Rewrapping door armrest inserts... whos done it?

[big_greasy_taco]

So on my door armrest inserts, the leatherette has come un-glued from the card, and now it is all bubbly. I am considering re-wrapping them, maybe alcantara. I know a couple of people have done it, but couldn't find anything searching.

Also, I pulled off the inside of the door, and that insert is heat-welded in. Once I take that off, what are you guys using to re-attach it? TIA

[fred2ka4]

So on my door armrest inserts, the leatherette has come un-glued from the card, and now it is all bubbly. I am considering re-wrapping them, maybe alcantara. I know a couple of people have done it, but couldn't find anything searching.

Also, I pulled off the inside of the door, and that insert is heat-welded in. Once I take that off, what are you guys using to re-attach it? TIA

Once you cut off all the plastic heads carefully so that you leave enough of the stem so that when you put the insert back on you have something to grab onto. I have not put mine back on yet but I was going to use either epoxy or plastic weld. I do not suggest hot glue as I think it will break off if you put enough pressure on the armrest.

My CF center armrest was hot glued on and it came off so I used epoxy and I don't think it will ever come off again .....

As far as what material to use, that is a matter of personal choice.

[djwimbo]

I was considering making a mold off of mine and making a new set out of fiberglass.
That way instead of the fabric material being there I could make it a high gloss black, like a piano black or something like that.

[big_greasy_taco]

I was considering making a mold off of mine and making a new set out of fiberglass.
That way instead of the fabric material being there I could make it a high gloss black, like a piano black or something like that.

carbon fiber would be sweet too!

[.Mad Hatter.]

ill be doing mine soon in plaid...same as my headliner.

[big_greasy_taco]

Plaid? what original interior color do you have? I wanna see some pics

Does anyone know where to buy alcantara stateside for less the $130 from gulffabrics.com?

[.Mad Hatter.]

black sport cloth interior

same plaid as my slider...entire headliner is out and being done in it as well

[SuperStuff]

Plaid? Interesting choice and unique. Looking forward to seeing that. I also would like to redo the cloth inserts to my A4 so I'll be monitoring this post.

[big_greasy_taco]

black sport cloth interior

same plaid as my slider...entire headliner is out and being done in it as well

What did you have done to the headliner in this pic? Looks good.

[sirmeeps]

black sport cloth interior

same plaid as my slider...entire headliner is out and being done in it as well

hey how much fabric did you use? also how much did you get it for?

[boostedup]

heres mine, blue tweed on santorin......i think i'm gonna go ultrasuede or alcantara myself

[.Mad Hatter.]

in that pic i have black suede and purple plaid slider...the suede sagged though. its getting replaced with the plaid now. i had alot of extra suede from what i bought, so im not sure exactly how much i used.

[big_greasy_taco]

in that pic i have black suede and purple plaid slider...the suede sagged though. its getting replaced with the plaid now. i had alot of extra suede from what i bought, so im not sure exactly how much i used.

Are you doing it yourself of having someone do it?

[SuperStuff]

heres mine, blue tweed on santorin......i think i'm gonna go ultrasuede or alcantara myself

The blue tweed looks great. Ultrasuede makes for easy clean-up and looks good. You guys need to write up a how to for changing panel fabric with pics. Hint Hint...

[Fuzz_Duster]

Plaid? what original interior color do you have? I wanna see some pics

Does anyone know where to buy alcantara stateside for less the $130 from gulffabrics.com?

http://www.discountfabricsusacorp.com/suede.html

[big_greasy_taco]

http://www.discountfabricsusacorp.com/suede.html

OOH nice, have you tried that ultraseude yet?

[Fuzz_Duster]

no I haven't. I just ordered some swatches from ultrasuede.com to see if I can get a match on my alcantara shift boot. Then once I find the exact color name and number I'm planning on going through the link I posted.

[A4Rob]

Ultrasuede on the door cards and arm rest will look like crap in no time. Trust me

[big_greasy_taco]

Ultrasuede on the door cards and arm rest will look like crap in no time. Trust me

I was somewhat worried about sun and rubbing. Have you had any luck with another material?

[SuperStuff]

Ultrasuede on the door cards and arm rest will look like crap in no time. Trust me

Are you sure your talking about real Ultrasuede and not regular Suede? They use Ultrasuede in high end luxury yachts because it's water & stain resistant. Resistant to fraying, pilling, stretching, and shrinking.

http://www.ultrasuede.com/products/t...tation/marine/

[.Mad Hatter.]

Are you doing it yourself of having someone do it?

doing it myself

[SuperStuff]

Any updates on changing fabric inserts? Trying to decide if I want to tackle this or have a guy that does headliners do it for me.

[AudiTurrbo19]

Just did my door cards in black micro suede yesterday...was a little bit of a pain to get the card apart to re-wrap it but not unbearable. I used super 77 to glue the new fabric on over the old, seems like it sticks pretty well, time will tell. To secure the card back together i used plastic specific epoxy. Any more questions PM and ill try and answer them.

[big_greasy_taco]

Just did my door cards in black micro suede yesterday...was a little bit of a pain to get the card apart to re-wrap it but not unbearable. I used super 77 to glue the new fabric on over the old, seems like it sticks pretty well, time will tell. To secure the card back together i used plastic specific epoxy. Any more questions PM and ill try and answer them.

and the picture are where? The only thing I am worried about with micro suede is durability. It doesn;t seem very wear-resistant

[onemoremile]

Are you sure your talking about real Ultrasuede and not regular Suede? They use Ultrasuede in high end luxury yachts because it's water & stain resistant. Resistant to fraying, pilling, stretching, and shrinking.

http://www.ultrasuede.com/products/t...tation/marine/

Digging up some old posts:

Ultrasuede and Alcantara are the same thing made by the same company.

Ultrasuede is made by Toray Ultrasuede. Alcantara (technically, Alcantara Automotive Products) is the brand name for the automotive market and Ultrasuede covers the aftermarket, commercial, marine, and everything else.


http://www.gulffabrics.com/ is the authorized US distributor.

http://www.ultrasuede.com/where_to_buy/index.html
"All ultra-microfiber products for automotive applications are branded Alcantara® worldwide."

http://www.ultrasuede.com/where_to_buy/automotive.html

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[onemoremile]

I was considering making a mold off of mine and making a new set out of fiberglass.
That way instead of the fabric material being there I could make it a high gloss black, like a piano black or something like that.

I'm doing that this weekend. I've got one of Mike's door panels in the back of my car and want to grab the other front and maybe the rears today. If I had help then it would be very easy to do all four. We're running the Cobra at Grattan Saturday so it would probably be tonight or Sunday. Some of those super secret details we discussed will probably get worked into the mix.

I'm going to stop by the hobby shop and see if the spray on mask would work well. I could spray that on the face and get a much more consistent thickness and better finish in a fraction of the time compared to taping or tin foil.