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ppritchard 03-22-09 01:52 PM
Has Anyone covered the door plastics with vinyl?
 
Continual problems with interior plastics cracking or squeaking.

Has anyone tried covering the door plastics with a vinyl that is similar to the interior grained vinyl? I know I've seen someon do the map door and it looked good and I've seen the A-pillar guage holder done but not the door plastics.

If anyone has, pix would be appreciated.
thanks

sip 03-22-09 02:52 PM
By vinyl covered you mean the thin stretchy kind that are used for automotive decals?

If you sand them down smooth, then that will work, but you mind as well sand/paint them wit krylon fusion or plasti-dip. Both have been shown to work well.

ppritchard 03-22-09 04:02 PM
No, I'm thinking about the vinyl that covers say the glove box. Textured black vinyl that you could cover the plastic door part with.

theorie 03-22-09 04:17 PM
faux-leather vinyl i'm assuming...like this:
http://www.paylessfabric.com/catalog/vinyl009.jpg

i've seen photos, but have never seen (in person) that done to a FD interior. let us know if you do it and post pics.

David Hayes 03-22-09 04:47 PM
Originally Posted by gmonsen (Post 9064333)
Over the years many people have done this, but I note that you didn't say why you were thinking of doing it. The driver's map door is incredibly poorly designed and cheaply built. When you put your elbow on it, it either feels like its going to break or does break. An awful lot of people have cracked this or broken the toy-model-like pins that serve as hinges.

I recommend replacing the pins with small metal dowels heat bonded in and of slightly larger diameter than the stock pins and then drill out the holes to fit them. Also, add something like durobond to the underside of the door and then cover it with the vinyl. It will be stronger and resist cracking and will feel and be more substantial.

Gordon
Or you could just cover it all in leather, right Gordon?:)

badddrx7 03-22-09 05:32 PM
Cover it up and do away with it.


later

ppritchard 03-22-09 05:38 PM
Yes, the fabric type.
Not my car (pix from a forum post), this pix is the idea only going farther and covering the rest of the door plastic in the same manner.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...a/IMG00184.jpg

Sgtblue 03-22-09 06:06 PM
Originally Posted by gmonsen (Post 9064333)
....I recommend replacing the pins with small metal dowels heat bonded in and of slightly larger diameter than the stock pins and then drill out the holes to fit them. Also, add something like durobond to the underside of the door and then cover it with the vinyl. It will be stronger and resist cracking and will feel and be more substantial.

Gordon
I've done both of these things about 5 yrs ago. Not sure what "durobond" is...I removed the felt-like material on the underside of the lid, scuffed it with 36 grit and layed some FG resin and cloth to it. I then covered that with a bit of old black vinyl I had laying around. I didn't have dowels, but used a machine threaded screw of appropriate size and length. Smoothed it with a bit of filing and a dip in FG resin. I think the lid is now "over-engineered" for the rest of the door. No issues since.


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