Well here I am at it again with another do it yourself. Today I'm exploring the world of fabric by installing red door inserts. Here is the fabric I'm working with


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Well lets begin!
Here is what we are starting with... boring....


First pop out the triangular corner piece covering the mirror screws. Just grab a hold and pull.


Now lets remove the handle. Stick a small flathead screwdriver inside the handle to remove the black plastic covering the screws


You can see two screws we need to remove. They are all phillips head. Remove them and pull forward.


Unclip the wiring harness and the tab for the handle and the handle will come free. There is one more gold screw you must remove you can see in the last picture.
Here is the freed handle


Next lets move down to the window switch. Take the same small phillips screw driver and pry from the front upwards (green object is my screwdriver)


Then lift up


Now unclip its wiring harness and set it aside


Under the switch there are two more screws we need to remove.



Now were ready to begin taking the door panel off. Start in the corner were we removed the corner piece and pry the panel out going in a clockwise direction. Then just lift the door upwards. Don't pull because we need remove a clip in the back holding the window switch


Now remove the panel and set it aside



I took my door inside and laid it on the table. Flip it over and grab a phillips screw driver we need remove the door handle


flip back over and just pull the handle off


Now the hard part... see this leather.. it needs to be pulled off.. what a serious pain in the ***


I started from the top by the handle and just started pullng


You'll never get it off clean... here is all my foam padding left over


Start peeling all of this off... get it as clean as possible


Here is my final clean dooor

 

Now test fit the door insert. My inserts were pre-cut but needed some adjusting. If you don't have pre-cut inserts use the old leather as a template


Then I masked off the door with blue painters tape


For the glue I used 3m trim adhesive


I then went back out to the garage and laid out the door and covered it up with towels to be safe


Spray two light coats of glue down and wait a couple minutes for it to get tacky. Spray both the door and back of the inserts. Now put the two together and start firmly applying pressure to the fabric



Then start tucking in the sides. I used a butter knife to press in the sides


And BAM!


Now screw on the handles and reinstall the door panel



Before

after
Drivers side!


Passenger Side!

 

and for those with tan...

 

very nice Mr. Spade. Looks good with all the misc black accents

 

Thanks it's sagging a bit tho, I never sprayed the fabric just the door

 

I used Beacon Adhesives Fabri-Tac per Evan's recommendation. Just need to be careful because it is very potent adhesiveness. Absolutely no sagging at all!

 

yeah you want to spray both and let it get tacky and then put them together... almost like velcro effect.

 

Used to look for such a DIY thread about changing door inserts for my EK.
Thank you!