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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: boneybradley on 07 February 2009, 21:27
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We'll I have decided to do a re-trim at home. I am doing the door cards while the misses looks at the seats! I am looking at black with some red added in somewhere.... I have ordered several meters of black leather & some black fake leather and a bit of red alcantara.
I will update this thread as i get time and patience to do each bit!!
Lets begin.............
Here's my spare door cards. ready for some love :kiss:
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/nataliyas/DSCN4931.jpg)
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/nataliyas/DSCN4934.jpg)
and first job is to strip them down....(while not loosing any bolts or screws!)
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/nataliyas/DSCN4935.jpg)
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/nataliyas/DSCN4937.jpg)
and after a good clean, I've filled any holes that don't need to be there (oh and I 've bonded some plastic to the backs to stop the filler falling out!)
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/nataliyas/DSCN4941.jpg)
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/nataliyas/DSCN4938.jpg)
and next week my fabric should arrive (including some ex mg-rover stuff which was under £10 for 5 metres) and i will get on with cutting and sticking this on!
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Well I thought as It's cold i best get some more done.....
first job today was to make some speaker mounts (as my speakers are too deep and the grille wont fit in the original holes!) some mdf and filler and there nearly ready. just need to paint the rings and filler to hide them.
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/nataliyas/DSCN4942-1.jpg)
and they will have these fitted eventually!
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/nataliyas/DSCN4944-1.jpg)
and i have ordered my material....should be here soon and then the fun starts!!
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/nataliyas/4th_oct_material_008.jpg)(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/nataliyas/20996235_o.jpg)
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Good luck mate,w ill be interesting to see how this turns out!
You using a sewing machine or something more ghetto/manly?
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Fairplay to ya fella, will be interestin to see how it turns out, keep us regularly updated. :smiley:
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Good luck, hope it goes ok for you.
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Good thread. Top effort fella.
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i take it the black material is genuine auto leather but it the red leather or a vynal / vinal *spell* ???
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well the material for the door cards has arrived and both are vinyl (leather look), and i also now have black real leather to do the seats (which is very very similar in colour and look to the vinyl)
both black material is ex mg rover stock...and looking at photos of the 75 model the trim should look fine?
I would like to half leather the seats and use anniversary or similar cloth!! I will search high and low as the seats will be getting done last!
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awesome! can i ask where you sourced the materials from as id like to re trim my roofliner, would you like some cobra bucket seats? :evil:
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i'll be watching this closely :smiley:
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They did this sort of job in a vw mag. Cant remember which one SORRY :embarassed:
But it looks like it was a 3 out of 5 spanner job. :angry:
Good luck. Hope it looks the dogs daggly bits. :cool:
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Interested in doing this myself :cool: Any progress
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respect to you mate in attempting this hope it goes ok and look forwars to seeing the end results :wink:
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Thought I should update this.....with some mixed news!! The red material i got was totally unsuitable to trimming (despite being assured it was ideal!!) so I'm looking for some new red (maybe cloth?) and they can get done.
But I have started with some black cloth and have covered the bottom trays,handle surrounds and window switch cover.. I have my old interior all ready to use still but using the correct cloth is really important (I feel for trimmers after trying for hours to make it all look good!! :angry:)
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/boneybradley/DSCN4956.jpg)
oh yeah autoglym tar remover is the best glue remover ever! :wink:
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You should change the LEDs in the switches. Easy to do, but looks awesome. I've been doing it. All's gone well,but then I blew 4 LEDs by mistake.
SO ANNOYING as I only ordered 10. Would of been just enough.
Red window switches, blue AC buttons ect with red indicator (when it's on) and either a cabrio red heater controls or a Kells treatment blue.
Really looks great, so glad I'm doing it now. Got passenger one to do, fix the window switch and then all the AC buttons and rear window ect. Then the dials, cabrio headlight switch and I MIGHT try heater controls, but probably get Kells to do it.
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You should change the LEDs in the switches. Easy to do, but looks awesome. I've been doing it. All's gone well,but then I blew 4 LEDs by mistake.
SO ANNOYING as I only ordered 10. Would of been just enough.
Red window switches, blue AC buttons ect with red indicator (when it's on) and either a cabrio red heater controls or a Kells treatment blue.
Really looks great, so glad I'm doing it now. Got passenger one to do, fix the window switch and then all the AC buttons and rear window ect. Then the dials, cabrio headlight switch and I MIGHT try heater controls, but probably get Kells to do it.
What has this got to do with a re-trim project? :undecided:
Looking very good BB, what did you use to stick the material? I read on edition someone who spoke about this 'toffee' stuff which is apprently the dogs danglies. In the summer I'm definitely going to attempt this when i put some comps in..
Also what tools did you use? a sharp scalpel?