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Lawrence Ostle
DieHard
NSW
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 08:22 pm, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Like most of us, my door trims are in a bad state. I bought a spare set, and have started to refurbish them - kind of like a little project. I have concentrated on the bottom half of the door trim, and have so far stripped off the vinyl, foam and glue. Once I had removed the vinyl, the door trim basically crumbled. I would suggest that most of our trims are held together by the vinyl covering! The plastic was very brittle due to its age. It is also quite thin, and some sections are narrow and prone to breaking. It was so bad I had to completely fabricate a new section of the door trim around the drivers window controls out of perspex, as it was unusable. I then applied a thin layer of fibreglass over the entire outside of the trim - including the speaker grill. Reason being, the width of the door trim near the grill is only about one cm, and it could crack again. I intend to make a slightly smaller opening once I have progressed further, which will be hopefully be much less prone to cracking. The door trim is now very sturdy, and I will be sanding and filling with bondo over the weeks to come.
James Harris
Goo Roo
QLD
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 08:47 pm, by:  James Harris (Haro) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hard to read brother.

But sounds like a fun project.

Looking forward to seeing some pics.
Lawrence Ostle
DieHard
NSW
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 08:59 pm, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hard to read in what way ?

I thought it was quite clear.

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Lawrence Ostle
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 09:04 pm, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


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James Harris
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 10:47 pm, by:  James Harris (Haro) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

just could have done with some spaces or lines mate.

WOW that is a big job now i see the pics haha !

They will probably act like side intrusion bars with all that fibreglass
Bruce Passfield
TryHard
Qld
V8

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 10:50 pm, by:  Bruce Passfield (Bruce) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It would be great if somebody could mass produce these and sell them. Good work Lawrence it will be good to see the finished product.
Adrain Parsons
DieHard
Qld
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 12:33 am, by:  Adrain Parsons (Ace1975) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

should last a lot longer this time around.
Mitchell Comfort
Tinkerer
QLD
TT

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 09:34 am, by:  Mitchell Comfort (Bombercomfort) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

lol Stripped it looks like its been at the bottom of the sea for years lol. Where did you buy the spare from. I need one for too. Also how much did it set you back?
Lawrence Ostle
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NSW
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 03:27 pm, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bought the set from Daniel Savage on this forum, $150 the pair, delivered. But consider I bought them with the purpose of refurbishing them and took any colour, and in reasonable condition.
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
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Lawrence Ostle
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 08:18 pm, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

An update - sanded down the fibreglass and filled in the obvious imperfections. Sanded again and sprayed satin black. I drilled a number of holes where the speaker is, and I'm now in the process of covering the entire unit with gray microsuede...



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The red circles below show the sections I have had to either repair or build up from scratch as they had either broken or crumbled away.


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Karl Baladovciv
Tinkerer
ACT
UZZ31

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Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 08:27 pm, by:  Karl Baladovciv (S_t_a_r_3_3) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

GREAT WORK! As said above, someone should mass produce these as I reckon they would sell over 100 pairs..!
Lawrence Ostle
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NSW
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Friday, January 30, 2009 - 03:55 pm, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

just wait - the retrim in microsuede is almost done, and they look the business if I may say so. The ONLY problem is that I will probably not be able to help myself doing the entire interior in the same material.....!
Adrain Parsons
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Qld
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Friday, January 30, 2009 - 10:14 pm, by:  Adrain Parsons (Ace1975) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

great job mate
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
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Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 06:08 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Pretty good, take some pictures when its back on the door.
Lawrence Ostle
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Monday, February 02, 2009 - 08:23 am, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Mike, that's going to be in a week or two, as I'm doing this very much when I have an hour available here and there. I will post some pictures of the one side now I have covered the trim in microsuede though.
Lawrence Ostle
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 01:51 pm, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


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The trims are darker in real life, plus the door controls are a different colour - the one in the picture is just a spare.
Matt Petersen
TryHard
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V8

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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 02:06 pm, by:  Matt Petersen (Mattmannz) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks good mate. How did you get door controls to match the colour?

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Lawrence Ostle
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 04:10 pm, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Matt, the door controls you see in the picture are the standard ones that come with the spruce interior and are spares I have been using to make sure they still fit the holes after the fibreglassing, filling, sanding etc. The ones in my car have been sprayed medium satin gray already and are reasonably close.
Matt Petersen
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V8

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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 04:15 pm, by:  Matt Petersen (Mattmannz) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How did you redo the labels on the controls?

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Lawrence Ostle
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 - 09:32 am, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Matt, the controls you see in the picture are standard - not resprayed, not relabelled. The ones that are IN my car I sprayed and left unlabelled - I know which controls do what. I guess one could use something like Letraset to recreate the labels if you REALLY wanted to
http://www.letraset.com/design/shopdisplaycategories.asp?id=76&cat=Lettering
Lawrence Ostle
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 11:45 am, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


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I either remade or reinforced the window trim tabs with fibreglass.

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Lawrence Ostle
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 11:47 am, by:  Lawrence Ostle (Lawrence) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


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Nathan Sheehan
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Victoria
Soarer TT Manual

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 12:25 pm, by:  Nathan Sheehan (Soarermad1) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I love your dedication to this project lawrence, I wish there were some people in my small town that could apply their skills to things like this.

My suggestion would be to retrim the arm rest to a black leather though
Adam Peterson
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 10:28 pm, by:  Adam Peterson (President) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Nice work!!

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