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| BillC |
 Jan 28 2025, 07:53 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 630 Joined: 24-April 15 From: Silver Spring, MD Member No.: 18,667 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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So I bought the 914Rubber molded plastic backpad pieces and the vinyl upholstery, with the intent of re-doing my backpad. However, I haven't been able to find any how-to videos about it. I've searched this site, and also youtube and lots of googling, too.
Any chance someone might have a link to a good video or two? If so, please post them. I can probably figure it out by taking my existing backpad apart, but I'd much rather watch someone do it first before I dive head-first into it. These parts were too expensive to risk trashing them without doing some research first. Thanks! |
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| JeffBowlsby |
Jan 29 2025, 03:49 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses & Beekeeper Group: Members Posts: 8,907 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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I found that the original backpad screws very easily strip out in the soft HDPE shell. Use larger diameter screws with a wide pitch for better results. Even with that, be careful to not over drive them.
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| Steve |
Jan 29 2025, 03:55 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,857 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Laguna Niguel, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Jan 29 2025, 01:49 PM)  I found that the original backpad screws very easily strip out in the soft HDPE shell. Use larger diameter screws with a wide pitch for better results. Even with that, be careful to not over drive them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I used slightly bigger and longer screws to hold down my 3.6 ECU behind the drivers seat and the DME Relay behind the passenger seat. |
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BillC Video for reupholstering backpad? Jan 28 2025, 07:53 PM
iankarr Hi Bill. I was planning on doing a video for the b... Jan 28 2025, 10:45 PM technicalninja @iankarr
I wish you would post the un-edited ve... Jan 28 2025, 11:04 PM BillC @iankarr
I want to +1 [b]@[url=http://www.914wo... Jan 29 2025, 08:37 AM Steve 30+ years ago, I bought a kit from Auto Atlanta. ... Jan 29 2025, 08:48 AM friethmiller I'd be interested in the professional video. ... Jan 29 2025, 08:58 AM OKN929 I have attempted to restore mine and have it looki... Jan 29 2025, 09:38 AM OKN929
So I bought the 914Rubber molded plastic backpad ... Jan 29 2025, 09:42 AM technicalninja My mom, who was an antique/nice stuff hoarder has ... Jan 29 2025, 09:54 AM Highland Just a point of reference:
I tried doing my own b... Jan 29 2025, 10:25 AM Root_Werks I tried to recover mine myself and it went so-so. ... Jan 29 2025, 10:42 AM Osnabruck914 Redoing the backpad has always been a stumbling bl... Jan 29 2025, 01:00 PM iankarr Hi Guys. Lemme check my archives. As I recall, abo... Jan 29 2025, 03:01 PM
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I found that the original backpad screws very eas... Jan 29 2025, 10:24 PM Root_Werks My attempt was okay and lasted about a year before... Jan 30 2025, 12:17 PM TonyA I would first stiffen up that original backing mat... Jan 31 2025, 09:03 AM |
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