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Originally Posted by slowprop
Thanks Guys,
I hadn't realised you can buy a kit. Actually they look quite good. Have any of you used one of these kits and were you pleased with the result ?
Since I first posted this I've spoken to a local trimmer who says he might be able to heat up and stretch and glue the original vinyl back down. Or failing that he says he can recover with black vinyl which should look OK I think as some of the interior plastics etc are black. I'm thinking he will probably end up recovering.
Cost is going to be £200 if he can repair the original vinyl or £300 if he as to recover. That's for all 4 doors. Plus he will take off the door cards and replace.
So it's more expensive than the repair kit. Which is going to be just under 100 Euros delivered.
I'm guessing that the repair kit will do an OK job but the trimmers will do a more professional looking job than I would do with a repair kit.
The rest of the interior is immaculate. I've spent ages this week steam cleaning the boot and spare wheel and all the interior plastics. Steam cleaning the leather seats and treating them with leather cleaner and shampooing the carpets and mats. It really does look great inside now and the door cards are letting it down.
EDIT - on further inspection the wrinkles are not just along the top. On a couple of doors the vinyl is loose at the side near the top. So I don't think the kit is going to work very well for me.
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First of all Robin, i'm surprised yours aren't leather if the seats are! I know mine are leather so it sounds as if the local trimmer may be selling you short. Secondly, it's unusual for vinyl to shrink and wrinkle like that - leather quite often does though.
There is a more cost effective option and that is find some good door cards in leather. Doesn't matter what colour, with a little time, patience, a hairdryer and some leather colour, you can get them the colour you want/need and maybe even refresh the rest of the car while you're at it.
To give you an idea :
Leather door card inserts on my 827 Sterling. I can find the links later if you like for the leather recolour stuff, think it was about £30 all in for the prep solution, colour and sealer/finish coat. Three finishes are available, matt, gloss and satin - i went for satin as i felt it looked the most natural. Matt looked "uncared for" IMHO and gloss looked like gloss paint!
