d9 door cards in a d8

[midsmike]

ive got d9 doorcards to put in my d8 but could do with sum help i need to no about the wires what 1s go where

[Gary406]

only guy to do this on here i think is himbigcheif but hes rarely on now since his cambelt snapped and he changed cars.

send him a pm mate he may be able to help you .

[plod]

I think this was only asked a couple of weeks back

I remember for fitment, the mounting points just need changing, but then we come to the wiring which was your question

I contemplated buying the leather D9 door cards off HimBigChief along with the switches to fit to my D8
However on pm'ing him he said he never fully got the switches working correctly, so as i'm not the best when it comes to electrics, I decided not to bother

Good look if you do decide to go for it, and would be very interested in the results as I think the door cards let my car down a bit and would still like to do this

[midsmike]

well im goin to do it and i will b at pugfest and french car show so u can all cum and see ill put pics up to plus my mate midsdaz wants to do it too so hes should b done to

[midsdaz]

im copying u so wen urs work ill do mine lol

[Gary406]

may i ask why you want to put d9 doorcards into a d8 ?

[midsdaz]

Well mine come with my seats mike brought them coz he liked them plus they look better than the cloth ones don't u think ?

[Gary406]

ye defo look better. just wondering mate thats all.
i re-trimmed mine with black cloth. in my old d8 .

[midsdaz]

I was thinking bout diein my head lining and painting all the plastics witch are grey gloss black do something different

[plod]

I fancied doing it, as you can't get D8 leather door cards, they just came with cloth
I also managed to damage a door card taking stuff down the tip, so would be nice to fit D9 Leather ones

[midsdaz]

It's just
Going to be fun getting them
All wired up I'm gonna have a look and see if I can't modify the fittings of switches so I can keep the d8 ones save messing with all the plugs

[Gary406]

I was thinking bout diein my head lining and painting all the plastics witch are grey gloss black do something different

been there and done it. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE RESULTS WHEN YOU DIE CAR INTERIORS
i spent a fortune on small tins of proper car upholstery die. and it turned out very very crap. see my pics in my old d8 section. theres pics in there of the door cards i did.
the company i got the die from refunded all my money when i showed them the piccys i took.
no questions asked . i spent about 50 quid on the stuff.

DONT DO IT

[waue1978]

I was thinking bout diein my head lining and painting all the plastics witch are grey gloss black do something different

been there and done it. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE RESULTS WHEN YOU DIE CAR INTERIORS
i spent a fortune on small tins of proper car upholstery die. and it turned out very very crap. see my pics in my old d8 section. theres pics in there of the door cards i did.
the company i got the die from refunded all my money when i showed them the piccys i took.
no questions asked . i spent about 50 quid on the stuff.

DONT DO IT

Gary - I know you had horrendous trouble with the spray, but there is an alternative method for dying interior parts. Get a cheapie paddling pool from Argos, fill it with water & use the proper clothes dye stuff. I reckon you could get some pretty good results dropping some grey cloth doorcards in some of that.

[Gary406]

ye never thought of that. dont give me ideas
my doors are grey now standard in my new D8 and there staying grey

[midsdaz]

Paddling pool is a good idea I may have a go get the rest of the car done first I wanna get her remapped and lowered front grill d badged