Door panels

[getz999]

Doors are now black and panels obviously changed too...

Still on the look out for a carpet and set of seats and seatbelts to complete my work!

Tell me what you think

[detroitbass]

How did you do that?

[getz999]

lots of anger and time.... [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/lol.gif[/img]

[SonicION]

ain't those plastic rivets a BITCH??? that's the hardest part, is getting the fabric panels off. they use these plastic rivets, which they then melt into place, so you have to cut/break/pry/drill them out to remove the fabric section from the rest of the door. then you have to figure out how to re-attach them... which i'm curious about. i used liquid nails because i'm lazy. what'd you do?

[hellix2484]

OK I have my door panels off and the did the plastic rivit thing But I am having a hard time recovering the plastic. I am atempting to cover them with marine vynle but It isn't working to well.

What kind of material did you use?

What adhesive did you use?


BTW it looks sweet. [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif[/img]

[getz999]

Yea i just poked a small screw driver in the back of the holes and pryed them out...it took a while but it worked. after i recovered them i used a hot glue gon to make new "rivets" at first i didnt apply enough pressure and it looked bad, so i had to rip those out. after redoing it it looks better.

I'm not sure what kinda vinyl i used, i picked it up from a fabrics store. its fairly lightweight and flexible. i used heavy duty staples on the back to hold it in place while i used 3m adhesive spray to hold it down. i also used a hairdryer for the bends, so that i could flex the vinyl a bit easier.

[ProjectSW1]

very nice...

[dream36realms]

I like it maybe I will do that as a later project

[hellix2484]

Hmm I didn't think about the hair dryer I will have to try that.

I dont get the staples wouldn't they just polke back through??

[getz999]

no, you use them on the back side to hold the fabric down...you have like an inch or so hanging on the reverse side, staple it down with a staple gun to hold in place as you stretch it over the front.

[getz999]

oh it also helps to do small sections at a time. dont spray the whoel panel at once, spray sections, apply pressure, let it dry, and move onto a new section. each section should only be like 2-3 inches in width.

[hellix2484]

ahh. But wouldn't the staples poke back through the plastic and into the fabric?

[getz999]

mind didnt, the plastic was just thick enough and the staples just short enough

[saturnmonkey]

looks good

[low_wgn]

thats why i love my wagon....they have the metal tabs that bend over to keep it in place