Leather door trim

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:15 pm

Hello!

My leather trim which is on the doors keeps falling out of the holes.
I keep putting it back but the holes just get bigger so it all falls down again.

I need a way to keep them up. Ideas?

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:18 pm

Is your car in some way linked to mine? You heater matrix dies, so does mine, your door trim starts falling out, so has mine

- my holes are also too large for the threaded clip, but I also have one broken trim clip - for the non broken one I was just going to pop insulating tape to make the threaded bit a tad bigger so it'd hold...

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:37 pm

Sounds like our 480's are linked.

It's just good news that we both have working heaters! I fear your alternator is going to brake next

I thought about screwing the things down! They really piss me off when they fall off. Also my door squeaks!!! HELP!

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:40 pm

No I had my altenator replaced a year and a half ago

...

My drivers door has lost it's "staying open" ability, and the speaker has just stopped working too...

Good job I'm going to replace the bloody doors...

CHESH740R · Post by **CHESH740R** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:44 pm

To hold mine up i used rolls of of velvro tape.

U use one roll on the door panel and the other roll on the trim panel that keeps falling off.

Holds the trim panel on but still allows you to take the panel off should you need to get to the screws behind it.

pol · Post by **pol** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 6:38 pm

Yep, i use velcro too... Happens if the panel has been removed too many times for whatever reason..

pol

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:06 pm

Wrap loads of PTFE tape around the pin, to make it bigger. force it in, and hey presto.

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:45 pm

I have used a big dot of 480 tool number one : silecon, to stick the panel. Can be removed too.

think of a nice solution, get some of this "klit" tape and glue it on (like the sides of the mat to the tunnel (don't know the english)

luck
JPF

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:59 pm

A taped Klit, eh? No, let's not go there...

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 12:37 pm

Scotch tape

Renter · Post by **Renter** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 5:27 pm

I had the same problem, first i tried to solve by using velcro but found out there was a small gap because the velcro is thick.

Then i got the final solution, use the butyl kit sold by the dealer on a roll. (the same partnumber as the stuff used to seal the backlights.)
Just put a blob here and there and push tight into position. Never been loose again and you can still remove the cover when required.
I also used it on the rear speaker covers, because my bass blew them off and that also survives.

Regards, Renter

volvofox · Post by **volvofox** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 11:45 pm

now hold on, i am sugesting no tape at all. You see klit everywhere. also on the mats in out car. (maybe i am not translating right?)

like renter i use a sealant as glue. its perfect, noise absorbing and can move a lot before cracking or loosening : Bathroom silecone

i feel rooling tape or something around the "plugs" is real crap. (sorry)

kirsty_2003 · Post by **kirsty_2003** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 10:01 am

my driver door squeaks... it annoys the hell out of me... i havent sorted it yet. my dad was gonna try copper slip or wd40

C6REW · Post by **C6REW** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:17 pm

Hi Kirsty,

This is one we covered early this year.

If you look at the bottom of your door card. The bit with the handle and pocket on. You will see some plastic clips that the card sits on. It is fairly straightforward to lift the card off these. Then spray the clips with WD40 and push the card back on. Voila! silent door.

Regards

Chris

hebruins · Post by **hebruins** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:39 am

dragon wrote:My drivers door has lost it's "staying open" ability.

I had that to, so i went to the Volvodealer and they welded the articulation to the door again and it was fixed

cost me 1 workinghour tough......

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 4:01 pm

http://members.lycos.co.uk/aqoj13/

chriskay · Post by **chriskay** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 4:24 pm

Great pics. & description Martin.

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 4:38 pm

Thank You

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:09 pm

Great Martin,

we will add your distinctiveness to our collective

C6REW · Post by **C6REW** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 10:37 pm

Hey Martin,

Your the man!!

Regards

Chris