 Plymouth Fury, where the hooded speedometer has been changed to a giant sweeping tach, reminiscent of a Lamborghini Aventador. The center console is from a 1972 Duster, and the overhead console is from a 1973 Cuda – Gran Coupe.

Strope adds, “The A/C controls are for a 1968 Olds 442, and all of the plastic insert pieces were scanned, then altered by removing the factory vertical ribs and are replaced with the face texture taken from the new Christopher Ward watch, ‘the Twelve.’ The door panel design is loosely based on the door panel found in a 1970 Charger. The seat inserts were sparked by one of my personal Robert Graham shirts. The pattern was digitally hand-drawn, then sent to a special tannery in Italy, where the pattern was printed on the leather. All trim is handmade, as well as pretty much everything else. Ha. This is just scratching the surface, but you get the idea.”

Best Color Matching Interior

TMI’s Best Color Matching Interior awards the best usage of patterns, colors and stitching that matches the vehicle’s exterior. Miguel Gomez earned this honor with his 1955 Chevy 3600 Truck. With a contemporary interior that both honored the original while tying together the exterior for a cohesive take, this was one of the most unforgettable classic Chevys at the show, the judges said.

Best Custom Car Interior

Open to all cars at the SEMA show with any type of custom interior, TMI’s Best Custom Car Interior award went to Rick Maharaj and his 1962 Chevy Impala. Looking like a ’60s concept car, the Porsche-inspired Bordeaux leather interior is fully custom and finished with bronze and gold accents, which are carried through the cabin and trunk.

The front dash combines two 1962 Impala dashes to create a balanced, symmetrical layout, and custom door panels, center console, flooring and latch hardware were fabricated specifically for this build. 3D-printed speaker grilles, bezels and fixtures are used throughout the interior, integrating modern fabrication with classic styling. The build uses a 13,000-watt PowerBass audio system.

Maharaj shared, “The design keeps a clean, button-free look, with all controls hidden for a smooth, uncluttered appearance. Subtle light-gray stitching complements the Porsche Chalk exterior. Seats by DJ Design. Audio, electronics and interior by Zamz Audio.”

Best Custom Truck Interior

Like the Best Custom Car Interior award, the Best Custom Truck Interior award is open to any truck with a custom interior at the SEMA show. The TMI judges felt that Karl Schulman’s 1953 Chevy Truck exemplified this category.

His “Mjolnir” muscle truck is race-inspired, with an interior completed by John Miller Designs. Anchored with TMI Race Style Seats reimagined in APEX Leather’s Root Beer leather, the door panels are designed to reflect the tailgate’s louvers, and the carpet is a lighter tone that contrasts nicely with accents on the door panels.

Schulman said, “Countless hours and thought went into the truck and interior to make it a true one of a kind. Other features include a custom dash with one-off trim and, of course, the Mjolnir shifter.”

Fan Favorite Interior

Chosen by TMI fans online, the Fan Favorite Interior award was comprised of finalists selected by the TRIM Awards judges and showcased online. Fans voted for Chris Pate and his 1995 Chevy Tahoe. Looking straight out of the ’90s, this Tahoe features a full custom interior with an over-the-top high-end audio system built by MTI Automotive Designs.

Pate explains, “Blending modern lines and technology with a comfortable ride…bringing this ’90s throwback to life.”

Best of Show Champion

The culmination of this year’s TRIM Awards ended with one highly crafted vehicle going home with the TRIM Awards steering wheel trophy. The vehicle chosen by the TMI judges as their favorite interior of SEMA went to Mikey Dascoli and his 1969 International Scout. This interior was one of the finest examples of design, craftsmanship and execution at the show, according to the judges. The Scout features a premium interior with modern elements that never stray too far from the Scout’s original functional vibe.

“One-off custom-made and designed by Sew Cal Rods,” Dascoli said. “From 3D scan to machining, printing, and trimming—all done by Sew Cal Rods.”