xCobalt05x

i went right over the old fabric, im sure if you remove the old fabric it will make life much easier when it comes time to putting it back together. i havent sealed off my rivits yet because im going to redoo them again but this time im getting COBALT embroiderd into the vinyl w/ silver lettering. Doing the same thing for the head rests. The front part of the head rest is going to be red vinyl with sliver COBALT embroidering.

Young Money

If I can offer my two cents to anyone considering this... a trick I learned between doing the passenger and the driver's door... if you have a little scissors (like those little sewing ones with the curved tip) and just use it to kinda sorta reem the holes where the vinyl is covering it will fit on MUCH easier... like 0 problem fitting it back on

xspyder85x

yeah i took a small dremmel and got the fabric off, it worked well. my inserts are drying i should ihave them done today

g5mike

Damn im going to do this, Im wondering about blue or charcoal swede?

xspyder85x

should look good, make sure you dont get glue though the material

Beck

iTrader: (5)

how much does a project like this cost you?

xspyder85x

if its your first time doing this, then you gotta think trial and error, but for supplies your looking at about $8 per can for glue, prolly two cans if you mess up, but one can should be enough. the fabric, you should only need two yards. i dont reccomend cloth because the glue will bleed through and look like man stains. go with something heavy like vinyl. make sure its kinda stretchy though.

Young Money

Yea that's pretty much dead on... I think you can get by with one can of the adhesive (I still have a good amount left over), I ordered two yards of vinyl... and then whatever means you use of getting the insert back on, plastic epoxy, super glue, hot glue, etc... shouldn't be more than like... $70 TOPS plus your own time of course...

Totally worth it... you'll be glad you're saving you own money over paying a shop like 400% more to do this.

Beck

iTrader: (5)

cost me $35 for 1.5 yards of vinyl, vinyl glue, hot glue gun w/ glue, and some liquid nails

djpatrick35

Perhaps a dumb question, but where did you guys get the vinyl? Can you get that stuff from just your average crafts store? I'd like to do yellow inserts...

Young Money

I'm pretty sure you can get it from any craft store... I ordered mine from www.shopsar.com and have no complaints!

silverSS

how do u pop off the trim around the window locks???

spencer

i hella wanna do this and get cobalt ss embrodered (sp?) on the panels...but i don't know which color to do? i got a black cobalt w/ the sport cloth seats. how would you go about doing this on the seats?

xCobalt05x

unless you know how to rip seams, take it to a sewing machine and cut new material to match the pattern of what you just took off, and re sew the seams and then put it back on the seat, dont do it. it is way toooo hard to do the seats. the is no quick glue option for the seats. you will have to pay the $500 per seat that i was quoted to get all the light grey on my seats converted to red vinyl w/ cobalt embroderd in silver on the head rests.

spencer

how much would it cost the shop to do that as far as materials go? my aunt owns an embroidary shop so she can mos def hook it up for the labor costs

Beck

iTrader: (5)

i know a shop that will do both doors for 100... that includes the cost of materials and labor. and its done professionally so it looks good. they're in roseville. they do seats too, just dont know what they charge. i could give you their number. but they're pretty damn affordable

spencer

ya that would be good because i dont think i wanna do my door panels w/out doing the seats

Xavipheus

Is there any way i can do this without taking the door panel off?

Delta2.2

sweet maybe i will do this to my LS.

marerick007

I finally finished one of the door panels last night. If you know anything about doing this or read some of the How-to threads on doing this, you might know this isn't the easiest thing to do by yourself.

I did, however come up with an easy way to re-assemble the arm panel to the door shell.

While useing the hot glue gun and trying to hold the piece in, it would take the glue a ton of time to dry and harden. At this pace, it would take forever to reinstall one panel.

This is what they would look like:







This is when I got the idea of why don't I try and hold an ice cube over the glue to cool it so it will harden faster. It worked like a champ!!! Not to mention, I even got two added bonuses! The glue is forced down and then spread out nice and flat on top which helps maintain a better hold. The second benefit is that it looks really professional!

xspyder85x

i used really small screws and some washers. it works really well.

wdsoccer

same here

OrngBalt

Marerick...if nothing else. I'll give you + just for being ingenuitive.

g5mike

Just got my viynl,gonna do mine tomorro

xCobalt05x

cool