Door Cards

[UKPhilTR7]

<font color="blue"><b>I have some old door cards and I was thinking of taking all the material off and putting some new black leather or material, but I was wondering how hard or easy it would be to do it and do a good job. Has anyone done this before and if so how did it go? I know I can buy some easy enough, but thought I would give it a go.</b></font id="blue">

[Rblackadar]

If you do,and the top rails are in good shape, I'll take them.

[gaz]

hi im also thinking of doing this myself the only thing thats stopped me so far is that if it were done flat ie. (without any defenition they may look a bit plane and well.... homemade and not custom made) because you'd be replacing the check pattern..... assuming thats what your changing from
so ive been wondering how i could put in some defenition whithout stitching or plastic seem welding as i assume you ...like myself don't have access to either

i to would also like to see any pics of homemade or custom made ones for ideas

It rides again

[UKPhilTR7]

<font color="blue"><b>Gaz that is a good point and I was thinking of using some form of foam with flat lines to produce the dips and ridges. Or taking of the old cover very carefully and then using what is below it.
There is always the option of putting the material over the old and that way you keep the format patten. May take some working on, but I am sue that with lots of time and patience, it could be done to a great finish.</b></font id="blue">

[Hasbeen]

A lot of the kids around here are into old Holdens, & Fords, 1980s
verities. Many of them are doing their own re-trims. Mostly they use
a soft, stretchy veloure type material. They stick this over the old
card, usung a spray adhesive. This works very well, particularly
where there is an Embossed pattern in the old trim.

Some of the results look very professional. The more advanced kids
are doing a little sewing, mostly just straight, two tone, with the
lower 1/3Rd colour matching the carpet.

The same stuff works well on sun visors. The stretch making it easy
to fit a presewen tube over them, with just a little hand
finishing.

Hasbeen

[mb4tim]

You can put in a layer of landau foam first. It's a really dense foam that is used under a vinyl roof. Most upholstery shops will carry it.

Carve your design in a v-shape with a sharp razor, use the best spray adhesive you can afford, and as you roll the material/leather/whatever over the new foam (slowly and carefully) use a putty knife (round the corners and smooth out any rough edges - look around your pap's house, you'll find a perfect candidate) or a Popsicle stick it tuck the material into the groove.

That's my plan.

-Tim
http://www.morSpeedPerformance.com

[UKPhilTR7]

<b><font color="green">I may have to have a look at doing this in the hope that I can get a nice finish on it. The ones that I have are older style ones and have the hole for the led's that I want to add.</font id="green"></b>

[rsamis]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by mb4tim</i>

You can put in a layer of landau foam first. It's a really dense foam that is used under a vinyl roof. Most upholstery shops will carry it.

Carve your design in a v-shape with a sharp razor, use the best spray adhesive you can afford, and as you roll the material/leather/whatever over the new foam (slowly and carefully) use a putty knife (round the corners and smooth out any rough edges - look around your pap's house, you'll find a perfect candidate) or a Popsicle stick it tuck the material into the groove.

That's my plan.

-Tim
http://www.morSpeedPerformance.com

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I've been thinking about this type of solution as well, but maybe with sewing instead of just gluing the cover material in the accent markings. I know someone who can sew well enough to follow the rectangular shapes in the old door cards. I just don't know if the stitching would sink into the padding enough to give the desired effect. Guess we'll have to test it to find out.

Royal
76 FHC, 4-spd, dual Strombergs