My 88 Formula Interior Redesign (Page 84/87)
Sofa King JUL 22, 07:09 AM
It was either dragging them or taping 2 rocks to a piece duct tape... Either or...
Sofa King JUL 22, 03:50 PM
It was either dragging them or taping 2 rocks to a piece duct tape... Either or...
Sofa King JUL 25, 02:34 PM
Hi Gang,

No pics to post. I spent the day heating and trying to massage the drivers side door panel into shape. Its an uphill battle but I think its going to work.

I then have to fix all the cracks in the fiberglass... which of course means what? Sanding, filling, sanding, filling, sanding...
tophat AUG 22, 09:47 PM
bump for excellent craftsmanship!
Austrian Import AUG 23, 03:31 AM
I see a cool racing (sports) seat in the background. Can you tell us more about it? Does it fit a Fiero?
Sofa King SEP 07, 05:32 PM
I saw that too. It's actually an office chair... sorry
Sofa King SEP 07, 05:34 PM
Hi All,

I just got moved into the new house and should be started up again pretty soon. I've missed working on the ol girl. She's been sitting in the garage giving me the skunk eye everytime I leave for work... Hang tight
Sofa King SEP 23, 10:53 AM
Hi All,

This Wed I drove by the shop that is working on the door panels and they hadn't even started. They had a few pieces of material cut and stiched but NOTHING has been done to the panel itself for over 2 months. Needless to say I was ANGRY. I demanded to speak with the owner of the shop. Without getting into the gory details, he repeatedly apologized and assured me they would be done today (Friday - Sept 23, 2011)... I stared at him for the longest 10 seconds of his life, shook his hand, told him I would back on Friday and left the shop.

BUT... he's not charging me for anything...

STAND BY
Sourmug SEP 23, 09:01 PM


Cool!
Sofa King SEP 26, 07:25 PM
UPDATES and DISAPPOINTMENTS

Well... here they are straight from the upholstry shop. And guess what? They dont fit! The overall design is exactly what I wanted but the execution was terrible! While the owner was very apologetic the panels are all messed up. I have to carefully peel back the vinyl and then remove ALL the friggin foam I specifically asked them NOT to add. They added foam to the top lip of the panel that slides into the groove on the door thus making it too thick. Which is EXACTLY what I knew would happen. The earlier pics show the foam which I asked them to remove... UGH... There are no pics of the panels on the door - they didnt fit. But I'll let the pics do the talking...

Overall design



I have to remove ALL these staples




Staples removed and vinyl peeled away



Beginning to remove foam from original vinyl backing




This is where I am now


The good news... the door pulls turned out great!!!



So that's it for now... very frustrating indeed. But i'll get these panels finished if it kills me!

[This message has been edited by Sofa King (edited 09-26-2011).]