Suede Door Panel (56KWarn)

[smithers_0990]

To take the stock pading stuff off you have to pull slowly so you don't leave behind a bunch of stuff. All that should be left behind is the glue that held it on.

To get the suede into the crack I used a spline (I think thats the name) tool, along with hot glue. If you use spray on glue it will ruin the fabric you are working with. (I have a pic if you wanna see.)

Here are the pics. Feel free to ask questions.

 

[jophus14]

the door panels look sick.......why the 3-point harness?

 

[MarkSpark]

Or you can just stuff cotton candy in there. jk, looks nice

 

[natedizzle]

very pimp. how much did the fabric cost you

 

[smithers_0990]

how much did the fabric cost you

$46.96 www.garysupholstery.com

why the 3-point harness?

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[NCMP3]

Very Nice!!! I am impressed. Love the suede.

 

[Hollywood2009]

Just right down sexy!!

 

[AbbyVonNormal]

Woh!!! Looks awesome! (thumb)

Maybe a silly question but, do you Scotchguard it to protect it from wear and weather?

 

[s6xtysecassasin]

hey maybe a stupid questions, but do you have to take off the door panels to do this? Thanks

 

[pingdum]

Man, the door panels look sweet, but get rid of that belt system. In an accident the forces pulling down will crush your spine like an aluminum can. The seat cannot take that much force pulling back like that.

 

[chino]

Looks really nice. I assume that is a synthetic like the MSPs have. Just be careful if you drive with your elbow on the door. It will start to leave a mark!

 

[Mr. Win]

Man, the door panels look sweet, but get rid of that belt system. In an accident the forces pulling down will crush your spine like an aluminum can. The seat cannot take that much force pulling back like that.

yea depends on the angle it will only do that if it mounted to the ground because when you pull forward you can make a stright line with te bolting point then you will crush like a can.

 

[jophus14]

i think he got it mounted to the child seat latch lock

 

[INiTiAL33]

i call that the Pizza slicer lol.......

Can we get a little bit more detailed info as to how you layed the suede on and glued it on?

thanks

 

[smithers_0990]

do you Scotchguard it to protect it from wear and weather?

Nope, I am very carefull and the suede is meant to be used as a seat cushon.

do you have to take off the door panels to do this?

Yes

get rid of that belt system

I only use it for autocross.

i think he got it mounted to the child seat latch lock

Nope, its bolted in to the stock hole.

Can we get a little bit more detailed info as to how you layed the suede on and glued it on?

It's very easy to cut out and lay it on. Just lay the template out on the material you are going to use and trace it, then cut it.

Lay it down on the panel, make sure it fits properly. Cut the holes in a "X" pattern so that you can fold the peices behind the panel. Take your hot glue gun and glue the peices from the holes that you cut on to the back side of the panel (wrap them over), they will be covered by what ever fits in that specific hole, i.e. door opener lever.

As far as making the material stay in the crack. Just take your hot gule gun again and put a small amount of glue in the crack, lay the material over it, and run the spline tool or what ever your using to push the material into the crack and then magicly watch the glue adhear to the material. Don't do the entire crack with one run of glue. Do small parts at a time.

You will probablly have to get out your exacto knife and trim away the excess glue and material that is left over in the crack.

It's hard to explain, but if you screw up with the glue you can always peal it off.

Later

 

[p5sundevil]

excellent, i was planning on doing this with silver in my car and was weary on how hard it was to make it look good, as in tightly tucked, but yours looks great.

 

[mspeedpro]

ur the man, way to go tackling a tricky mod

 

[melicha8]

Excellent job man. It's about time we see some professional looking mods like this around

 

[smithers_0990]

It's about time we see some professional looking mods like this around

Thank You

 

[Heathen23]

Smithers I've done my entire interior in leather and have yet to do the door inserts in fear of jacking them up (I know sounds rediculous).

Did you have trouble getting up the glue and such left from the stock fabric?

And do you plan on doing any other portions of the interior in another fabric or something?

edit; forgot to mention you did a really good job making the enitre thing look very smooth and unblemished like stock.

Do you think that sued material is thinner or easier to work with than traditional interior leather?