ok so im new to the whole "how-to" thing but i wanted to give it ago..
pretty much got step by step photo's on how i did mine
im not a professional, its just something i wanted to have ago at im super pleased about the outcome
Roofliner guide here:
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...79#post5299179
here go's!
Time taken: Dunno! roughly? 4 hours for both doorcards..
Difficulty: Not that hard, just abit fiddly!
Cost: all in around £20
Stuff you will need:
- Needle nose pliers, any size, no preference. small ones help tho..
- Scissors:
1 pair of material / sharp scissors
1 pair of smaller sharp scissors
- Fabric glue
i used this stuff, it cost me £5 from my local carpet shop
-Heat/Hot air gun (what ever you want to call it)
-Material you want to retrim with
(The stuff i used is approx 157cm wide and a meter in length and had a fair bit left over)
-Your door cards (obviously)
-Torx screwdriver (unsure of the size, but ill update when i find out, no pic but if you dont know what a screwdriver looks like, then please close this guide now.. lol
And some space to work in, luckily for me, my parents house is being renovated at the moment, so the living room is completely empty
Step by step:
- Open you car door and remove the torx screw from the doorcard (nearest the dash)
There is also a torx screw (same size) in the door handle (the part you pull to close the door from the inside) Remove the screw and pull the plastic part out of the door card, use a flat head screw driver to get under the edges and gently prise it out
- Remove the speaker cover (should just pull out (You dont have to remove it, but it makes pulling the door card off easier!)
(no pic)
- Gently pull the door card away from the door, its held on by approx 9 clips, these have a tendancy to break ALOT but they only cost around 12p each from citroen (as you can see i broke a couple of mine)
- Use the heat gun to soften up the plastic rivits holding the material part to the door card, and pull the card apart one rivet at a time (arrows show the rivets - Caution Please mind your fingers here, they get extremely hot - Duh..) lol
- Once all rivets are melted and the 2 parts are apart, you should have this
- Use the heat gun to melt the plastic rivits holding the door handle surround at the back and pull the cover off
put these parts out the way somewhere
- Lay your material over the top and line it up to how you want it
(Tip: Patterned material like i chose is a baddd idea and it distorts over the edges and stuff, but if you are careful you can make it work)
- Cut around the material leaving around 2cm over lay around the edge with the material scissors
(no pic)
- When you have the material all in the right places, Spray the glue on and pull the material over
Make sure you remove any wrinkles or creases that occur while the glue is still fairly damp!
- when spraying the glue, do small areas at a time, and pull the material over in stages, working your way towards the edge
- Once glued in to place, you can cut off any excess material around the edge
- Cut out the door handle holes
Now for the annoying/fiddly/hard part..
- Use the heat gun to melt all the rivets around the card, and use the needle nose pliers to pull them in to a pointy shape.. like this..
- On the back of the material part of the doorcard, use the smaller scissors to pierce holes all around the material where the plastic rivets pull through, can be tricky, but not too bad when you get the hang of it
(no pic)
- Put the 2 halfs back together and pull all the plastic rivets through, again can be tricky.. some of the rivets wont want to come back through the holes, but will when you force them
)
- Heat the rivets up again, and use the pliers to flatten the ends down now so it secures the 2 halfs together, once all rivets are melted flat, there shouldnt be any rattles or any movement..
- Put the door handle suround back in and melt the rivets again and flatten them so its held in securely
(no pic)
- Retrimmed!
I also painted my speaker covers white to match the rest of my interior
- Re-fit them to your car, make sure all the clips are pushed in, and the screws are secured tightly
Job done!!
Any comments, questions, edits.. let me know and ill fix it up as soon as possible..
please bare in mind, im new to this so its not perfect, but im very happy with the outcome
Feel free to pm me if you have any suggestions, or if you get stuck somewhere.. what ever!!
Thanks for looking
pretty much got step by step photo's on how i did mine
im not a professional, its just something i wanted to have ago at im super pleased about the outcome
Roofliner guide here:
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...79#post5299179
here go's!
Time taken: Dunno! roughly? 4 hours for both doorcards..
Difficulty: Not that hard, just abit fiddly!
Cost: all in around £20
Stuff you will need:
- Needle nose pliers, any size, no preference. small ones help tho..
- Scissors:
1 pair of material / sharp scissors
1 pair of smaller sharp scissors
- Fabric glue
i used this stuff, it cost me £5 from my local carpet shop
-Heat/Hot air gun (what ever you want to call it)
-Material you want to retrim with
(The stuff i used is approx 157cm wide and a meter in length and had a fair bit left over)
-Your door cards (obviously)
-Torx screwdriver (unsure of the size, but ill update when i find out, no pic but if you dont know what a screwdriver looks like, then please close this guide now.. lol
And some space to work in, luckily for me, my parents house is being renovated at the moment, so the living room is completely empty
Step by step:
- Open you car door and remove the torx screw from the doorcard (nearest the dash)
There is also a torx screw (same size) in the door handle (the part you pull to close the door from the inside) Remove the screw and pull the plastic part out of the door card, use a flat head screw driver to get under the edges and gently prise it out
- Remove the speaker cover (should just pull out (You dont have to remove it, but it makes pulling the door card off easier!)
(no pic)
- Gently pull the door card away from the door, its held on by approx 9 clips, these have a tendancy to break ALOT but they only cost around 12p each from citroen (as you can see i broke a couple of mine)
- Use the heat gun to soften up the plastic rivits holding the material part to the door card, and pull the card apart one rivet at a time (arrows show the rivets - Caution Please mind your fingers here, they get extremely hot - Duh..) lol
- Once all rivets are melted and the 2 parts are apart, you should have this
- Use the heat gun to melt the plastic rivits holding the door handle surround at the back and pull the cover off
put these parts out the way somewhere
- Lay your material over the top and line it up to how you want it
(Tip: Patterned material like i chose is a baddd idea and it distorts over the edges and stuff, but if you are careful you can make it work)
- Cut around the material leaving around 2cm over lay around the edge with the material scissors
(no pic)
- When you have the material all in the right places, Spray the glue on and pull the material over
Make sure you remove any wrinkles or creases that occur while the glue is still fairly damp!
- when spraying the glue, do small areas at a time, and pull the material over in stages, working your way towards the edge
- Once glued in to place, you can cut off any excess material around the edge
- Cut out the door handle holes
Now for the annoying/fiddly/hard part..
- Use the heat gun to melt all the rivets around the card, and use the needle nose pliers to pull them in to a pointy shape.. like this..
- On the back of the material part of the doorcard, use the smaller scissors to pierce holes all around the material where the plastic rivets pull through, can be tricky, but not too bad when you get the hang of it
(no pic)
- Put the 2 halfs back together and pull all the plastic rivets through, again can be tricky.. some of the rivets wont want to come back through the holes, but will when you force them
)- Heat the rivets up again, and use the pliers to flatten the ends down now so it secures the 2 halfs together, once all rivets are melted flat, there shouldnt be any rattles or any movement..
- Put the door handle suround back in and melt the rivets again and flatten them so its held in securely
(no pic)
- Retrimmed!
I also painted my speaker covers white to match the rest of my interior
- Re-fit them to your car, make sure all the clips are pushed in, and the screws are secured tightly
Job done!!
Any comments, questions, edits.. let me know and ill fix it up as soon as possible..
please bare in mind, im new to this so its not perfect, but im very happy with the outcome
Feel free to pm me if you have any suggestions, or if you get stuck somewhere.. what ever!!
Thanks for looking
tempted to do mine now lol
