Author Topic: Changing door trim (Read 8961 times)

Pinsair · « **on:** Apr 28, 2003, 01:30AM »

I was checkin out the photos of one of the melbourne cruises and i came across this one (below). Who's door is that and how did u change the color of your door trim?

aussie-gli · « **Reply #1 on:** Apr 28, 2003, 04:36PM »

Yeah, that's my handy work

There's a fair bit of work involved, but it's pretty cheap to do. Materials set me back about $30.

Here are the steps I took in changing the trim

What u need.
1. Funky coloured vinyl
2. Thin foam underlay (to retain that nice squishy feel)
3. kwik grip glue stuff
4. phillips head screwdriver
5. screws (flat type)

Method
1. Remove the entire door trim.
2. On the back of the trim you will notice screws holding in place the top section of the trim. Remove these and seperate the top section.
3. Remove the part that goes along the window from the plastic bit. It is held in with staples and can be pretty tough to remove.
4. Remove the old vinyl from the top section and scrape any foam/glue off the plastic.
5. cut your new coloured vinyl and a sheet of foam to a similar shape to the grey vinyl removed. (bit larger helps)
5. place kwik grip glue to back top edge of the plastic section and clamp the the foam and new vinyl to it (foam underneath), streching it along the top of the trim. When it's dry reattach the part that runs along the window. (I used really flat screws to put it in)
6. once the top section has dried, it's just a matter of stretching the vinyl accross the plastic section glueing it to the reverse side.
7. allow to dry, screw back on and done!!

It's a bitch of a job, but looks pretty cool... i might be changing them to a light grey colour if i get the time. the blue is just way too out there!

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Pinsair · « **Reply #2 on:** Apr 28, 2003, 04:39PM »

haha yeh i spose the blue does look a bit over the top..
cheers for that, might give it a go

Pinsair · « **Reply #3 on:** Apr 28, 2003, 04:53PM »

btw where did u get the vinyl from?

chucky · « **Reply #4 on:** Apr 28, 2003, 06:47PM »

under the blue... where you got that light grey bit... did you replace that or was it always light grey?? sounds like a job i'll be taking up soon =)

Pinsair · « **Reply #5 on:** Apr 28, 2003, 08:23PM »

arghh how do i get the window winders off?

aussie-gli · « **Reply #6 on:** Apr 28, 2003, 09:59PM »

Quote from: chucky on Apr 28, 2003, 06:47PM

under the blue... where you got that light grey bit... did you replace that or was it always light grey?? sounds like a job i'll be taking up soon =)

stock mate

Mayeb the GLi is good for something

RichTRX · « **Reply #7 on:** Apr 28, 2003, 11:35PM »

Yeah that grey bit is vinyl on the GLi and executive if I'm right? It is on the Corsair GL too Chucky.

Looks pretty d*mn nice there aussie_gli.

chucky · « **Reply #8 on:** Apr 29, 2003, 12:09AM »

ahh k because mine is all material there... and i wanted to change the material for something more neutral... maybe a plain colour or something... we'll see how i go anyhow... thanx for the help gli =)

RichTRX · « **Reply #9 on:** Apr 29, 2003, 04:01PM »

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arghh how do i get the window winders off?

Do you have a Gregory's or something like that champ?

Anyway... here's how you do it.

1). Take a piece of wire about 20cm long.
2). In one end, make a u shaped hook about 1.5 - 2.0cm in diameter.
3). With this, hook the hook into the gap where the winder arm comes out.
4). Move the hook so that it 'hooks' around the shaft of the window winder.
5). Now move the hook around underneath and then back again until the clip gets 'unclipped'.
5). Be ready to catch the clip or find it on the ground!!! Talking from experience fellas!!

The first time takes a bit of effort but after that it's so bl**dy easy you won't know yourself mate!!

Pinsair · « **Reply #10 on:** Apr 30, 2003, 02:21PM »

thanks i'll give it a go

BlakeyBoyR · « **Reply #11 on:** May 1, 2003, 02:48AM »

aussie-gli I think if you got black/blue seats/covers, mats, steering wheel etc. then the blue would like really nice and complimentary. Great job though !

RichTRX · « **Reply #12 on:** May 1, 2003, 02:18PM »

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thanks i'll give it a go

Let us know how you do champ.

Budgie · « **Reply #13 on:** May 1, 2003, 09:03PM »

Quote from: RichTRX on Apr 28, 2003, 11:35PM

Yeah that grey bit is vinyl on the GLi and executive if I'm right? It is on the Corsair GL too Chucky.

Here is what it looks like on my corsair GL.

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RichTRX · « **Reply #14 on:** May 2, 2003, 01:31AM »

Looks the same as my mate's Corsair GL, except his has that 'lovely' brown interior theme.

Pinsair · « **Reply #15 on:** May 2, 2003, 01:55AM »

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except his has that 'lovely' brown interior theme

haha yeh thats why i'm replacing mine, the brown looks soo bad...

bought some black vinyl today 11 bucks for a meter by 1.5 meter piece, got sum of that foam underlay stuff to keep the "cooshy" feel aswell. Gunna try put it on tomorrow

aussie-gli · « **Reply #16 on:** May 2, 2003, 02:57AM »

Good luck with it dude! let us know how you go

Budgie · « **Reply #17 on:** May 2, 2003, 11:11AM »

Quote from: RichTRX on May 2, 2003, 01:31AM

Looks the same as my mate's Corsair GL, except his has that 'lovely' brown interior theme.

Ewwww! *Shivers at brown*

Lucky the people you bought this car in the first place liked black!

Pinsair · « **Reply #18 on:** May 2, 2003, 09:18PM »

my trim is sorta on, but because it wasnt moulded like the original piece there is, how do i say it?, giant air bubbles? in it. Which makes it look kinda dodgy,

aussie-gli · « **Reply #19 on:** May 3, 2003, 01:01AM »

U really have to work the vinyl and strech the crap out of it over those kind of sections. That'll get rid of those weird bubble bits...

Post some pics when u get a chance

jayjay · « **Reply #20 on:** May 3, 2003, 02:47PM »

has any one replaced the center of the door trims , ie: the both where the lock and handle n stuff are?

aussie-gli · « **Reply #21 on:** May 3, 2003, 05:06PM »

Nah, I plan to, but haven't as yet...

Pinsair · « **Reply #22 on:** May 3, 2003, 08:51PM »

yeh i also plan on doin that as mine are that lovely brown colour, but i dunno what to do about those indented bits, u reckon there nescessary? like to hold it in place, or just decoration...

jayjay · « **Reply #23 on:** May 4, 2003, 02:56AM »

i think theyre just for decoration
im gonna hvae to take mine of and ahve a crack at it i think
jayjay

Pinsair · « **Reply #24 on:** May 5, 2003, 08:46PM »

FINISHED! Well my drivers door anyway... wasnt quite the result i was hoping for the vinyl looks pretty dodgy, as for the bottom bit all i did was spray paint it and it came out perfectly, i dunno how long it'll stay that way tho... heres pics

Pinsair · « **Reply #25 on:** May 5, 2003, 08:47PM »

before:

Pinsair · « **Reply #26 on:** May 5, 2003, 08:48PM »

after:

Pinsair · « **Reply #27 on:** May 5, 2003, 08:49PM »

if u cant see my pics disable censoring

BEEFY_1600 · « **Reply #28 on:** May 5, 2003, 11:25PM »

Bottom looks good but u need to do some hing with the top it dont look to crash hot

Budgie · « **Reply #29 on:** May 6, 2003, 12:38PM »

Gli, what is that little red switch where the power mirror controls would be in the second pic? Foggies?

Author Topic: Changing door trim (Read 8961 times)

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