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1988 Convertible for sunny day drives
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<blockquote data-quote="Tourmax" data-source="post: 171882" data-attributes="member: 5304"><p>Ordered a set of these:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/L9IAAOSwEHpZLY8H/s-l1600.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Gas filler panel and nose emblems. After 31 years, the ones on the car have suffered the usual sun fade and plastic crazing.</p><p></p><p>It's always amazed me how a couple new emblems freshen up an older car. It just makes the car look crisp and new again.</p><p></p><p>I also "repaired" the drivers door panel top pad. The pad is vinyl wrapped foam over a plastic backer board. Over the years, it had separated from the backer board and started curling off on both sides. </p><p></p><p>Adding insult to injury, someone had tried to remove it, not knowing there were three plastic posts with speed nuts on the inside of the door. They ended up just snapping them off. Their solution was to try contact cement to reattach the door pad. It just ended up being a huge mess. </p><p></p><p>I price out replacements. Has to come out of the 'States again. Big surprise there. But the price! It woudl be somewhere around 800 CAD once I got them here. No, no no. That won't do. Time to put some upholstery skills to work.</p><p></p><p>step one: fix the pad. I take the pad and use some strategically placed dots of "krazy glue" to re-attach the pad to the backer board. But the instant glue is only intended to hold it temporarily. Krazy glue will eventually fail, so I use some E6000 glue to finish attaching and sealing the pad to the backer board. Then I wrap the entire pad with painters tape to hold it in the right shape until it dries. I set it aside for the night to dry. </p><p></p><p>The next day, pull the tape off and the pad is nearly perfect. Happy with that, I will need a way to attach it to the door panel again. Plan is to make "keyhole slots" and use a couple bolts to replace the plastic studs. </p><p></p><p>But before I get that done, the missus and I decide to pop out for breakfast. I didn't want to drive around missing that pad (makes the car look junky) so I cleaned off the old, brittle contact cement and cut myslef a strip of 3m double sided molding tape. Works fine and holds the pad in place. I'll still need to pull it off again and get it attached properly, but there are a few other things that I need to address (like the killer knock when the engine is loafing along) before going back to the upholstery....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tourmax, post: 171882, member: 5304"] Ordered a set of these: [IMG]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/L9IAAOSwEHpZLY8H/s-l1600.jpg[/IMG] Gas filler panel and nose emblems. After 31 years, the ones on the car have suffered the usual sun fade and plastic crazing. It's always amazed me how a couple new emblems freshen up an older car. It just makes the car look crisp and new again. I also "repaired" the drivers door panel top pad. The pad is vinyl wrapped foam over a plastic backer board. Over the years, it had separated from the backer board and started curling off on both sides. Adding insult to injury, someone had tried to remove it, not knowing there were three plastic posts with speed nuts on the inside of the door. They ended up just snapping them off. Their solution was to try contact cement to reattach the door pad. It just ended up being a huge mess. I price out replacements. Has to come out of the 'States again. Big surprise there. But the price! It woudl be somewhere around 800 CAD once I got them here. No, no no. That won't do. Time to put some upholstery skills to work. step one: fix the pad. I take the pad and use some strategically placed dots of "krazy glue" to re-attach the pad to the backer board. But the instant glue is only intended to hold it temporarily. Krazy glue will eventually fail, so I use some E6000 glue to finish attaching and sealing the pad to the backer board. Then I wrap the entire pad with painters tape to hold it in the right shape until it dries. I set it aside for the night to dry. The next day, pull the tape off and the pad is nearly perfect. Happy with that, I will need a way to attach it to the door panel again. Plan is to make "keyhole slots" and use a couple bolts to replace the plastic studs. But before I get that done, the missus and I decide to pop out for breakfast. I didn't want to drive around missing that pad (makes the car look junky) so I cleaned off the old, brittle contact cement and cut myslef a strip of 3m double sided molding tape. Works fine and holds the pad in place. I'll still need to pull it off again and get it attached properly, but there are a few other things that I need to address (like the killer knock when the engine is loafing along) before going back to the upholstery.... [/QUOTE]
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