Sunday September 11, 2011
Tying up loose ends:
Saturday:
I worked on the driver's side door panel. What a pain. Spent a great deal of time making a new panel board and opening the channels on the stainless steel bottom trim. This piece is the separator between the material and the vinyl bottom.
Used a reasonable good old door panel to create the new panel. When I was finished I marked up the passenger side door panel since it is a mirror image of the driver's side.
I glued thin batting material on the board except where the stainless steel trim rests. Since this was stapled to the board I will glue it down with trim adhesive.
The wife and I affixed the material to the stainless divider trim. I used a press to crimp the material while my wife kept things from dragging on the garage floor. I glued the trim down and then glued the material to the back of the board keeping everything tight. I installed the upper stainless trim and below are the results. I spent all day working on this one door panel. Three more to go.
It was about 8:00 PM when I installed it in the car.
I installed the vent window on Sunday morning and took the wife out for a ride in the car. Drove about 40 miles with no problems. The car is running better & better every time I take her out.
The arm rest will just have to wait for another day.