Diy: Ctr/ek9 Door Trims!!! In 9 STEPS!!

[simonnowis]

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

Heres my first Diy that im posting up, hated the look of the ugly stock civic door trims and been meaning to retrim in red suede to match my recaros that will be put in. it actually turned out better then i was expecting.

YOU WILL NEED:
-screw drivers
-red suede or material you want trimmed
-scissors
-bond adhesive(max bond)
-strong solid adhesive (megapoxy)
-hack saw
-sandpaper

STEP 1: Take door trim off (total of 5screws on each side)
1x Behind handle
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00253.jpg

1x arm rest handle
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00252.jpg

3x holding the trim to the door(not the screws holding the speaker)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00261.jpg

STEP 2: Take plastic behind the side mirror off
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00262.jpg

Once done, pull the trim the pop the plastic pins out, then push up to take the trim off
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00234.jpg

STEP 3: Take Arm rest off, to do this the little donut things must be cut off.
i used a hack saw to cut them off, cuts really easily.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00239.jpg

once all the donuts are cut, the arm rest should pull out.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00240.jpg

STEP 4: pull off ugly fabric trim
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00241.jpg

..than use sandpaper to sand off the hairy stuff left on from the fabric, after give it a good wash with water and dry.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00243.jpg

STEP 5: Cut the fabric(red suede) larger then required.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00244.jpg

I used "max bond", patiently start from the main surface and stick the fabric on with the adhesive and make sure u spread it evenly to prevent causing lumps. dont stick all at once cuz it may cause wrinkles, start section by section until the fabric is completely stuck on.
TIP: dont use liquidly adhesives as they seem to be soaked into the fabric causing a dark stain. some expensive spray on bonds may be ok.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00247.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00249.jpg

STEP 6: Let the glue completely dry and cut the required holes.http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00248.jpg

STEP 7: Stick it back onto the door trim and use a strong adhesive,
i used megapoxy, but any solid bond should be good,
(if you dont want the armrest to be permanently stuck on, i guess it may be possible to use short screws and washers where the donuts were to hold it together)
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00256.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00259.jpg

STEP 8: Let Dry and admirer ur work.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00260.jpg

STEP 9: Put the trim back onto your door, same way as u took if off but in reverse lol.

BEFORE
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00251.jpg

AFTER
The flash from the camera made it look alot lighter, but its actually slightly darker fabric than the recaros.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00264.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00263.jpg

With Recaros installed
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00269.jpg

[steve88]

that is awesome, cheers. im gonna do the same but black suede cause im too povo for recaros ;)

[[ricer]]

thats awesome man!
u even showed alot of ppl just how to take the door trim off lol

can u do mine for me lol? in leather though?

[simonnowis]

heheh hey ricer yeh i can help you do it if u want, if you want urs in red suede i still have alot of fabric left over.

[[ricer]]

narh grey leather lol... im boring
will it be much harder using leather or vinyl you think?

[simonnowis]

i think using fabrics that can be stretched abit will work best, thin leather might work, but the thicker type might leave wrinkles.
leather on like a couch, theres always wrinkles so something thiner then that should be fine.
what bout grey suede lol?
every fabric store i went to had other colour suede except red! it was such a pain to find red suede

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

WOW looks really good....might have to try this when the car is near completion :p

also might i point something out to help others with this (hate to sound rude)

those i believe were pop rivets

instead of using adhesive or screws and washers you could also buy a rivet gun and redo them with pop rivets :D;):thumbsup: (not as simple as the other options but much stronger)

anyway very good diy :angel:

[simonnowis]

heheh thanks.

yeh they were plastic pop rivets, but donuts sound cooler hahaha.
is it possible to get plastic pop rivet guns?

[Sir_vtec]

nice! rep point!!! lol

[newbie]

nice work. very straight forward.

pm sent btw

[rayb3na_]

want to do mine on an eg? =D

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

heheh thanks.

yeh they were plastic pop rivets, but donuts sound cooler hahaha.
is it possible to get plastic pop rivet guns?

I believe you can buy Plastic pop rivets (not too sure actually)

[Bodgy Racing Developments]

fyi, this doesnt work for door inserts in ek sedan. ek sedan inserts arent riverted

[Limbo]

buy you maccas if you help me do mine???

great work mate

Ricer- when u doing urs? i'll join ya

[[ricer]]

haha i dunno im gonna get simon to do it
i dont trust myself LOL

[blk_shadow]

This Is A Good Thread

[vinnY]

did mine recently, used black micro suede
might do it again since one laters a bit thin
sucks trying to get wrinkles out though

[[ricer]]

we should all have a DIY DAY
simon to supervise
limbo myself and vinny HAHA

[Tu88y]

good work simon

1 point to you

[fatboyz39]

Nice write up. rep +1

Where did you get the glue from? I used spray adhesive, useless!!....

Also where you get your fabric?

[vinnY]

just use contact adhesive fatboyz, let it get tacky before you apply the material so it won't soak through

if you get the glue on your hands though don't count on it coming off for a few days unless you got some acetone handy(which i luckily did, metho and turps have no effect nor does steaming hot water)

actually i got about half a can left over if you want it let me know
you can get microsuede from spotlight, no idea if you can get red though(i got black)

[kn1ghtm4r3]

tweed fabric i find looks pretty close to the ctr trim. thats wat i used for mine ages ago.

[simonnowis]

Nice write up. rep +1

Where did you get the glue from? I used spray adhesive, useless!!....

Also where you get your fabric?

i used max bond, you can get it basically anywhere hardware shop, even woolies, big w etc.. it was really thick so it didnt get soaked into the fabric, just spread it out with a piece of cardboard or sumthing to prevent lumps.
spotlight, lincraft and most fabric stores had other colour suede except red.
i got mine from a fabric shop in cabbra.
$20 a metre i think it was.

[1996ek1]

heheh hey ricer yeh i can help you do it if u want, if you want urs in red suede i still have alot of fabric left over.

hahaha i do!
I CANNOT find where the hell yoi buy material, even went to a few trimming places, and they don't seem to just sell material...

I took my passenger door trim off like 3 months ago to do it, and still havent. Everyone complains about there being nothing to lean on...



and i thought they were plastic welds, not rivets ?

[Deano_EK]

want to do mine on an eg? =D

Heres a link for EG

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67446&highlight=trim


Excellent write up though mate being thinking about doing this for ages, now ive got something to go off. Well done.

[adu]

good work dude


nice write up .. :) *thumps up*

if i had my ek still, i wuld of done it LMAO

[misteR_bilzz]

gw man props to u for a good write up!

[xStickersx]

fyi, this doesnt work for door inserts in ek sedan. ek sedan inserts arent riverted


I have an EK sedan, what is the difference going to be? Getting rid of the hideous trim in the car is one of the first things i want to do.
Anyone from brisbane tried this on either sedan or hatch? Not real confident on doing it myself totally.

[blk_shadow]

sedan should be the same

[Killa From Manila]

an1 know where to get the material that the middle bit of recaros are made of, or wat its called. im pretty sure its the same thing that ek9 arm rests are made of (not suede)

[Deano_EK]

Did mine today turned out preety well, did them in black seude even tho the piccys look brownish :p wasnt the funnest thing ive ever done, would probably rather just pay someone to do it next time, anyways here the pics....


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/Deano17/P3020015.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/Deano17/P3020018.jpg

[[ricer]]

^ looks tops

[simonnowis]

hehe looks good, wat adhesive did u end up using?
i had fun doing it hahah im srs.

[Deano_EK]

max bond spray adhesive, and ended up just using liquid nails to glue it back on, funnily enough it looks so much better in person than my pics, looks like theres marks and crease in the pics.

[simonnowis]

yeh hahah, pics just dont do it, mine came out pink in the pics lol.
but it really looks like the door trims are stock.

[circuit_DC5]

hey just wondering where u got the material from dude?

[Deano_EK]

i got mine from spotlight, was the only seude they had though

[dupac->]

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00256.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh161/simonnowis/DSC00259.jpg
you know how you used that white stuff to stick the arm rest back on the door... it looks messy?

what we did was plastic weld it back on.. we kept them donut things that we chopped off and then used a soldering iron to plastic weld.

looks less messy.. but hey

good write up! works both ways.. cant see the inside of the trim anyways! good job. :thumbsup:

[Mrkrooz]

sick write up :thumbsup:

[Ferrari]

Thanks heaps for the write up. I followed it and it looks fantastic!

[simonnowis]

thanks guy, the white stuff is megapoxy, its used to stick granite/marble onto bench tops etc, i was actually thinking of melting the plastics on to but was too scared it would break through the holes after a period of force on the armrest hehehe. but yeh, just as long as the armrest holds should be fine.

[Dy_]

my turn to do this after exams! wanna give me a hand my simon?!

btw did spot light have blue suede?

[simonnowis]

lol, wats in it for me? haha. if you get stuck along the way il help you, but quite easy. the only hard part i found was a screw that wouldnt come off which i had to drill into.
i think lindcraft had blue, also black and grey.
if no luck there try the fabric shops in cabrra, suprisingly they had alot more suede.

[dynosaur]

nice job :D

[AutoNoob]

spotlight has a red 'cord' like material, has blue, purple and black suade.
Couldnt find any red suade. The other store not spotlight, cant remember the name but theres one in Castle Towers...Lincraft?? has a bright red/orangey tomato colored suade.

[kongfu]

nice DIY!

[HeavensDVL]

Nice Posts. i can get rid of the ugly carpet looking trim i got on the sides now

cheers

[kazam]

bump for more pics and people having dun this!! im planning 2 do sumthing like this in upcoming weeks

[Killa From Manila]

Wats the SR3 recaro material called??? Not the suede part..but the other part. i think its the same stuff the real Ek9 door trims r made of!!

[mrpsi]

i am struggling to put my arm rest back on!

i dont wanna epoxy it! dont know what to do

[simonnowis]

u mean the red mesh type material on the seating part of the recaros?

if u dont wanna epoxy, use liquid nail adhesive or u can melt the plastic donuts back on using a solder iron

[mrpsi]

hmm.. will see how i got... dont really wanna be glue'n it becuase all glues dont work very well with plastic/pvc.

i will get it done tomorrow night some how

[AutoNoob]

ever since i did my front grille using 5 minute epoxy - the stuff is the best it glues plastic and metal really well AND its impossible to remove!! lol - well u can knife it off (but still very difficult).
Liquid Nail is just crap IMHO - very soft and doesnt dry solid unless you dont touch it for a few weeks.
You can use supershort nails and buy metal washers (the ones that look like volcanoes).
Use 5 min epoxy!!! :)

[Killa From Manila]

u mean the red mesh type material on the seating part of the recaros?

yeap.

[mrpsi]

i used cable ties... neater then all this epoxy shit... stronger and also removable in the future!

i will post pics if i can get around to it..... epoxy is sh*t

[Mooks79]

tht looks nice.... better geting the real EK9 skin there jus too much mite as well do it this way.....:)

[ShiRi]

That looks fantastic! I think the application goes far beyond CTR look-a-like installs. Thanks for the build, will use it one day :D

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

That looks fantastic! I think the application goes far beyond CTR look-a-like installs. Thanks for the build, will use it one day :D

Arent you selling your EG Shiri?

[finalazy]

i ended up doing mine black and it turned out quite nicely. instead of epoxy i used gaffa tape. didnt think of cable ties but i dont see how that would work.

[kazam]

pics please

[ShiRi]

Arent you selling your EG Shiri?
I am but I think the use of this extends beyond EG's or Honda's... It looks great! Could be adapted to any trim.

[finalazy]

pics please

are you talking to me?

[kazam]

yes..

[jeffreymui]

hey i just bought a black suede today.....trying to do it on the dorr trim.....do i really need those eproxy or those donut thing? or i can just do it without the door trim off? cas my is a dc4 and not so sure if the trim can be taken off like u guys( the part where u stick those suede on) can anyone help me?

[1996ek1]

hey i just bought a black suede today.....trying to do it on the dorr trim.....do i really need those eproxy or those donut thing? or i can just do it without the door trim off? cas my is a dc4 and not so sure if the trim can be taken off like u guys( the part where u stick those suede on) can anyone help me?

no you cannot do it without removing the door trim...

[egpowargh]

lol thats hot! ever considered setting up as a trader on ozhonda? lols i reckn ud get good business
im sure alot of guys on here have a terrible history with glue like me

[finalazy]

quick photo

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/4048/dsc02720rf4.jpg

[EK1_D]

hay guys im still having trouble find red or black suede can someone tell me where to get them..? i tryed cabramatta and spotlight but non...

[simonnowis]

cabbra is where i got my red suede. red was hard to find, black i saw at other places like lincraft to.

[EK1_D]

cabbra is where i got my red suede. red was hard to find, black i saw at other places like lincraft to.

which store cuz i tryed most of the stores on john st but non

[simonnowis]

i bought mine at the store accross the road from commonwealth bank. its just a small store with an old couple running it. i just asked for red suede and they knew wat i was talking about.

[BulletBoy]

that looks friggin awsome !
i wanna do it mine, but thinking about using red vinyl.. would the ' megapoxy' adhesive still work or would their be specific types of adhesive for vinyl ?
anyone got any experience on products they used

[jeffreymui]

hay guys im still having trouble find red or black suede can someone tell me where to get them..? i tryed cabramatta and spotlight but non...

Last time i went to spotlight the one in auburn, it has black, green, bronw and red...not sure if its still there u can go take a look...when u go into the store turn right and den walk stright to the fabric part it should be the on the lot closeest to ur right on the bottom of the lot, try find it....good luck

[egpowargh]

which store cuz i tryed most of the stores on john st but non

i got alot of black suede n micro suede left over from my epic phail attempt
you can have it if you like

[EK1_D]

i got alot of black suede n micro suede left over from my epic phail attempt
you can have it if you like

why what happen to ur's?

[panda[cRx]]

only saw the thread now, good DIY +rep :thumbsup:

[simonnowis]

thanks panda!, EK1_D next time im in cabbra ill ask the shop i went to, when i went to buy the fabric red suede was the last left, but the old lady told me she is goner order another roll. ill get the name of the shop and number and post up when i find out.

[simonnowis]

that looks friggin awsome !
i wanna do it mine, but thinking about using red vinyl.. would the ' megapoxy' adhesive still work or would their be specific types of adhesive for vinyl ?
anyone got any experience on products they used

thanks, megapoxy is to stick the arm rest back onto the door trim, i put the blobs like in the picture incase i need to take the trim off again, so i can just saw into the blobs. but yeh there are alternatives to megapoxy for sticking the armrest back on.

maxibond was wat i used to stick the fabric on the armrest, it will stick vinyl on, but because vinyl is generally quite thick and solid i think it wont mould to the armrest very well. any fabric will work as long as it is easily moudable.
otherwise there will be flaws.

[EK1_D]

i finished my armrest yesterday went for the black suede looks awsome!

[kazam]

pics.

[phil3842]

i did mine with red fur :thumbsup:

[kcokla]

if anyone needs black seuade there is a place in hornsby, pm for a hook up if need be,(maybe other colors, will have to check)

[Louis - Type S]

Awsome DIY, this method worked like a charm. Only thing i did different was screw the arm rest back in instead of using megapoxy. :thumbsup: to simonnowis

[CivvyCloud]

Great article =D 1 thing though maybe next time show wat sort of bond adhesive and epoxy u got and where u got it from so we dun have to run around ^.^ hehe

This wat mine turned out like =D
http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00329ma4.jpg

god DIY ^.^

+1 rep =D

[JDM-derek]

if its CXI, do i need to take the window winder off, if so how?

[DvSnGuYeN]

There should be a pin between the winder and the door panel... jus use a flat head to push it out...

[JDM-derek]

thanks!

[ekcoupe]

hey mate great diy, i have started it an im up to step 7, im using epoxy bond but it aint the paste.
im havin trouble putting the arm restback onto the door panel

could someone please help me:D

[vinnY]

hey mate great diy, i have started it an im up to step 7, im using epoxy bond but it aint the paste.
im havin trouble putting the arm restback onto the door panel

could someone please help me:D

yeah you find the corresponding side and push it back in.

seriously such a vague description and you're wanting help?

[ekcoupe]

i can get it on there but i cant get the epoxy bond 2 stick

[vinnY]

screws + washers are your friend

[ekcoupe]

ok ill give that ago then ill post up some pics once i get it back on.

cheers:D

[kraiye]

any luck?

[ekcoupe]

yeah theres a couple ways with putting it back u can do the epoxy way, or screws and also can use cable ties, i will upload some pics tomoz:D

[simonnowis]

Im sure you can find megapoxy or similar at bunnings etc. Normally the thick 2 part adhesives are the strongest. on mine even when the adhesive eventually detached from the armrest it acted as a stopper and didnt budge at all. Washers and screws are a good but if someone is really rough with the arm rest theres a chance of it coming out or broken off.
If i was to do it again i would use screws+washer and some strong adhesive like liquid nails etc, in the end if u do want to take it off, unscrewing it would break it off from the adhesive anyway. (thats provided u didnt go crazy and apply glue all over the place lol)

[ekcoupe]

i did the leather but it was a bit thick so got a wrinkle
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss66/timsk8123/DSCN0196.jpg

[JDM-derek]

guys need help getting the material :S

around West Sydney!!

[MRB18R]

nice work brother... easy to understand and good finish... where can i get this fabric (red suede) same as yours from and how long does it take to do all up...???

[simonnowis]

I bought it from an asian fabric store in cabbra on john st (I think?), but Iv seen a wide range of suede material at spotlight in that megacentre on parra rd, cant remember what kind of red they had but I was after black. Doesnt have to be exactly same, as long as the material isnt too thick it will turn out fine.

[wtfalfred]

that's cool., i gonna do the same things

[wtfalfred]

nice works, really...
but i still can't find any red suede in Melbourne... even lincraft, spot light can't find it..
any other fabric store i can go for ??