project grim reaper

[brendy]

looks great mate, how did you re-trim the roof lining, i am looking to do this with door panels aswell, not too keen on the little hearts haha, otherwise looks great.?

[rems]

well to take the roof lining out its relatively simple tbh mate take the A pillar plastic off useing a torques bit (behind a lil circle cover) and pop the whole cover off, B pillar take the tope seat belt cover offand undo the 21mm bolt, there is another torques bit at the top behind a cover/hook which slides up and off then pop the rear quarter panel of closest edge to the door (dont need to take the whole thing off) and there is another torques bit and a plastic clip you unhook which the seat belt goes through then the C pillar do the same with the seat belt as on the B pillar and there is another torques bit behind aother circle cover then you have to take the plastic boot edges out to get to the last torques bit behind (i didnt have to do that as somebody had been there before and snapped them on both sides) the passenger handle has 2 possy drive screws and it pops off, the sun visors has 3 possy screws to take out and pops of, the central light pops off with a flat head and unclip the wires and you will see another 2 possy drive screws and when it comes to the sun roof winder pop the handle cover off (the bit that shows what way goes what) and you will see another possy drive screw, make sure that when you undo this the roof is shut properly, makes life easier when putting it back together so you get the handle in the right place. then look around the roof linning for any clips and pop them off with a flat head screw driver, and the roof lining should theareticly come out just double check before hand that everythink is taken off as i may have missed somethink out...........hope that helps people (and soz dont use full stops lol)

then i got fabric i liked making sure i got extra so it was bigger theni needed, overlapped the back edge and stappled it in place then covered the roof lining in fabric glue and alot of it done back half first upto the sun roof hole and stuck the fabric to it but try not to pull it to tight as it would come unstuck from the curves of the roof and then do the same at the front half but i stapled along all the edges so that it stayed in place as i dont it

just a case of trial and error mate, its not that hard tbh, door panels are quite hard i got my old corsa door cards done in white and green leather profesionally but im selling them

lol just wanted to do somethink a bit different with the inside grim reaper on the outside and leary on the inside lol

[brendy]

haha sounds a big and long job lol, you mention torques screw or something? is there a special tool for this? ill give it ago and see if i can get some fabric from somewhere, should look proper good when done.

Did you ttempt the door panels? coz i think they are just screws as door handle and door bucket just screw/pop off so :/

[rems]

the torques/ torx at star drines mate

and na didnt attempt the door panels cos i know that they are a pain in the arse to do and usually have to retrim the top in two parts, what colour at you thinking of doin it? door handle pop the cover of and there is 2 screws i believe and the window winder is a pain in the arse there as there is a lil pin behind it you have to unclip think there is a tutorial on the net somewhere and there ar screw on the bottom half of the door and ther top half in the side (i think) then it lifts and pulls off

[brendy]

oh right well i have a white corsa so im going for a black and white trim look. i spraying interior black and white and then i might attempt to retrim the roof and all the upholstery (apart from seats) in like some kind of black fabric. i need to find some first and see how much its gonna cost :/ lol. im starting on the door buckets this week as they will be easiest to do and it wont really effect the car if they arnt on there

[rems]

if yours manual windo winders? coz i got a seto of door cards with speaker builds im selling which are in white leather and green leather which, have a couple of scuffs and could re-trim the green in black only want £200 for them and they set me back £500

[brendy]

tht does sound awesome mate. but tbh im not really set on paying tht much for some door cards, parents will kill me for spending so much on something so little lol. but thanks for the offer, plus we quite far away from eachother, so would be a chore to retrieve it lol

[rems]

yea thats cool and yea is quite a mission just seen your in norfolk been there once took about 4-5 hours to drive there lol f**k good night life though haha

these are what im selling minus the speakers

[brendy]

hah i know. i been cornwall and its too tiring to pick up some door panels lol. well ive got to be honest they look so good im respraying my door buckets atm. ordered paint today, im just gonna get the actual upholstered bit on the standard doors retrimmed black or white, not sure yet, but yer they do look proper nice. why did you go with the green leather for? lol

[brendy]

i took of the door buckets today and ive realised that it is 2 parts but they dont seperate, was wondering wether you knew a way of getting them apart without severly breaking them? thanks

[rems]

yea i loved them but must get rid of them as i need some money and they wond go with the grim reaper

the reason for the green and white coz i done and euro rat corsa and the texture of the green is like gremlin skin well nice but they do have a few scuffs and marks which is why im sellin relatively cheap

and the door buckets are plastic welded so the answer is no you cant seperate them without breaking them, bit of a poo i know

[brendy]

oh right, you doing the interior like red and black or something. will look proper good, btw i do like the look of your car, looks sweet, oh thts the reason lol, i just thought its a bit of a wierd colour to go for if ur putting leather trim on lol

well thts bloody annoying, how am i gonna spray them, especially the inside of the bucket lol, gonna be a tricky job, i could take a gamble and break it and araldite it back up :/ big risk but :/

[rems]

i got somethink abit special for the interior in keeping with the grim reaper theme but need to save up

yea is a strange colour which is why i think nt many people are interested but they can just re-trim it to what ever they fancy

you can split is and stick it back together with tiger seal/silocon as thats how they done my leather ones as they had to break them apart to re-trim them

[brendy]

oh right. how much is it gonna set you back?

yer i did think what a strange colour to go for lol, i shouldnt think its that hard to re trim it. is urs just stapled on or summin??

oh right i could try that, i might be able to get my hands on some no more nails, that usually works quite well :/
ill give it a go and see whther i can get some no-more-nails and whip that on

what else are you planning for your car?

[rems]

i reckon when its done looking at about £1000 lol

yea its stapled and glued

that should work just use plenty of it as the fabric will soak it up but not to much so that it shows through your new fabric

well my to do list is

bonnet wrap fitted

new front seats

standard headlights

door and rear quarter builds

remove rear seats and fake floor and boot build

wheel spacers

external mounted oil cooler

new steering wheel

boso exhaust tip

and some other lil bits and pieces

so quite a bit