Just a quick question to anyone who has put an aftermarket vinyl in their door pannels...what glue did you use and how did it hold up??

I got my yellow leather vinyl in, and my door pannels separated from the door, and my plan is to fill something with sand and set it over the vinyl so it dries without pulling up in a corner or crease.

Also any other advise would be helpfull too.

 

I used 3M super 77, it looked great, then one stupid hot humid day they sagged



those were mine a month after I did them, they were great, but yeah dont use super 77 haha!

 

bump to anyone else who has done this??

 

nice pepboys pedals.

you should get the gm ones!

 

lol ya I've been meaning to take them off, but they're too tight its a bitch to get them off lmfao, so whatevs, plus they're wider so it makes heel toeing easier

 

I used the 3M Hi-Strength 90 Spray Adhesive.
That was over the summer and they are still holding good.

 

looks good for being a sticker

 

What's with the push pins around the insert?

 

That is an awesome idea!! but I don't want red because I have interior blue neon and I don't think it would look very good but I wouldn't mine matching the silver/grayish trim. What do yall think??

 

It's Red Vinyl. No sticker.

 

They are actually covers for the bolts I used to hold the insert in.
Nothing i tried would keep the insert in the doors. So they got bolted in.

 

I hope mine stay in... I took my time and only took the top of the plastic off, then I made custom washers at work so i can use a self taping screw to hold it in on the plastic studs that are left..

I will take some pics in the morning when I get off work

 

I tried putting screws in the studs also. But they just split the studs.
Also tryed expoy bolts to the inside of the door panel to hold the insert. The expoy held the bolt perfect. But pulled right off the plastic.
Constriction adhesive pulled off the plastic.
The only thing i got to stick is hot melt. So mine have hot melt on the top and bolts from the inside on the bottom.

 

So here is what I got so far.....

From onlinefabricstore.net


I got a couple of sample colors first to get the best color match..got Esprit Sun Yellow Vinyl


Just took the very top of the plastic holding the panel in...


My custom washers...I'm probably going a different route and tapping the studs for like a 8-32 or 10-32 thread



And here is a sneak preview of my secret headliner project I'm working on....

 

i got my doors done at a shop. he used metal screws and washers to hold the insert in. looks oem.

i might go back to him to get my headliner and rear deck recovered in suade

 

Red Vinyl Fabric

What red do you think matches the OEM red door inserts best?
Or another site I can order the vinyl that matches better?
Having a shop do it but Im finding the material 1st.

 

Carbon Fiber Vinyl - Wholesale Vinyl and Fabric, Carbon Fiber Vinyl Upholstery
Does this look like it would work?
New to Upholstery..

 

I just redid my inserts in black micro suede. I held the fabric on with spray adhesive that I have used on saddles and motorcycle seats. You can get it at any crafts store. I reinstalled the inserts and just used hot glue to hold them in. It's what I did the last time I had them out and did them red and it holds up really well. It just takes a ton of glue to keep them in place.

 

sub'd for headliner

 

The craft store have the stuff with the foam backing? I have a jo anns & micheals nearby and will stop by tomorrow.

 

I will be posting a how-to some day soon, I have to redo it..

 

I went to fleet farm and got a bottle of 3m 90 spray adheasive, worked great, dont know if it will hold up but it glued it down tight

 

No, but all you have to do us carefully peel the fabric off the inserts and it will leave about 99% of the original foam backing on there.

 

subd

 

i'm not being a bitch, but i fail to see what's so special/"secret" about the headliner? looks just fabric painted or covered in black something?


ya know the stuff that holds your windshield in? yeah, thats whats holding mine in. They're NOT going anywhere...

i used 3M and Loctite spray adhesive on my stuff...