Right decided to try and sort out the wiring on my car yesterday, so stripped out the interior (carpet,seats etc etc) Now i realised the previous owner before my mate was well into his sound systems, but fuck me this is ridiculous!!...........


So started by cutting out all the old speaker wires, and came across 2 wires which ran up behind the rear door cards. My being a nosey F***er had to have a look, and found this monstrosity!!



The bloke had used bloody loft insulation as sound proofing FFS!

Bloody well made mind, just not my cup o tea........ So now residing in the skip at work!

Other piccys:







Which leads me to my question...

Anybody got pictures of thier rear door cards..

I think this bloke has ruined the rear door card, are these a straight swap from another model? Or is it a case of getting them sorted and retrimmed somewhere?

Are the rear door cards in 2 pieces? or is that just mine!

 

I don't know about your question, but you have probably taken 50kgs out of your car at least

 

Tell me about it, i reckon they weight about 6kgs each..........Then add all the Cough*Wadding*Cough!

Was going to stick them up on ebay, but i wouldnt wish them on anyone!

 

MDF everywhere

the rear door cards are 1 piece and I think the mk5 rs2000 ones are the same shape but the patterns diff.

I've got a set front and rear for mine when I get around to getting them flocked haven't tried them in the car yet but they look the same.

I think you'll struggle to get a set of cossie ones as I've got the person who bought my seats gagging for the doorcards when I get around to selling them.

 

Chuck that crap out !

 

Mine are deffo 2 piece Dan!

But funny as they never looked out of place? I'll take some piccys tonight.....


Alex......... All in the bin mate!

 

Franco, Homo

when you say in 2 pieces, are they split by the seat locking mech and then a seperate panel into the boot?

just that your cards look 1 piece to me in the pics, all barr the shonky wood on the back of the cards.

 

Look at the first picture CAREFULLY Kelv, you can make out the screws holding the drilled middle section

 

were the wood is? yep, thats not supposed to be like that

bell you when you finish mate, was asleep when you called earlier!

 

Well i think it looks okay, took me 2 years to notice!!

 

if you never noticed, cant you just put the cards back on as they were?

obvioulsy bin the sound deadening and as much MDF as poss.

 

Well thats the thing Kelv, where the seatbelt cover insert sits.......... The leather was glued........... BADLY!

Which was annoying the fuck out of me so i was planning on removing anyhow!

 

So you want my rear door cards - coont.

you better give a hand to get the cage out then!

 

Serious?

 

as long as your alibi wasnt true the other day

 

Forgot that one............. Of course it wasnt true....................
















That was the other week!

 

did you used to itch when you had the stereo on fibreglass particles flying around the car,lol, bet it sits an inch higher now with all thaT weight loss

 

Tell me about it!

Bet I've been spoilt with sound deadening! Tenner says its going to be noisy from now on!

 

car will be faster now too

 

Think thats bad Andy, you should of seen the amount of dead stereo wiring that was removed!!

Along with bullet connectors and off cuts aplenty!

 

id of put they boxes on ebay, some randomer would of bought them,

when messing with mine i found an old tracker.

 

OMG :gayflag: could only happen to you jay

 

Right update, took some pictures of these door cards last night.


You can see where he's cut a big section out of the original door card here


And this is the part which SEEMS to have been added


The other side of the second piece


So if anybody could take a picture of their door card to post up, I'd be grateful!

 

damn jase!cant believe the amount of wood and insulation in there
your car will fly now. looked like the bloke had a serious ear for his music.not overly my thing i must say but each to thier own.

 

Tell me about it Neil, fucking wires and random holes everywhere!

 

That is very shocking. I mean, go for it in a 1.6 ghia, but doing shonky things like that in a cossy. What was he thinking.

Glad your in the process of getting back to how it should be...

 

Close as possible Glen, getting someone to stick pictures of leather rear door cards is a bit of a mission mind............But as ever i'll get there somehow!

 

thats the downside,trying to put it all right is a bloody mare.had that with an old pulsar i had.jap import and had holes and bits missing all over it.im sure it was raced at some point

you will get there mate.

 

Slowly!............ Very Slowly!

 

I'll go take some pics now for you, but I'm not taking them off the car

I'll get some pics of the rs2000 ones i've got on the shelf

back in a min

 

GOOD MAN DAN!


But then i wouldnt expect any less from the red fezzy crew!

 

No probs








are these okay??

 

memories

 

Right judging by them piccys mine have been well butchered!

What makes people do this!

Dan did you car have leather? as if yes then i'll be looking for a set like the 4th pic down........

Is it me or do the rs2000 ones look similar?!?!?! Just need retrimming in grey leather





PS ahh that old number plate brings them flooding back!

 

yup yours are well fucked

the guy who done it was prob well pleased with his efforts to cover up the "install"

yup my car had full leather in it but now only saff front seats

I'm gonna use the rs2000 ones in mine once I've fitted the cage

I've gotta decide if I'm gonna get them flocked or recovered in leather. I've got the front cards too which I'm gonna get the armrest strengthened as the orig drivers one has got a crease in it and again flocked or re-leathered.

I'm 99% they are the same I'll double check later and let you know.

P.s the ally cage is not my idea they new owner wanted it

 

Sell me yours then!

 

i think any 2 door mk5 ones will fit, only diff is the lack of ash trays which you could easily cut out and fit if you were bothered , once retrimmed youd never know

 

Found a difference, if you look at the picture of mine carefully you can see that the 2000 ones dont seem to have the extention to the floor.


One things for sure, its not going to be sorted by this weekend as planned!

 

I thought kelv has offered you his ones?

I've said to the guy who bought the seats he has first refusal on them when I take them out and I've still gotta sort the cage and the replacements out too.

you could do what the radman said.

i've just seen what you've written so I'll go check for you.

 

Kelvin has, but i cant wait that long...............

I need inspiring to get this finished and thought makin gthe interior look mint would help........... How wrong was i!