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Old 04-09-2011 | 07:59 AM
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hi all, my passanger side leather door card has obviously dried and shrunk as its moved away from the window by about 20mm. Is there anyway to pull it back into shape? Cheers luke
Old 04-09-2011 | 12:30 PM
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Hi Luke,
Yep easy fix mate.
Get a hairdryer and warm up the material / plastic, t then becomes very stretchy, then just pull over the edge and glue. Job done
Old 05-09-2011 | 08:15 AM
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Best thing to use is steam.
Old 05-09-2011 | 08:31 AM
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i tryed this never worked lol found it very hard to strech and it looked a right mess ended up buying new ones
Old 05-09-2011 | 09:32 AM
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Had same prob in my cossie, tried various glues but all failed so resulted in staples on the inside edges out of sight, wouldnt win any concours but it did the job as I couldnt find any replacements at the time.
Old 05-09-2011 | 11:13 AM
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I also tried to heat them up and stretch them over and it didnt work.Or less i didnt have the trim hot enough.
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whats best glue to use then? And how much is a mint one to buy?

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Old 05-09-2011 | 09:03 PM
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hy i used tiger sealent to hold my rear window visor on.. it was solid mate people useit to glue bodykits on to cars lol so its good stuf.. pull it up glue it then clamp it together for 30mins . . my mate just used superglue on it end held it for a bit.. still going strong but went as bad as you say urs are
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Use what Mo recommends, must be good stuff to withstand his acceleration
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Originally Posted by dholdi
Use what Mo recommends, must be good stuff to withstand his acceleration
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Old 05-09-2011 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dholdi
Use what Mo recommends, must be good stuff to withstand his acceleration
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Try this, worked a treat for me. Hold for 10 seconds and dont get it on your fingers or the side you will see as it will mark.

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we sell that at work. I suppose u have to unscrew the door card to clamp it?
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