I am needing a fix for the interior coverings for the both doors as well as the panels left and right at the back seat. The charcoal color is no longer available from Mitsu and a few of the trim shops I have been to say they can't reglue the current materials very well and the contours of the panel will make it hard to recover without adding seams. I know my car isn't the only one with these issues. So what are my other options.
jtchrist
not even the stuff you use to get the dash down around the defrost vents?
amazing goop I think it's called.
amazing goop I think it's called.
I've tried the 3M spray behind and resealed it all up nice around the back and it started to come back in a week. Actually I think its worse now.... 
G3ML1NGZ said:
WALEK said:
NEOVALENTINE said:
LOLSUBLIME_WHATIGO said:
This is why i posted this question. Their experience is invaluable since I now know what not to try! The trim shops said due to the materials used and the chemical reactions, reglueing the current stuff would not stick well. I think I need the Pimp My Ride guys to stitch me a up sweet piece of panel. Could add a splash of some of the body color. Hmm....Found this kit from jc crapney. Sounds like overkill since it seems to include some seating pieces. I'm not sure if the door pieces is the entire panel or just the leather insert at the top rear. Does anybody have any knowledge of this kit?
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/...-100000274223/mediaCode-ZX/appId-10264297/Pr-p_CATENTRY_ID:10000027422310264297
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/...-100000274223/mediaCode-ZX/appId-10264297/Pr-p_CATENTRY_ID:10000027422310264297
There was an overlay peice that was made by a board member years ago. I'm not sure if they are still making them or not.
Wish I would have picked up a set way back when, my drivers side is bubbling like mad now.
-John
Wish I would have picked up a set way back when, my drivers side is bubbling like mad now.
-John
I tried it as well, the reason why it's worse is now is because it's not just glue that holds the material to the panel. There's a thin foam padding and the glue messes that up.sublime_whatigo said:I've tried the 3M spray behind and resealed it all up nice around the back and it started to come back in a week. Actually I think its worse now....
Default said:
What did you use to clean it, refoam it, and glue it? Any more details??
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I have the exact same problem on my door. Would be nice to find an elegant solution. :mitsu:
Anyone know what causes them to do that? My door panels are mint from my 94vr-4 and I don't want them to bubble. Someone told me armoral does it a while back but I'm not sure. Just to be safe I never armoral where the arm goes, I just use the cloth that I've been armoraling w/ and go over it ever so lightly.
Default said:
Hey Default,
What exactly did you do. Give up those details!! I'm extremely curious. By fabric, I'm assuming its the cloth backed vinyl your talking about because there may be issues with stretching the vinyl as it is pulled off of the foam and then the holes and cutouts won't line up when it is reapplied.
Fastfalcon94,fastfalcon94 said:
I hardly ever treated mine and the front and back bubbled up something fierce while the car was sitting wrecked, so I can't say it was the Armour All.
Thanks, it did hurt. It happened right after a wheel and tire upgrade. Its amazing to actually see the truck's tire tracks on the hood in the picture. I think the car held together quite well. It was even still running, although without A/C and coolant, or a fuse and relay center or an EVAP system, or ......z32_aaron said:
The paint on the "Blue Albatross" is about done and I will post pics soon. It got named this since the spraying of paint has had so many different issues, that I wasn't sure it was ever to be completed. I got frustrated soooo many times and wanted to re-crush it but I had already bought all of the parts! Arrrg. I'm tired of spraying and polishing blue paint. I don't need a vacation, honestly, I'm not crazy: I just a different color to look at for a while.
P.S. nice color on that car. I seem to remember having something that looked like that once just not too long ago.
the silicon in armoral dries out the vinyl and cracks it over time, i don't think that causes them to bubble, the sun deteriorates the foam backing on the vinyl over time and lets go of it, kind of like a headliner in an old chevy or something. they make super stretchy vinyl for doing door panels but even that isn't stretchy enough, tweed is pretty much the only material that is stretchy enough to cover our door panels. the door panels in my stealth are bubbleing, if i have enough time in my trim class after redoing the seats in my 3000gt i'm going to attempt to repair them, either by steaming the vinyl off, cleaning the foam off and reglueing, or by useing the stretch vinyl and putting a few seams in in, i'll post pics
Armorall doesn't cause the panels to bubble, direct sunshine/high heat conditions inside the car eventually cause the glue to seperate from the vinyl. Glueing it back usually doesn't work. The back panels are vacuum formed originally, and when the glue starts to let loose the angles pull it loose. Best bet to fix is to remove the vinyl and use fabric, although a GOOD interior shop can redo it in vinyl and make it look good. Although it would be pricey. The only spots that bubbled in mine were where the armrests in the back were. My door panels look just fine. My right side apillar bubbled up pretty bad, but i was able to have my interior guy recover it in vinyl. I changed my pillars to tan to match the seats.
I've had my carpeting and console redone in tweed fabric and tweed on the lower door panels.
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I've had my carpeting and console redone in tweed fabric and tweed on the lower door panels.
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