My panel was warped before, as are they all in the UK. My spares car actually had a good one, rare as hens teeth in the UK with our damp weather. But then my car sprang a leak and my nice panel ended up warped beyond all repair. I could have reshaped it but where the curtain rail is attached has pulled it out horribly. It's totally buggered.
So, been hunting for a while and couldn't believe my luck when I found a brand new old stock panel. Especially satisfying when breakers were asking silly money for warped ones I could reshape. Dead chuffed, and only £28.
Only trouble is, it's grey and not cream. Almost seems a shame to doctor it, but it needs to be cream...
The options I guess are spray it or get it trimmed. Trimming maybe I could do, or an expensive trimmer. (UK prices for this kind of thing are a bit mad.) But it wouldn't match the C pillar trims then so they'd need doing too. That's hundreds of GBP I reckon.
Maybe I could do all three with faux suede or something.
Spray it? Easiest option. It won't have the depth of pattern, but I suppose it's not exactly in the eye line. I've never managed to find out which of the SEM paints would match the MB mushroom shade either.
Peel off my cream material and place on the detrimmed grey panel? Bit too scary that one I think..
Opinions welcome?
So, been hunting for a while and couldn't believe my luck when I found a brand new old stock panel. Especially satisfying when breakers were asking silly money for warped ones I could reshape. Dead chuffed, and only £28.
Only trouble is, it's grey and not cream. Almost seems a shame to doctor it, but it needs to be cream...
The options I guess are spray it or get it trimmed. Trimming maybe I could do, or an expensive trimmer. (UK prices for this kind of thing are a bit mad.) But it wouldn't match the C pillar trims then so they'd need doing too. That's hundreds of GBP I reckon.
Maybe I could do all three with faux suede or something.
Spray it? Easiest option. It won't have the depth of pattern, but I suppose it's not exactly in the eye line. I've never managed to find out which of the SEM paints would match the MB mushroom shade either.
Peel off my cream material and place on the detrimmed grey panel? Bit too scary that one I think..
Opinions welcome?