Upholstering Mk3 Door cards

[bboyskidz]

Yep so i did it

Lorenz and Hawk both inspired me to get started, and once i got going, i couldn't stop!!!

here are some pics:

I only took them of the right side, but the left is exactly the same. Next update in this thread will be the pillars! (probably next weekend)

[Lorenz]

Look pretty damn good from what I can see so far.
Might be worth resizing the pics, they are a tad on the large side
How hard were the centre insert parts to trim? And what fabric did you end up using?

[dom123]

is that suede???

[bboyskidz]

yeh sorry for the poor quality pics, i've resized them now, anyone who looked before the resize will need to clear their cache...

I used cream microsuede from Spotlight @ $19.95 p/m

You can only slightly see it, but i had to sew a seam in the upper fabric part of the door. Unlike some of the US versions, this part does NOT come out. otherwise it would have been a f*ck load easier than it was.

I'll see if I can take some better pics of the way I did the upper part. I now also have a calico pattern for both the front and rear doors. If anyone else wants to give it a go I'll redo the patterns properly and upload them as a pdf or something...

It took me all day to do it. From 9.30am to about 5pm... with a beer/lunch break for about 30 minutes. In saying that, now that I have a pattern, it would be alot easier if i decided to do it again...

[Golf Houso]

Looking good I must say, is your headliner the same colour?

[Lorenz]

Deffinately keen on a pattern/template to work from

Im really digging it now

[Mrk_Mickey]

Yeah dude I'm really liking it! You'll inspire me enough to do it if you do an awesome write-up ....

[Pullstarter]

Nice work man! Well beyond my talents lol

[bboyskidz]

thanks for the comments guys!

Looking good I must say, is your headliner the same colour?

Unfortunately not. the fabric I got isn't wide enough to span the whole roof so I'm looking at alternate ways of doing it - possibly a black stripe down the middle?

Yeah dude I'm really liking it! You'll inspire me enough to do it if you do an awesome write-up ....

I'll see what I can do Mickey - it's already all glued on so there won't be many pics but i'll definitely do a write up for the DIY thread

[rayray086]

Wow that's sick!!!! I really wanted to do this but was turned off by its difficulty, but now that someone has done it here, it'll give me motivation!

You need to give us tips/hints please Lachie!

[bboyskidz]

dude you smoothed your front bumper... you are like the king of DIY... lol!

i'll sit down tonight and write up as much as I can and post it in a new thread. I've got access to a pattern designing software solution but i've never used it before so I'll see how we go

[Brisben]

thanks for the comments guys!


Unfortunately not. the fabric I got isn't wide enough to span the whole roof so I'm looking at alternate ways of doing it - possibly a black stripe down the middle?


I'll see what I can do Mickey - it's already all glued on so there won't be many pics but i'll definitely do a write up for the DIY thread

Guys I work for a large vehicle retrimming firm, if you need fabrics,Vinyl's, leathers etc let me know I will point you in the right direction....

Or even if you need advice on best ways to retrim, glue in mould etc.

[Golf Houso]

Guys I work for a large vehicle retrimming firm, if you need fabrics,Vinyl's, leathers etc let me know I will point you in the right direction....

Or even if you need advice on best ways to retrim, glue in mould etc.

LEGEND

[The_Hawk]

Unlike some of the US versions, this part does NOT come out. otherwise it would have been a f*ck load easier than it was.

Yep, thats the reason I got put off. That removeable section would make it much easier. Matt suggested you could cut up two sets of door cards to make a removeable section, which would fit together neatly... still considering that.

If I had could stitch THROUGH the door card I think I could do something, but it's quickly falling into the too hard basket.... although I have some interesting ideas none the less. I passed up on some door cards last week while I was at Matts place... just seemed like I couldn't get the finish I wanted with the door card in once piece and the tools I have. (Also consider that my door cards are black, matching and pretty much perfect as is )

I will be very interested to see a write up on what you did, but more importantly, I want some info on how you did the edges on the arm insert along with some close up's of those edges. Thats the bit I'm just not convinced I can finish well enough so that it doesn't *annoy* me to tears.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Thats the bit I'm just not convinced I can finish well enough so that it doesn't *annoy* me to tears.

Your words are true Hawk. I would hate to do this myself and have it finish nicely but not well, and be constantly annoyed when I see the edges.

Can't wait for the write-up Lachie!