Looks excellently done! Did you perhaps touch up the control panel as well, while you were at it?

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No change to the control panel.

 

Looks great, do you think there is a way to do this and keep the material?

The leather on mine is in good condition, but it's sagging.

 

Does the leather feel like it has (or had) a foam backing on it? I would bet that it does. Its probably sagging because the foam has just deteriorated away. The foam backed material that I have is about 3/16in thick. Just plain foam is called "Sew Foam" and you can get it in all different thicknesses.

One question is whether or not you can clean the old gunk off the back of the leather. You might could do it with paint thinner, then put on new foam.

Good luck.

 

Will post the how-to later when I find someplace to host it so it will be available to all members.

PDF files can be posted to this site as attachments. It's the best way, since attached files are stored on swedespeed itself. If the pdf is huge, just attach the images directly!

 

Can you point to what I need to do to attach a file to my post? I am using the "Advanced" panel, but I dont see a way to attach a file. The PDF is 2.4Mb. What is the limit?

 

Looks good so far.

 

Strange. I checked your user status and in theory your account can post images (attachments). I'm not aware of any Chrome issues, though I'm currently using Firefox. I'll ask the admins.

 

Here is my PDF on How-to refinish the door panels. It is not that hard to do, just takes some time and like anything the more you do it, the better you are at it. This is the first time I did this and there probably is a more "professional" way to do it.

Maybe it will help somebody out.

Click here is the PDF.

Kirk

 

Here is my PDF on How-to refinish the door panels. It is not that hard to do, just takes some time and like anything the more you do it, the better you are at it. This is the first time I did this and there probably is a more "professional" way to do it.

Maybe it will help somebody out.

Kirk

This is brilliant, thanks for the writeup. My seats are from my last (leather) S40, but the door cards are some mighty worn fabric. Have been considering replacing them for a while, and it seems doable with your method.

 

I am having difficulty viewing the pdf, possibly because I am trying to open through Tapatalk on a phone. Is it opening ok on computers?

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On my Galaxy S8 phone it says "broken image" and it does not open. On my computer it opens with no problems.

Not sure why the forum won't let the pdf be shown. I can open other pdf files on my phone.

 

That works on my mobile device now. Thanks