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« on: 05 July 2011, 23:21:15 »
any piccys of early mig door panels.

i have the plastic door panels on my "x" facelift. im sure the early door panels in elite trim had a more luxurious look to them??
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Re: door panels
« Reply #1 on: 05 July 2011, 23:22:58 »
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any piccys of early mig door panels.

i have the plastic door panels on my "x" facelift. im sure the early door panels in elite trim had a more luxurious look to them??

They did imho..... :y
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Re: door panels
« Reply #2 on: 05 July 2011, 23:29:30 »
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any piccys of early mig door panels.

i have the plastic door panels on my "x" facelift. im sure the early door panels in elite trim had a more luxurious look to them??

This car has some reasonable pictures of the interior inc door cards.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-S-Vauxhall-Omega-3-0i-V6-24V-ELITE-5DR-BLUE-/260779788906?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3cb7afca6a#ht_1646wt_1139
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Re: door panels
« Reply #3 on: 05 July 2011, 23:43:33 »
I had the same door cards in my previous Elite as in the link that Andy posted and I much preferred them to the one's in my facelift.  :y
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« Reply #4 on: 05 July 2011, 23:48:04 »
Early version was more luxurious looking, or more old fashioned, like the inside of a 1970,s gentlemans club - depending on your viewpoint.
Later ones - more modern, minimalist, or bare/bland/ featureless, depending on your viewpoint.
Im now coming round to the facelift version - I think I prefer them now tbh.
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Re: door panels
« Reply #5 on: 07 July 2011, 10:11:08 »
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« Reply #6 on: 10 July 2011, 19:14:31 »
I was never too happy with my pre-facelift doorcards, so I fitted Elite leather ones. When I changed the car for a facelift, I thought someone had put sacking on the doors, I managed to find some cream leather from an old Calibra, looks better, feels nicer, and is a wipe-clean finish.
 
See below:-
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Re: door panels
« Reply #7 on: 10 July 2011, 19:16:53 »
That will do, not perfect but you get the picture . . . ::)

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« Reply #8 on: 10 July 2011, 22:32:35 »
that looks much better along with the de-rubberised  switch panel :y
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« Reply #9 on: 12 July 2011, 22:20:19 »
The rubberised coating had started to wear, especially drivers side. The black is just black primer with lacquer on top. Wipe clean and looks better.
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Re: door panels
« Reply #10 on: 12 July 2011, 22:24:12 »
Are you able to remove the switch panels to repaint them, or do you have to do it in-situ? Also, how do you remove all of the rubber coating?
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Re: door panels
« Reply #11 on: 15 July 2011, 22:56:43 »
I took the doorcards off to fit the leather, so removed the door pulls to paint. The switches came out easily, as for the rubber coating, scouring pad worked a treat, left small scratches but this provided a key for the paint.
I suppose it would be possible to repaint in-situ, but realistically better to source a spare set, then paint at your leisure.
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Re: door panels
« Reply #12 on: 18 July 2011, 23:13:03 »
I have a spare set of door cards  :y

Just need to know how to remove the door pulls from the door cards. From what I can see, it looks they are held on with plastic rivets (once removed, no way of re-fixing them)???  :-/
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Re: door panels
« Reply #13 on: 18 July 2011, 23:21:07 »
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I have a spare set of door cards  :y

Just need to know how to remove the door pulls from the door cards. From what I can see, it looks they are held on with plastic rivets (once removed, no way of re-fixing them)???  :-/
12mm drill bit & remove the "splayed" end of rivet. To re-fit...6mm self-tappers with the fixed washer under screwhead :y
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