| This was submitted by a Club RSX member. |
Tools Required:
Weldwood Contact Cement
3M Adhesive Spray
Philips Screwdriver
Flathead Screwdriver
Knife, Pizza Cutter or a Nickel (I'll explain)
Masking Tape |
| Step One: This is your door. Take a good look cause its not going to be the same. |
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| Step Two: Locate the mirror mount cover. Using your hand pry it off. Be careful though cause the clips keeping it in place are fragile. |
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| Step Three: There, now that it's gone we can move forward |
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| Step Four: Now behind your door handle is a plastic cover. You'll need to remove it. |
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| Step Five: Unscrew the two screws. And slide the door handle out. |
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| Step Six: Pull it out as far as you can. |
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| Step Seven: Unplug the power connector for the door lock and then its time to go after the inner handle release. Using a flathead screwdriver pry the plastic clip off the metal hook |
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| Step Eight: Once you get the hook out of the clip just pull the hook up and out and remove the entire inner door handle. |
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| Step Nine: This is what it will look like |
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| Step Ten: Remove this screw |
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| Step Eleven: These two screws are next. |
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| Step Twelve: Now its time to remove the door lock switch panel. |
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| Step Thirteen: Using a flatblade screwdriver (mine was kind of dirty) pry from the front-lift up and then pull back. Be careful not to damage your switch panel. |
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| Step Fourteen: It should just pop right out. |
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| Step Fifteen: Unplug the power and set the switch panel aside. |
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| Step Sixteen: Ok step 16, 17 and 18 are removing the door panel. This is how I did it. Start where you removed the mirror mount cover. Going counterclockwise gently tug on the cover and the clips will start to pop out. There are a total of eight so two on each side and four across the bottom. Once you've unclipped all of them lift the door panel up. Next on the back of the door the power wires to the switch panel are clipped to the back of the panel remove the clip and the panel comes off. |
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| Step Nineteen: This is what it'll look like |
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| Step Twenty: Remove the old fabric from the panel by pulling it off. There will be excess left over. You can use something like GooGone or something to remove the excess. It doesn't have to be all gone but you should clear a good bit away before moving on. |
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| Step Twenty-one: Flip the door panel over and remove the 13 or so brass screws that hold the armrest and door handle in place. Once unscrewed can remove this piece and finish removing any more residue from the old fabric |
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| Step Twenty-two: Take care not to rip up the old fabric. You'll need it as a template for whatever new fabric your upholstering. I didn't trace it exact; I gave myself some extra fabric all around to work with. |
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| Step Twenty-three: I used Weldwood Contact Cement and 3M Adhesive Spray, both I picked up at Lowes. Tape the area around where you will be putting the adhesive. You don't want Weldwood all over your doors. Make sure you get enough in the grooves of the door also. You'll want to brush the Weldwood on the door panel and then follow-up with the 3M. Once you have the door panels covered with the adhesive. You'll lay your fabric over it and begin smoothing it out. |
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| Step Twenty-four: I used a Pizza Cutter and a Nickel to get the fabric in all the grooves around the door panel. This is very important for a proper fit. So its ok to have excess fabric don't try and cut the fabric exact to the area on the door panel. |
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| Step Twenty-five: It helps to have an X-Acto knife to cut the excess fabric |
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| Step Twenty-six: Using your X-Acto knife begin cutting the excess fabric. You have to be very careful. These knifes are sharp and can cut up your plastic. Make sure you don't cut too closely to the inner parts of the panel you are covering; otherwise you won't have enough fabric to go down into the grooves. Using the Nickel or Pizza Roller make sure you get the fabric rolled into the grooves and if you applied enough adhesive in the grooves you wont have any problems with the fabric rolling out. Once you have all the excess fabric trimmed and tucked into the grooves allow the glue to cure for about 30 minutes. Reassemble the inner door handle and then retrace your steps in reinstalling the door panel to your door. |
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| Step Twenty-seven: Here is what the finished product looked like for me. Individual results may vary. |
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| Should you have any questions please email me at drjones@gt.rr.com |
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