door card material query

1. badasssaxo Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2008 southend on sea,essex Posts: 4244

   #1 21st March 2009, 11:57

   is it possible to just take off the door card material and clean it up or paint if needed ??
   
   whats underneath, just plastic or a mess lol
   
   any pics of ones done??
2. StephanieLouise Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2009 Torquay Posts: 822 Soon to be black vtr

   #2 21st March 2009, 13:20

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   Originally Posted by badasssaxo is it possible to just take off the door card material and clean it up or paint if needed ?? whats underneath, just plastic or a mess lol any pics of ones done??

   Yeah you can take off the door card material. if you paint it you wont get a really good result But you can re-trim it in fabric or leather.
   Underneath is just some foamy, padding stuff.

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3. badasssaxo Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2008 southend on sea,essex Posts: 4244

   #3 21st March 2009, 14:22

   maybe i'll just get some plain ones from a 1.1 then,
   
   thanks.
4. si_pow Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1025 2001 mk5 Fiesta ZS

   #4 21st March 2009, 14:32

   I wanted to know this too. So is it hard to retrim it?
5. StephanieLouise Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2009 Torquay Posts: 822 Soon to be black vtr

   #5 21st March 2009, 16:00

   Well it depends what you want to re-trim it in, if you re-trim in fabric its not hard, but if you go to re-trim leather its 10 times harder.

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6. Mysticp Scotland Joined: Jul 2005 Edinburgh Posts: 9556 Saxo 1.6i 16v VTS, 2 Classic Minis

   #6 21st March 2009, 16:03

   If you have a stretchy fabric that you can mould round the contours of the doorcard then its a doddle.
   
   Thers an eBay shop called "Fabricaz" for best materials. IIRC they have a stretch leather that would cover the cards easy enough.
   
   I managed to do mine using their thick textured leather and still done the whole card in one piece so no nasty sewing!

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7. si_pow Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1025 2001 mk5 Fiesta ZS

   #7 21st March 2009, 16:08

   Thanks alot. Will have to have a look. Is there any guides kicking about? Do i just glue the material on?
   
   Sorry for the post hijack badass.
8. Mysticp Scotland Joined: Jul 2005 Edinburgh Posts: 9556 Saxo 1.6i 16v VTS, 2 Classic Minis

   #8 21st March 2009, 16:13

   Don't know about guides. I just used some fabric spray glue for it.
9. StephanieLouise Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2009 Torquay Posts: 822 Soon to be black vtr

   #9 21st March 2009, 16:20

   if you take off the door card and turn it over, you will see lots of plastic rivets on the back which have been melted on the end to stop them coming out. you will need to drill them out to separate the inner and outer part of the door card. once you have done this you can retrim them in any material you like using a suitable glue to hold the material in place. trim off any excess material then glue the outer and inner parts of the door card back together. its quite simple. just make sure you glue them back together very well otherwise they will come apart.
10. VtrFarlz86 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2008 Ferryhill North East Posts: 423 Saxo Vtr MK2 breaking mk1 wicked red

    #10 21st March 2009, 16:23

    yeah theres guides on here.
11. Predator_R32p Super Moderator Joined: Mar 2003 Durham (England) Posts: 37932 1. AX 2. Mk2 Saxo VTR 3. MK4 R32 DBP

    #11 22nd March 2009, 01:47

    Dont think i did a guide when doing mine but there is one in premium section
    
    It is easy to seperate just have to think ahead of what your doing really, i used a dremel with mine worked really well, hardest bit is retrimming, depends on the material though, use a decent glue like contact adhesive, the most likely part the material will pull away from is around the armrest area as it has to be pulled really tight around there
    
    id suggest getting some 3/4 way stretch material
    
    the foam just wire brush it off with a drill
    
    melt plastice like tie wraps back on whilst its clamped then wait till its totally cooled down before removing clamps to move onto next heatstake (rivet)