New Door Panel (from wrecking yard) was real nice condition except the vinyl had lifted up from the corner in the lower left side, from the molded particle board and along the armrest inside. it looked impossible for me to fix. i took it to an upholstery shop. The guy wanted $275, to put some new materail over the old panel. He wanted to put the new materal over the who door panel! $275.00 !! I politley said, see you later.
I will look for a before the fix, picture.
I attached the after the after fix pictures.
What I did to fix it.
The whole corner area where the vinal completely separated and lisfted from the partical board molding. I filled that in with 'Wood Putty'. Let it dry int he sun half the day. Theyn back into the grage to work on it and let it dry. I applied the all pupose E6000 Glue. We have some, because my wife woks in a crafts store. I also look up upholstery work using Google. Upholstery shops use that type of glue too. So I used that to put the lifted Vinyl down back along the arm rest area, where your arm would lay. This is where the bloth meets the vinyl. I used Duct Tape to hold it firmly in place overnight. (I forgot to say, in the areas worked I place a mask of masking tape to protect the areas surrounding the work areas).
I also put masking tape between the cloth and the wood putty so it would not soak into the cloth. I added a strip of some leather material I cut from a piece I alreay had from an upholdertery store. I added that very small long narrow pice as a layer filler to extend the vinyl that had seperated. That piece, I glued down to the area of the wood putty that dried, and along the vinyl when the arm rest meets the cloth.
I also kept seein gthese commericals and adds for the liquid vinyl, so I sent for some of that. I applied that stuff to the area over the woody putty and vinyl. It sorta works, but I am very clumsy with shaky hands, so I got mixed results.
The last part, is still unfinished. I could have left this last part alone, but elected to take a piece of wood and place it over the vihyl where it meets the cloth,. This is the arm rest part where it meets the cloth ont he inside. arm rest area, wher eyou lay your arm. The vinyl there was glued back down, and a new strip of leather layed under that and glued. But, I was very woored that the hot summer will melt the glue and it will be curling up int he hot weather. I took a wood stick, which is actually a paint stirring stick. I cut it to length. I painted it grey. I drilled holes in it. I ran some some screws through it down into the arm rest, along the inside where the vinyl meets the cloth. This will hold that vinyl down good. And, if your dog lays it's paws and claws down on it, it will have more protection too. I tried to apply the liquid vinyl down over the screws, but the first attempt did not look good. So I cleaned that off. I am stil debating on weather to try that again, The screws don't look good, but it's ain't real bad either.
In any case, it's an old car, and the door panel came out decent.
IMHO
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Need Inside Left front door panel: 1989 Corolla SR5
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