Now , its time to remove those ugly panels. I don't like speakers and WTF is this screw doing here ?
I assume you know how to remove panels ... I took pictures anyway ...
Look m'a ... no rust
I found some panels with no holes ... The vinyl was in bad shape but the core panel was almost OK ... Tht's what I was looking for ...
First of all, I removed the old vinyl.
Now, let's clean this 30 years old dust
Not that straight, but steam will cure that
Some repairs will be needed too
With a good steam iron I got the panel straight again
Ready for some steam ????
This gonna be straight again ... Done that while my wife was out. She better doesn't see that
A bit of glue ... to repair what you have seen before
While the glue is drying let's cut two bands of heavy paperboard. This one is 2mm thick
Cut it to the right length
A few staples to maintain the foam at the right place
Cut the foam to fit
Put the large basketweave vinyl and the small smooth vinyl. Smooth vinyl must be reversed ... the first paperboard band and stapple ! Use long stapples this time. I used 6 mm this time
Cut the basketweave vinyl so it fits.
Stapple ... short stapples needed . I used 4mm
Nice ! no folds
Then cut a 7cm band of foam
Stapple the foam with the second band of paperboard ... over the first band
I know, this is not the way it was done on the original door, but this way I avoid using glue ... I hate glue, it has to dry and it stinks !
Not bad for a beginner
Now let's do the ends ... Not easy ... not easy because the vinyl I use is thiker than the original.
Make the holes
New attaches
Et voilĂ ...
This is the other door ...
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Nice work!!
Excellent work and documentation.....
Straight to the classics....
-- Rob
Excellent job, I didn't know you could use an iron to straighten the door panels.
Forgot to tell you that it takes about 3 to 4 hours to achieve one door.
Very nice . . . quick question, are early door panels different than late door panels?
-Chris
Yes.
Instead of the fiber panel forming the rolled edge at the top there is a metal piece that clips to the top of the panel. The metal piece is 2"-3" wide.
Nice Job
I'redid the door panels on my -6r,and the tuck & roll kicked my a@*.
I ended up taking it to a local upholsterer,and paid him $100.00 to straighten my mess out.
Ron
Johannes,
That is excellent work.
Much easier than the method I used.
I bet your wife would have kicked your ass around your ears for using her nice iron and board. And then to top it off work on the kitchen table. If I tried that at home I would most likely get caught and beaten senseless....
I love it when shes rough.
Hummm maybe I should do something stoopid.
Ya gonna put that screw back in there?
Excellent... Classics Vote
They look great, very nice job.
very cool!!!
i really like your writeup better than mine!!!
AA
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