Gaz's 1.9 Turbo Diesel

[Gary406]

these are having another coat yet, paint is dry on this pic



EDIT - THE FABRIC DIE SPRAY WENT TITS UP AND DIDNT WORK SO DO NOT TRY IT SEE POSTS BELOW FOR 2ND ATTEMPT USING FABRIC MATERIAL

[NollingtonHards]

Thanks for the seats, got home at 11:13pm (i did see a friend for a couple of hours though). I was just wondering how to remove the back plate.
I've done the sides but the head rest holding tubes wont come out from the cloth?

[NollingtonHards]

Well five minutes later ive figured it out, i used a screw driver to lever it out

Hope you get your accelerator cable fixed soon ha that was very very dodgy

[Gary406]

ha, i know mate thats the last job on the list tho
these feckin door cards need re-doing again but using a cloth material not spray crap

so have you managed the back bit mate ? only just seen your question about the headrest bits

[NollingtonHards]

Im just doing the centre arm rest now, how did you get to the clip for the arm rest?

Ill keep an eye on the doorcards progress, seeing the end result might persuade me to do it ha

[Gary406]

i cant 100% remember how i got the ring clip off inside, but i think once its off it doesnt go back on one you transfer it over,

it doesnt make any difference,

if i remember as well , once you have the black cloth on and sponge you need to cut a square of the sponge out to go around the locking mechanism,
you will know what i mean cos the D9s seat locking think is different

its very easy you just need a big knife

[Gary406]

since the paint job fked up ive now recovered them in black cloth fabric ,

and heres the results, the material was £3.50 per meter x 60 inch i bought in total 2 meters and that will do all 4 doors
took 3 hours per door panel, its a pain stretching the material around the curve bits on the door so you dont end up with creases

[Gary406]

doorcards now all black cloth , how many d8s have these then
also now all black dashboard with ashwood trim all from rapier model
(the material on the doors looks totally lighter on camera with doors open, the material is in fact the very same black as the seats)

[Gary406]

the plastic bits on the door need treating with back to black plastic restorer

the cleaner i used to remove excess glue made them go light

i used UPVC window cleaner. this stuff will remove anything

[NollingtonHards]

Mate, those look very nice actually. Was it much effort to re cloth the door cards then?

The 2nd picture looks very good

[Gary406]

it wasnt easy mate, its a 2 man job tho, both gotta keep stretching it to get creases out

the 1st 2 took 6 hours but 2nd 2 took only 2

[rwb]

Now that is impressive.

Ever thought about a career in upholstery ?!

[Gary406]

thanks , i am quite suprised how damn good they turned out ...

i wouldnt like a job doing it tho, it wasnt easy

[jamjar1383]

im glad i didnt buy that fabric paint u pm'd me about

car looks the same as mine inside now, cracking job mate

[Gary406]

thanks mate

definately dont buy any of that fabric paint. i was lucky to get the cash back for it after you guys told me to complain