I picked up a set off eBay for a decent price, so now I started looking around for them in the For Sale sections...

I noticed almost all of them have a gray fabric panel insert with a gray carpet lower - base models?
The all leather ones have the leather center panel with black carpet lower.

My panels were supposed off a JDM FC, but they are not leather.
The center panel is BLACK.
The lower panel carpet is BLACK.

Does this combination exist on any of the U.S. FC's?


-Ted

 

The panels in my 90 vert are all black as you described.

 

90 vert, same here.
matt

 

Oh, so it sounds like there's a difference between the vert and the coupe door panels?
I'd figure it was some kinda trim thing - maybe different between base model versus GXL / Turbo II or something like that...

You guys got the speaker panel built into it, right?
Actually, that was the reason why I bid on them.
I didn't think I was going to win them. :P
Now I get a chance to put speakers in my doors on my '87.

Thanx for the replies!


-Ted

 

Yup the top portion of the panel is black leather, the middle is black leather, and the bottom where the speaker is black plastic. Less pocket space to put **** in but I like the door speaker soooo much better than the under dash crap in my GXL.

 

The panels off the 91 interior I'm selling had black carpet, a black patterned middle with the black upper plus speaker grills. Its was the non-turbo model.

 

for the US fc's, there are a few different ones.

manual window, its flat bottomed (no map pocket) has that grey canvas houndstooth stuff as a center insert.

gtus; has a manual window door panel, with a grey velour material, dark grey, like off black

power window gtu; has the map pocket, same grey houndstooth canvas stuff, as the non power

power window gxl; has a velour insert, its a stripe pattern to match the seats, its got black, grey, and red in there

t2; has a black or dark grey velour

theres one for leather too....

not sure what the verts have, a cloth seat s5 vert must be rare

 

I have a set of all black leather/carpet door panels from a S5 Turbo II. I can't remember where I put them though!

 

My 91 NA is black all around.. with the leather package.

I can take pics if you want.

 

My 90 TII donor car (the interior is now in my 88) had the black upper, black cloth middle, and black carpet lower, and the door speakers too.

 

The only real difference between coupe a vert door panels is at the top edge. In the coupes the top edge is straight across, while on vert panels there is a small notch for the non retractable window.

But other than that, they fit fine.

The other spot you may run into troubles on, is that the lower speaker spot (as found on all S5 models) that the lower speaker mounts into the metal with is only found in the Jan 88 and later production doors.

So if you are trying to fit speakers down there and you have the earlier doors, you will need to cut metal. What I typically do is cut a piece of alum sheet, rivet and glue it to the door metal, then cut my speaker hole into that and through both layers of the metal. This way you have a nice solid panel to mount the speaker on, and it lines up with the holes in the S5 door panels.

 

yes

-mitch

 

Ted-

My 90 vert panels have a smooth perforated leather insert, rather than the non-perforated 'gathered/bunched/wrinkled" looking leather inserts I see on TII's.
There is a pocket along the front lower that integrates into a front 6.5" speaker. Black carpet lower is also part of the S5 Vert. door panels

As Icemark says, they will easily interchange with the coupe panels.

 

I know the leather panels are all black...

I was just wondering about the one with the fabric center panel...
No, no patterns!

Sorry for all the white specs on the panels - pieces of foam peanuts still stuck on there. :P
Never had to time to vacuum / clean it up yet.

Thanx Icemark on the tip with the speaker set-up!


-Ted

 

^^ sorry...

edit: on a related note.. has anybody ever replaced that center part before? Like... from fabric store material?

 

Wow, that's interesting too...
Never seen another smooth leather centers myself...


-Ted

 

Yeah, shouldn't be that hard.
You can remove the panel pretty easily - I've done it before.
Just gotta watch it if the clips / pins break. :P
You can always glue it back in!


-Ted

 

be a us t2... theres a set on the back porch, if you wan more pics...

 

my 88 'vert also has the smooth perforated leather insert, but the whole door panel is grey (as is the rest of the interior)

 

Sweet.. I'll have to get some leatheresque vinyl to match the seats.. .and not all bunched/wrinkled like stock. (I think its dumb)

Thanks Ted.... maybe I'll ruin a set of mine.

 

Are these the S5 door panels you're talking about?



(i used you image Wanked_FC)

 

My 91 vert is triple black as was my 88 10AE.

The picture shows another triple black out of an 89 TII I use to have (or was it the 90 TII???). I have the full interior and more crap from it still. Posted them on e-bay awhile back with no bidders.
I still have the pair of door panels, both in excellent shape and they are for sale btw

 

^PM'd

Btw, i'm assuming the doors i posted were off of a GTUs, right?

 

reted finally had a question! haha....

iirc my couple panels are all black, but i gotta check on that i have bad memory.

 

My 90 GXL panels are all black.