Ugly s13 glovebox fabric

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SloS13
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I fixed mine :)



[Zero-S]
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Did you just take the fabric off? I'm debating that right now, its oogly.

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i have tried to get mine covered like that with no luck. I tried som balck vinyl but i kept having problems with the area underneath the latch. I could never get that recessed area to look right. Your's looks great. Any tips to get mine to turn out as good as your's did?

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Zero - You'll want to remove all the screws, then remove the fabric, then sand off all the glue first.

Big Perm - I know exactly what you're talking about and decided to just not glue that part down at all. It bugged me at first and i tried to stretch it out enough where i could lay it down flat but couldnt. Once i turned it around and looked at the front, I realized it didnt look bad not-glued down.

If i decided to glue that part down, im pretty confident some stretching, a hairdryer and some superglue would work

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so is that vinyl? what kind of backing is on it?

SloS13
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yeah, its vinly the back is like a white cotton mesh. Smells like it was dried in the sunshine

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Awesome Job J92sDid you do the door inserts as well.. or is the burlap still there?

SloS13
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burlap is still on the doors. Im thinking of re-using that fabric to store potatos.

Im kinda scared to start on the doors because i know it'll involve a lot of stretching and stuff to make it look smooth. Ive got to do some more reasearch on how to work with vinyl before i tackle that

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Yeah thanks j92, I got that done yesterday, bout to start on the vinyl today. And I'll probably end up doing the doors as well.

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make sure you have PLENTY of clamps. I had about 10-15 to work with. The more you have, the faster you'll get done

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You didn't glue anything, right? Did you staple it in like the OEM fabric was?

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where do you get vynil

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That's frieking awesome...I might just have to do this myself :D but I'll use lots of epoxy.


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