door card rubber

[darrenfos]

anyone know what can be done to revive the rubber on the door card grab handle, and around the window switch. They seem to scratch real easy (there a horrible design)

[05omegav6]

Search and you shall find

(hint... October last year in 'What have you done to your car...')

[jonny2112]

Search and you shall find

(hint... October last year in 'What have you done to your car...')

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Mind you,  you did a great job 

[darrenfos]

i had a look yesterday, quick question how do you get the rubber off is there any solvents you could advise because i dont want to scratch the plastic. 

[05omegav6]

Thanks

Holding up well considering the crap it puts up with

[05omegav6]

i had a look yesterday, quick question how do you get the rubber off is there any solvents you could advise because i dont want to scratch the plastic.

Solvents will dissolve the plastic as well lots of wet and dry. Start coarse 200 grit, and work your way to 2000 grit, then either paint or polish

Easier if all stripped off the door card first

[darrenfos]

bang on, i always strip the part first not, like the Muppet's that just go for it and get the spray everywhere, cheers.

[jonny2112]

Thanks

Holding up well considering the crap it puts up with

I can only imagine 
It's still on my wish list of jobs but haven't managed it yet 
Part of the problem is colour, though another member used plastidip stuff with good results on a cream interior.

[05omegav6]

Thanks

Holding up well considering the crap it puts up with

I can only imagine 
It's still on my wish list of jobs but haven't managed it yet 
Part of the problem is colour, though another member used plastidip stuff with good results on a cream interior.

That's the beauty of the Tamiya paint I used... hundreds of colours with different finishes...matt/satin/gloss being the obvious three and covers far more predictably than so called specialist products

[jonny2112]

Thanks

Holding up well considering the crap it puts up with

I can only imagine 
It's still on my wish list of jobs but haven't managed it yet 
Part of the problem is colour, though another member used plastidip stuff with good results on a cream interior.

That's the beauty of the Tamiya paint I used... hundreds of colours with different finishes...matt/satin/gloss being the obvious three and covers far more predictably than so called specialist products

Thanks al. Here I go again ......... 
Had considered doing the wood effect bits too, but which colour? Beats me 
I guess could be the same as the pockets,  but would the dash area look odd then?
Decisions, decisions 

[05omegav6]

I might veneer the 'wood' next time might be easier said than done though...

[jonny2112]

MarkC (where is he right enough??) used a vinyl on his iirc, but there's just too many colours going on in mine   

[05omegav6]

The cream interior can easily be toned down with black/charcoal carpets, lower trims and door cards, keeping the cream lower dash, seats and leather/vinyl door panels

Unless of course yours is an early facelift with the poo brown dash/wheel/centre console

[jonny2112]

No offence to any current owners, but that brown dash was shocking! Imo of course 

[darrenfos]

just striped the door down regarding the grommets i wag going to replace with screws that fit in the hole's like the self tapping ones, any ideas?