redoing door panels- what i did

[blackpawn5]

simple, my vinyl door panels were sagging like most and so i removed all of them. I then slowly pryed off the material by pulling up and letting a wood wedge seperate the material from the card board. once all that was off, i used contact cement, mostly used for woods to bond the material back to the card board-- if you dont know how to use cement bond, just read the back its very simple and it wont seep through the vinyl. once the panel was glued back i let it sit for three days laying down and then replaced them. No peeling so far and everything looks great. goodluck

[///Sniper535]

Sounds good. any pictures of your work?

[525i winter driver]

nice - i would like to see photos too. mine are a work in progress and they are in horrid shape, the po really botched his previous repair job and there's not enough vinyl to work with. i would like to use velcro to hold the panel covers i redid on but the stuff i have won't stick to the vinyl.
some progress shots... really big pita!

http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5817&d=1218059572http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5815&d=1218059572


what i started with is here... http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39007

[Ken35i]

Cool stuff. I have a similar problem with my interior door panels. The vinal is lifting off the wood, not tearing though thankfully. I think I'll give this a shot one day.
Contact cement is like melted cheese, it's a bugger. heehee

Thank you.:)

[BigKriss]

its seems to be a common problem with our cars after 15-20 years.

[Travis_WA]

Hot glue for the win...