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Hi Folks,

 

going to try a full interior re-trim in the car and this will be done by myself :shock:

 

But before I start this I need to remove the material from the original door cards etc.

 

Do I just use a little heat or is there more to it??

 

Cheers in advance,

 

Andy

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Yeah just a small amount of heat, and pull it slowly to allow the glue to pull apart, or you'll pull off the skin of the door card.

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Cheers for the advice Kip :salute:

 

Just one more..........................will a hairdryer do the trick? :shrug:

 

Cheers,

Andy

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The material on the doorcards? I didnt think you could remove that...

 

Am I thinking of the correct bit - the bit of material where the pull handle is etc, then its plastic all around that? Just a square of material that covers maybe 1/3rd of the card? If you get this off - surely itll be near impossible to get something back on neatly...

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He who dares ................. :nuts:

 

You can manipulate the right material to cover whatever you want, as long as you apply the correct adhesive and that requires the removal of the original material. I'll give it a go and let you know the results :salute:

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Well, I tried it tonight with the hairdryer and .......................................................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:thumb right: It worked 8) 8) 8) 8)

 

Almost finished re-trimming one of the door cards. got to wait for the green piping to be delivered and I'll pop a couple of pics up :thumb right:

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Looking forward to seeing the results on this one. Are you retrimming in leather and if so, are you going to match the leather doorcard pattern from standard leather? e.g. the sort or padded stripes in the original leather doorcards, if you know what I mean.

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Cheers for the advice Kip :salute:

 

Just one more..........................will a hairdryer do the trick? :shrug:

 

Cheers,

Andy

 

Sorry Andy missed you posts! Glad it worked out though, get some pics up!!

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