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 Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:03 pm |
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| Andrewxps wrote: |
Well if you have plenty left over after doing the roof as well, on a station wagon, I'm sure I woud be aright with the sam measurements on a 3 door?
just thought I would ask you about this because the way it has turned out for you is really impressive |
What do you want to retrim and what material do you want to use?
either way you'll be fine with about 2 metres of either material. It just depends on how you layout your templates as my dad did it so he had very little waste material yet still be able to cover what he needed.
With the 60" width of the leatherette allowed my dad to lay both of the front doorcard centres across the width and then lay the rear two under that and next to the two rears the glovebox door and get the material cut out and the waste was literally like 5mm all the way around each doorcard.
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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:43 pm |
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that's alright for me  do you just glue it onto the yellowish cream door card and refit it into the door?
how did you get the doorcard out of the car?
thanks for all insight
as for what im re trimming, i want to redo glove box, the fusebox cover and doorcards in leatherette
and the roof and pillars in suede
so basically like you but fusebox in leatherette instead of suede =]
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:53 am |
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| Andrewxps wrote: |
that's alright for me do you just glue it onto the yellowish cream door card and refit it into the door?
how did you get the doorcard out of the car?
thanks for all insight
as for what im re trimming, i want to redo glove box, the fusebox cover and doorcards in leatherette
and the roof and pillars in suede
so basically like you but fusebox in leatherette instead of suede =] |
Yeh you have to pull all the old material off and use the original fibreglass backing mould of the doorcards.
The doorcards are simple enough to take out the car. The rear ones was just one screw that holds the handle in and you just pull the doorcard off and the front is the same screw as rear one screw at front of doorcard and one under the tweeter cover and just pull out.
I'm going to be getting hold of some more of the faux suede next week as I'm going to use the material once I've found a RG being broken for parts and buy the doorcards and the rear window motors and looms etc so I can do a rear electric window conversion.
I'm going to be getting a second set of cheap manual window doorcards and using the cloth centres to retrim in the suede to match my roof and pillar covers but have the electric window doorcard surrounds.
But I wouldn't advise doing this sort of stuff if you aren't very keyed up with how to do it as it does require alot of time and precision. 1 f*** up and straight back to the start.
It took my dad about 10 mins to get the faux suede wrapped perfect on each of the pillar covers.
You also need to know which way the suede brushes up and down as you need to have it the right way up on all the pillar covers or you'll have odd looking cover as all the suede will be in different directions.
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:20 am |
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Location: Barry, South Wales
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why did u suede the fusebox covver and leather the glovebox? surely you would have wanted them to be the same?
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:27 am |
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| vanman_sw wrote: |
| why did u suede the fusebox covver and leather the glovebox? surely you would have wanted them to be the same? |
Explanation in the post above but I have a spare fuseboard cover which I'm retrimming in leatherette. Going to do that a little later on today.
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:28 am |
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ah my bad! lol
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:08 am |
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Thanks for the explaination, now you mention it I will leave the toof and pillars alone, just gunna do doorcards etc in leatherette and leave it a that, I presume your dad must be quite practiced at this and I'm not ><
Looking forward to the next pics
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:49 pm |
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Location: Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
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Uz, just a little question for you, but have you managed to get arch liners for the GT bumper? the sports arch liners dont sit right and you cant get a fixing to hold them in place. mine were rubbing off the tyres today. its not a good noise driving on national limit roads lol.
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:08 am |
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| wagsy206 wrote: |
| Uz, just a little question for you, but have you managed to get arch liners for the GT bumper? the sports arch liners dont sit right and you cant get a fixing to hold them in place. mine were rubbing off the tyres today. its not a good noise driving on national limit roads lol. |
I haven't managed to get hold of the liners for it mate...good thing you've bought it up tbh as I've not got a clue on what to do about it as like you I've got sports wings and the GT bumper :S
I'm thinking that when I have the metal undertray made I'll have it so it goes across the bumper and then just have it so that I can bolt the sorts arch liners onto the undertray.
But if you come up with anything let me know please
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:10 am |
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the sport lining is no no for the gt wing infact its need a non sport lining though. I have a non sport lining at home but need exchange for the pair of sport arch lining though
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:17 am |
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Also I have noticed that you getting the engine under cover made up by metal, wondering how much its would cost to have one made? I currently have a plastic but its flimsy at the moment and I would love to go for the metal maybe something light like aluminium or sort of it?
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:23 am |
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infact I have a GT wings at home, wondering if you interested in them so its would look matched with front? what you think?
drop me a text
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:24 am |
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| Guy wrote: |
| the sport lining is no no for the gt wing infact its need a non sport lining though. I have a non sport lining at home but need exchange for the pair of sport arch lining though |
With regards to the sports linings only other thing I can think of it cut them where they mount onto the bumper and modify them so you can mount them to the bumper on the sides and also modify them so they follow the shape of the bumper and how they go down from the wing.
I'll see how it goes...see if I can get hold of some cheap sports arch liners from the scrappy first.
| Guy wrote: |
| Also I have noticed that you getting the engine under cover made up by metal, wondering how much its would cost to have one made? I currently have a plastic but its flimsy at the moment and I would love to go for the metal maybe something light like aluminium or sort of it? |
It's gunna cost somewhere in the region of £200 for a undertray that spans the width of the bumper and runs the length of the original engine tray and undertray for the GT bumper all in one piece. It will be made out of metal and will be using the original mounting points.
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infact I have a GT wings at home, wondering if you interested in them so its would look matched with front? what you think?
drop me a text |
Cheers for the offer mate but I'm going for some serious dishage very soon as they definately won't fit under the nonsport wings even with the GT lips on them.
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:37 am |
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| Uz_SWGT wrote: |
| Guy wrote: |
| the sport lining is no no for the gt wing infact its need a non sport lining though. I have a non sport lining at home but need exchange for the pair of sport arch lining though |
With regards to the sports linings only other thing I can think of it cut them where they mount onto the bumper and modify them so you can mount them to the bumper on the sides and also modify them so they follow the shape of the bumper and how they go down from the wing.
I'll see how it goes...see if I can get hold of some cheap sports arch liners from the scrappy first.
Mmm could do this way. but I hope you able to sort this way because its would be kinda dificult. maybe its would work better if its has a under engine cover so its would have a somewhere to hold the arch lining fully?
I seem cant find a good condition sport lining for gti wing and sport bumper even that scrappy you goes in redditch though? if you can get a full set for front ones would be amazing and I can pay you for it?
| Guy wrote: |
| Also I have noticed that you getting the engine under cover made up by metal, wondering how much its would cost to have one made? I currently have a plastic but its flimsy at the moment and I would love to go for the metal maybe something light like aluminium or sort of it? |
It's gunna cost somewhere in the region of £200 for a undertray that spans the width of the bumper and runs the length of the original engine tray and undertray for the GT bumper all in one piece. It will be made out of metal and will be using the original mounting points.
Mm but its would be tougher and durbable and better than plastic undertray for sure! I have a orginial undertray sitting in garage which my garage took off due to service and say its broken and I think they talking crap! But its would be interesting to see how its comes out with the metal. Which metal you think you might be using for the undertray?
| Guy wrote: |
infact I have a GT wings at home, wondering if you interested in them so its would look matched with front? what you think?
drop me a text |
Cheers for the offer mate but I'm going for some serious dishage very soon as they definately won't fit under the nonsport wings even with the GT lips on them. |
No problem your welcome, its sound gotta be one serious euro'd SW! Definately will drop a visit soon as you have done up your sw? I really need speak you about to getting my a,b,c pilar retrimmed in suede and your dad or you doing it for me? and the headlining too! Have you done your headlining yet?
What you gotta do with the sunvisiors? as they are in grey isn't it?
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:04 am |
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