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I had the same one, but it is intrusive to the passenger, especially on long road trips. I sold it and went with the fold down type that is closer to the floor and less intrusive.
I received the leather repair from Amazon and put it on, but I'm not sure how well it's going to stick. I added some Shoe Goo glue to it to try to help it. My door is pretty sad looking and the rubber coating is all falling off. I've also got duct tape on the back side holding it together. I guess I'll find out how long this repair lasts.
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Originally Posted by CSixDude
I received the leather repair from Amazon and put it on, but I'm not sure how well it's going to stick. I added some Shoe Goo glue to it to try to help it. My door is pretty sad looking and the rubber coating is all falling off. I've also got duct tape on the back side holding it together. I guess I'll find out how long this repair lasts.
I should have mentioned I used scotchbright and scrubbed off all the old soft rubber coating to let the glue stick to hard plastic.
So I went back in and removed all the rubber off the topside of the door slates by scraping it off with a screwdriver. At this point, the only thing holding the slats together is the duct tape on the bottom, so make sure it's in place before you start.
Then I cut and reapplied the leather tape. The only problem is now I still notice it doesn't want to stick when the door bends and flexes because this pulls it loose. So I took a sharp razor (box cutter) and split the leather in between every other slat. This worked like a champ, and now it holds firm and stays put when you flex it, and I'm just using the the adhesive backing that came on the leather tape. This is how GM had done it, because if you look close you'll notice the rubber coating on every other slat is split at the top so it can flex.
Looks real nice and I think this will be the final and last repair I ever have to do to this door. I know this is a small problem and could easily be ignored, but I just can't stand having broken stuff on my car.
Door slats with rubber removed
Leather applied and cut through on every other slat
I ordered one back in October from Top Flight. Took me awhile to get. The one on my GS got a little crack on it. Once I get to my holiday break from work this weekend I plan on swapping out my old one with the new one. The old one is still salvageable in my opinion but I just want to replace it. If anyone needs my old one they are welcome to have it. Just pm me.
St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13,'14-'15-'16-'17-‘18-'19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
NCM Lifetime Member
Originally Posted by CSixDude
Ahh, now you tell me! Ha.
Sorry about that!
FInal fix looks nice! I might take a small paintbrush and use leather dye on the edges to eliminate the white lines, but that is personal preference. Great work!
12-19-2023, 08:11 AM
