Mark's Door Card Mod

[Wiscon_Mark]

Here's what you will need to give your interior a refreshing:
At least 1 square yard of vinyl or fabric of your choice (I reccommend vinyl, it goes with the dash material well)
Stong adhesive, usually spray on adhesive or some strong all purpose glue
Phillips Head and Flathead screwdrivers
Duct Tape :-D
Skilled Hands :wink:
A nice roomy place to work

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When you pry up the panels (you can do so with your hands, its not hard) you will hear popping. You're probably not breaking anything there's just a bunch of plastic fasteners along the edges that pop out.
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I also gave myself a lot of extra room which came in handy when working on the back

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I know, that's masking tape, I learned that duct tape works really well for this sort of thing...Of course I should've known this already, duct tape works well for everything
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/06/10-2.jpg
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And to see some of the finished product stuff, here's a little gallery:
http://www.sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=575
Good Luck! :twisted:

[gator gt]

Great mod post Mark!

Although, I'd opt for cloth. It'll contrast nicely with the vinyl dash, but also has more sound absorbant qualities than vinyl....making the interior sound less echo-y.

Now, get some color matched alacantra (JDM STi seat material) and now we're talkin'!...$$$

Nice work though!
GGT

[Perdue]

awesome writeup mark!

[ddctd2AWD]

Yeah, hat's the way things should be done!!! Luckily, Subaru has some great click systems which make it easy to to some DIY...

[fibuz]

Hahah, great write up and good info...I've got some leather inserts that I've been neglecting to do(precut) because it looked like a PITA, but maybe I'll give them a go.

I would suggest a spray on glue, however, (3M makes some good shit for carpeting subwoofer enclosures/other interrior bits) to prevent bubbling and patches of excess all-purpose glue....would probably save a few headaches.

fibuz

[Plays_with_Toys]

Where's the shift boot writeup?? :lol: Maybe I'll do this if my other plans don't pan out.... But if those plans don't pan out, I'll be very sad... ;-)

[Wiscon_Mark]

I was too involved in the shift boot to think to take pictures, but I can do a writeup on it, it just won't have pictures of the fabrication process.

Should I? I think I will sometime. Just not right now.

[Plays_with_Toys]

Just givin ya a hard time. No need to do that. It'd be the same process, undo what they did from the factory and stitch it up.

[Wiscon_Mark]

I measured along the seams, and cutout paper representations of what the individual 4 pieces were...then I cut out those pieces from the vinyl, got the sewing machine up and running and stiched them together from the inside giving it a nice clean look. It wasn't a long process, but a little difficult.

[JPaul99GT]

did a shift boot on my old car... 1994 ford probe. used black suede and blue thread. looked sweet till the swede got dirty and brown. oh well cars gone now so no big deal. maybe ill make a new one for my scooby. mmmm black leather/red stiching

what i really wanna do though is figure out how to make a shifter trim. (STi style) and paint it duplicolor medium charcoal metallic like the rest of my dash trim piieces

[budbrown]

i'll be grabbing some black suede and doing this asap.

[Huffer]

Nice job Mark.

Probably one of the best writeups for any mod I've seen.

This mod only really works for the Legacy, on the impreza they used plastic welds on the panels, so you can't actually get them out unless you like possibly botching stuff up.
:)

[gil_ong81]

hey einstein. wanna show us a completed panel that's installed?

[phi11]

Isn't it the first photo???????einstein.

[95legacyl]

hey einstein. wanna show us a completed panel that's installed?
i hope your just trying to be funny and not mad cause you couldnt find the completed door panel(which stated above is the first pic) cause thats messed up if your mad at him after he did this aswome write-up

[gil_ong81]

i hope your just trying to be funny and not mad cause you couldnt find the completed door panel(which stated above is the first pic) cause thats messed up if your mad at him after he did this aswome write-up

of course i was busting his chops. would i really treat mark this way? it was simply too good an opportunity to pass over. :D

[95legacyl]

i hope your just trying to be funny and not mad cause you couldnt find the completed door panel(which stated above is the first pic) cause thats messed up if your mad at him after he did this aswome write-up

of course i was busting his chops. would i really treat mark this way? it was simply too good an opportunity to pass over. :D
lol ok thats what i thought

[Wiscon_Mark]

yes, you would treat me that way :lol:

haha, that link is no longer good because its the old 4agtoys web adress, it has pictures of all the finished stuff, including the matching shift boot.

I'll update the link :)

[Oliver97GT]

Personally I think the vinyl looks worse than the cloth, but some alcantara would be kick-ass.

[blackgtbeauty]

1 more for alcantara. i have a place sending me some samples, i'm doing either dark charcoal, or black, whichever matches the alcantara on my seats :D

[Wiscon_Mark]

I think Bakergtt has some of that stuff on his panels. It looks great, matches his seats perfect :D

[jakmobile]

Total cost - $37 at JoAnn's Fabric in Sterling, VA.

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[Wiscon_Mark]

Looks great and matches your STi seats well! :)

To complete the look, I'd ditch the red stitching on the shifter and the red accent on the pedals, as well as the wood trim.

then it'd be awesome! :D

[Superu264]

Looks great and matches your STi seats well! :)

To complete the look, I'd ditch the red stitching on the shifter and the red accent on the pedals, as well as the wood trim.

then it'd be awesome! :D

+1

I think the red is fine, just lose the wood trim

[jakmobile]

I just got that shift knob and shift boot, that's def not going away. On the wood trim tip, I ordered the parts but they only sent me 2 out of 4 correct ones, but believe me, that is on top of my priority list to get that fixed.

[SPR]

the red stitching is very "sti" since the shift boot, knob, and ebrake handle all have red stitching, i think it looks fine, just fix that wood crap haha! nice job.

[Huffer]

the red stitching is very "sti" since the shift boot, knob, and ebrake handle all have red stitching, i think it looks fine, just fix that wood crap haha! nice job.

Talk about risen from the dead - jakmobile's wagon is now my car... :lol:

[SPR]

haha well new guy brings up the good ol days, be happy lol.

[SPR]

well we did this today on my friends legacy wagon... i did it a little different and i personally think my way is a little better but to each his own. but i do not agress with your gluing methods any other fabric and that glue is going to bleed clear threw and look like shit. so you cant do that. and i woudlnt recommend anyone put liquid glue on fabric....

take the plastic panel and take a glue stick you used back in elementry school. glue stick the panel, lay the fabric on it, smooth it out and let it stick. then work on bending it around to the back. i used gorilla glue and masking tape from there and it worked slick. heres some more pics for you guys.

Before

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/09/l_67c319bcdc88cac8e1772916f409d1b7-1.jpg


progress

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after



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[SPR]

oh yeah thats a dark red micro fiber suede.

total cost $15 (just for the fabric) i already had the glue stick bottle of gorilla glue, and a roll of masking tape.

i bought 1 1/2 yards of fabric to be safe. found out it was way to much, 1 yard is plenty.

[Reason]

Looks good, I like the seats too.

[2000LWAGON]

those leather sti seats look awesome.

[Wiscon_Mark]

I think it really depends on the glue you use. I've never had "glue bleed" with craft glue like that. Maybe one that's a bit harsher would. *shrug*

I also agree, if I had to do it over again, I'd do it a bit differently. Either way, it's a great, inexpensive mod to do, that's extremely easy.

[chipLRX-SLI]

i have a set for sale you name send me a pic of the color of your car and i will match it best as possible with micro suede will fit a bg/bk legacy not sure of others off my head

[Reason]

i have a set for sale you name send me a pic of the color of your car and i will match it best as possible with micro suede will fit a bg/bk legacy not sure of others off my head

What did you just say??

[chipLRX-SLI]

i have a set of door cards for sale
you just send me the color of your car and i will match it with micro seude

[chipLRX-SLI]

maybe you never had glue bleed beacsue you used vinyl . a gluestick is all i use and i have done two set now .

[Wagonista]

Did mine yesterday in black microfiber suede. Looks and feels fantastic. Now to get matching suede seats...

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Django/Subaru/Legacy-SEP08/dsc_0004.jpg

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[Wagonista]

Wow, today i noticed that the cloth is now loose in the middle. If you use spray adhesive, make sure to APPLY LIBERALLY! On Friday I'll have to crack them open again and redo them. Or tomorrow after work if I'm not exhausted.

[phi11]

Wow, today i noticed that the cloth is now loose in the middle. If you use spray adhesive, make sure to APPLY LIBERALLY! On Friday I'll have to crack them open again and redo them. Or tomorrow after work if I'm not exhausted.

yeah, I used 3m super 77, and that DID NOT WORK WELL.
will need to redo.

[Wagonista]

I also used super 77. The edges and the tapered part appear to be fine, but the upper half isn't sticking any more. Super 77 is supposed to be permanent or non, i think it depends on how much you use. I'll be applying a much thicker layer this time around,

[wrxya33]

heres mine with my new wrx momo wheel as well. I did mine in Faux black suede got it off ebay one square yard for 11 shipped and the momo wheel was 90 shipped.
Hope you guys like it.
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[blackknight99]

the pictures look great my doors are pretty much all red and then im gonna remove the center on the doors and put in black suede, gonna look sick, very excited

[Huffer]

So I have to redo my door cards. Thinking about using a less-porous fabric like RipStop instead of microsuede.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... Categories (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313&_nkw=ripstop+fabric&_sacat=See-All-Categories)

Any opinions? I have the same basic setup - blue STi seats, black shift boot and Momo steering wheel. Black window switch trim, vents etc.

I am hearing that RipStop is difficult to glue unless using contact cement...

Hmm. What about some digital camo pattern?
Too crazy?

[Wiscon_Mark]

I think you'd get tired of Digital Camo pretty quickly.

[Navi271]

RipStop would be interesting, but I have no idea if that will stick well. I've had trouble keeping normal fabric stuck on there! I've seen a white legacy online with camo interior door panels that looked good. I'm not sure how it would look with the blue seats tho.

I actually still have my digital camo heavy duty fabric in my car. But I chose mine because it went well with the rest of the green. I've had to redo it 2 times because it kept on unsticking! But I haven't had to reglue it since about a year ago, I think because I just used more glue.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/09/IMG_0664-1.jpg

I still really like it, and most of the complements I get from random people about my car are about the camo lol.

[Huffer]

If i did digital camo, i think id do the urban camo theme. Blue/grey etc.