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Stevievee
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Door cards

Post by Stevievee » Sun Jul 18, 2021 9:47 am

Has anybody been able to dye, paint, colour the shabby grey internal door cards. Mine look awful!! Seen a 'magic' sponge advertised somewhere that colours plastic trim, but I'm assuming that would just be to rejuvenate black plastic.

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Re: Door cards

Post by rita » Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:48 am

This stuff is very effective and easy to do.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402763037433 ... SwWfxgKTfE
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Re: Door cards

Post by Allans » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:21 am

Yes lots of people re-cover them.
I've seen amazing styles. Fabric, superhero comic pages (with a sealer on top) the wipe-off vinyl that's used as tablecloths etc.
Getting the panel off is the most challenging part. They're held on by clips.
You can buy a trim removal tool (ebay, amazon, sealey etc). Or use a flatblade screwdriver.
Advice on how to remove the sliding door panel is here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=74697&p=701401&hili ... ip#p701401
And removing a door panel: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=74000&p=694993&hili ... ip#p694993
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Re: Door cards

Post by Stevievee » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:42 pm

Great, will look into it... Hate them at the moment!
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Re: Door cards

Post by Stevievee » Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:44 pm

Allans wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 7:21 am Yes lots of people re-cover them.
I've seen amazing styles. Fabric, superhero comic pages (with a sealer on top) the wipe-off vinyl that's used as tablecloths etc.
Getting the panel off is the most challenging part. They're held on by clips.
You can buy a trim removal tool (ebay, amazon, sealey etc). Or use a flatblade screwdriver.
Advice on how to remove the sliding door panel is here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=74697&p=701401&hili ... ip#p701401
And removing a door panel: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=74000&p=694993&hili ... ip#p694993
I've recovered the side and boot trim, it's the passenger and driver door panels that are awful.
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