Repairing Blown Door cards...?

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Repairing Blown Door cards...?; Anyone had any success..?
Topic Started: Fri May 11, 2007 7:39 pm (3,184 Views)
deacs	Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:38 pm Post #41
Member Posts: 441 Group: Members Member #1,435 Joined: June 25, 2007	well ive just been to B&Q and bought the 1cm x 1cm black right angle plastic strip that cra_arc recommended, less than Ł1 a strip...... I had one badly mangled door card where someone previous had tried to repair the top edge using superglue, was a right mess........... 5 mins fitting this plastic strip and the door card looks as good as new!!! excellent fix, if you have blown tops to your door cards and havent already attempted this fix then I highly suggest you do it! costs less than a fiver to do all four dor cards and makes door cards as good as new!!!



Alss	Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:56 pm Post #42
Member Posts: 570 Group: Members Member #1,524 Joined: July 22, 2007	My 190 had this problem, what i did was removed the door trim and heated the lifted section with a hair dryer , then sprayed the underside with some industrial strength fabric glue and slowly smoothed the vinyl back over the top of the card with the palms of my hands whilst still warm , once cold the vinyl was under no strain as the heating of the vinyl re moulded it and there was no tension and it was not trying to pull back, so then i just stapled the edge down on the underside where it can not be seen and replaced the panel that was over 4 months ago now and they still look like new took me about a day to do all four but while worth it as all look perfect now, but to be fair this way does take a lot of patience and you need to be very very careful with the heating and re moulding, whereas cra_arc`s idea sound`s perfect for a quick and pleasing to the eye fix.



cra_arc	Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:02 pm Post #43
Member Posts: 6,233 Group: Members Member #4 Joined: November 2, 2005	it amazes me why they didnt add an extra cm to the leather wrap it under and fix it like that from new tbh' we all no why tho millions of cars later we save a cm on each that x thousands of dm



cosser	Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:13 pm Post #44
Member Posts: 120 Group: Members Member #1,202 Joined: April 25, 2007	Hey Cra Arc, You Get My Vote if they have a "Fix of the Year" award. Cosser..!!



kennycarb	Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:02 pm Post #45
Member Posts: 174 Group: Members Member #1,672 Joined: September 6, 2007	What an orsum fix!!! Door cards are the vain of a 190's life. My first ones had bloody fag burns in too. Looked terrible but thanks to some poor old man dieing i got a mint find at a local scrapper and an imense 190 was striped of perfect brandnew looking cards. Regret not buying the whole car, it was utterly mint, dont know why it was scraped. Unless he died in the car!!! Hmmm dont think you can have haunted door cards.



rick 1	Mon Sep 8, 2008 10:43 am Post #46
Member Posts: 816 Group: Members Member #573 Joined: October 9, 2006	can anyone exsplain which order evrthing goes back on when refitting the doorcards??i can fit them on but cant seem to work out how to attatch the door handle to the rod(rears). EDIT:its ok ive done it. Edited by rick 1, Mon Sep 8, 2008 1:41 pm.



190 kev	Mon Sep 8, 2008 4:19 pm Post #47
loony about 190s Posts: 272 Group: Members Member #1,955 Joined: November 25, 2007	hi Rick do you want me to pop round & give you a hand i know how to do it .... kev



rick 1	Mon Sep 8, 2008 6:41 pm Post #48
Member Posts: 816 Group: Members Member #573 Joined: October 9, 2006	done it now kev.but thanks anyway.



theonewhosmokes	Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:30 pm Post #49
Newbie Posts: 39 Group: Members Member #2,657 Joined: May 20, 2008	Found myself in home base the other day hunting down the plastic L shaped plastic edging, what a superb fix this is I am in the process of nominating cra_arc for an obe....... Thanks for the tip.



bearkat	Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:15 pm Post #50
Bear Posts: 384 Group: Members Member #2,138 Joined: January 12, 2008	Hi Guys, Just back from B&Q SCUNTHORPE, bought 4 lengths of plastic angle ref:plast corn 10mm x 10mm bl 1m, 22644763 2002-70530 635718 FFA CONCEPT. 99p per length, hope that helps with the door card problems, they have it in black or white only, Thanks to cra_arc, Gordon.



bearkat	Sat Mar 7, 2009 2:00 pm Post #51
Bear Posts: 384 Group: Members Member #2,138 Joined: January 12, 2008	At last, got round to fixing the angle strip to the door cards, superb!! Thanks cra_arc, doors now like new, Gordon.



chico	Sun May 3, 2009 8:50 pm Post #52
Member Posts: 66 Group: Members Member #3,529 Joined: November 22, 2008	went to b&q yesterday bought &fitted plastic strips looks brilliant top idea man saved me and countless others a few bob regards chico...



Joy	Mon May 4, 2009 8:17 am Post #53
Member Posts: 105 Group: Members Member #3,547 Joined: November 26, 2008	Guys, Have you not read the fix that AEMT put on here months ago ...it works a treat!!!!! (I know cos I helped him do it)



Avantdi	Mon Jun 8, 2009 11:02 pm Post #54
Fastest ship in the Galaxy Posts: 184 Group: Members Member #4,044 Joined: April 10, 2009	Where has that fix gone? I've being trying to find it.



stwat	Mon Jun 8, 2009 11:23 pm Post #55
Moderator Posts: 12,357 Group: Moderator Member #28 Joined: November 11, 2005	Well thats odd. I cant find it either. The search engine doesnt bring it up It was a fantastic post about how to fix the door cards as a whole and not just the top part too. Maybe Andy can chip in and point us in the right direction? Edited by stwat, Mon Jun 8, 2009 11:24 pm.



MICHAEL	Thu Aug 6, 2009 9:34 pm Post #56
Member Posts: 5,625 Group: Members Member #555 Joined: September 28, 2006	The pvc was starting to peel on the Sportline drivers doocard, nipped ino B&Q, got that section, cut it with a pair of pliers and slotted it in. Perfect result. I have to say Colin, that's the best idea I've ever seen, the car's worth another Ł500 now.



aemt	Fri Aug 7, 2009 4:57 am Post #57
Member Posts: 2,898 Group: Members Member #3,171 Joined: September 1, 2008	Cannot seem to get a lik working. Perhaps someone else can. This was my thread if it is any help. mercedes 190.co.uk¨Technical¨Bodywork & Interior¨Interior¨Doorcard Fix Edited by aemt, Fri Aug 7, 2009 4:59 am.



NEIL	Fri Aug 7, 2009 5:23 am Post #58
Fewer Posts than Kenny Posts: 16,138 Group: Members Member #63 Joined: November 18, 2005	aemt's Doorcard Fix



aemt	Fri Aug 7, 2009 7:04 am Post #59
Member Posts: 2,898 Group: Members Member #3,171 Joined: September 1, 2008	NEIL Fri Aug 7, 2009 5:23 am aemt's Doorcard Fix Piccies seem to have gone so I will re load them later.



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