How to Re-Mount the center piece of door panels when taken off

[CobaltCpe]

Hello,

I wrapped my middle pieces of my door panels in leather with my katzskin kit and was having problems with the center piece. I first mounted it back with glue-gun glue but it never held up and the heat was melting it. So this weekend i decided to finish and redo it a better way. So i went to home depot and got some 1/4"-20 x 3/4" flat bolts and 1/4" washers. Also picked up some Loctite 2 part epoxy that will hold up to 120 degrees. I did use my dremel to remove the plastic mounts and to scuff up the plastic on the inside door panel where i was mounting the screws to. I like this method as i can also unscrew the nut to pull off the center piece if i ever wanted to change it up. It is so solid now then it ever was. I just wanted to post this to anyone else who is having problems with mounting it back. This way takes a little more time but i think it pays off. I hope you enjoy.

 

[arman14]

Wow that looks good
I want to do that to my car.

 

[bbrewbaker]

I do to.
I asked someone on CSS that was selling his SS leather panels for pics on the panels he has for sale.
That was last week and haven't head back.

The Black cloth on my drivers side is already showing wear and I olny have 7000 mles on the car.
So in the spring i might do mine also with leather or black vinyl.

 

[CobaltCpe]

Well i hope this will help people out when re-wrapping there center piece. This is a good way to do it. I know people say they used small screws but i dont see how without having the screw go thru the other side. This way is safe and if you mess up the bolt you can pull it back off and use the dremel to sand off the two part epoxy and then try it again.

 

[nerdmanpap]

awesome post! thanks a ton man! you should post up pics of your katskinz seats too. i'm thinking of ordering from them

what colors etc did you choose?

 

[Spacey_stacey75]

Looks great! Gonna have to get this done to mine too! Love it!

 

[cobalt123]

great post thanks

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[cobaltcruiser]

what did you use to hold the new vinyl just the screws themselves? or did you use the epoxy as well or hot glue? im sorry if i misread the post wrong but did you also wrap the top of the door panel or did you just paint that one? Ty in advance.

 

[RedDead]

i wish my whole panel was black i cant stand the grey color

 

[Spacey_stacey75]

no kidding... I want to paint them bu I'm afraid the paint will chip off and really look like crap, I'm thinking of covering the whole door, gonna take it apart this next week and see what I can do......