djdc

The beige colored fabric and plastic was pretty shotty looking, so I decided to try replacing it (on the suggestion of a friend). I used some black felt and spray paint bought from Walmart for a total of $5 for all the doors. Came out ok, except I messed up the paint job becuase I didn't let it dry completley, so I'm just going to redo that when I do the other doors. It also looks better in person and would look good if it wasn't dark out when I took the pics.

I know that the before pic is of the driver side rear door, but I forgot to take the before pic of the door I did the work on.

Before:
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/74769/before1.jpg">

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/74769/before2.jpg">

and After:

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/74769/after1.jpg">

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/74769/after2.jpg">

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/74769/after3.jpg">

You can see the major spot I fugged up in this ^ last pic.

Overall it was pretty easy and came out good (except my little screw up- easily fixed though)

I also don't know the long term usability of the door handle and wheather the paint will come off as I haven't tested it yet. Quess I'll find out.

Jack in FL

You... spray painted your interior.

kennyc

Very nice work!! Can't see the mistake.

qfrog Ti20

you can get new finger plates that are black.

Longwolf (Christian)

How did you attach the fabric, and was there a padded backing that had to be replaced? Do you have any pictures of the work?

4Rings::G2 boosted::

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djdc

ie. my a/c compressor just went and I need to get it fixed, especially with the temps the way they've been in the northeast lately.

djdc

but when I do the rest of the doors I'll try to remember to take some. I took off most of the orange crap that is used to adhere the original lining, just a once over, and left a small layer of the orange to the point where it wasn't disintigrating and falling apart. Then I just used a special fabric adhesive on the new felt, it seemes to hold up pretty well. There is no padding there. I'll try to do a complete write up when I do the rest.

djdc

Lol. See response to qfrog 2c

djdc

when cash is a little better I'll do it right. The major change for me though, is the fabric. The other stuff was pretty dirty and hanging loose.