MainePorsche

Had enough of the warped panels needing washers the size of silver dollars to keep them attached. They also didn't fit flush and had an untidy appearance.
Sorry, didn't think to take before pics, but you can imagine.

Below are the original panels. I used a 2mm thick acrylic sheet from Lowes, and used the old panels as best I could to trace a template for the cutting. I chose the 2mm thick acrylic, for the original panels were between 1.9mm and 2.5mm when measured, and were HIGHLY irregular. The two pics of the cut panels were best shown against a black background. These weren't final in that I rounded out any sharp ends. I carefully removed the carpets, and washed them in cold water on the delicate cycle in the washing machine. As Dr. Bob said, I placed them flat against the drum for the spin cycles. I sized them up against new panels and used a hot glue gun to attach the folded over edges first. I then used Loctite Spray Adhesive (300 Heavy) to adhese the carpet to the new panel. It is water/heat resistant, and listed for wood, metal, acrylic, carpet. It sets quickly, so be sure you have it sized up first with the folded over edges bonded. I then used screw cover caps (from Lowes) to cover the flathead screws I used. These covers acted somewhat as a washer, and covered the matting down of the carpet that years of washers had caused. These screw covers come in white, black, and brown. I painted mine a light silver to try to match the best I could. The acrylic, I think, was a good choice for it won't warp, the carpet adhered excellently, and was flexible for the re-install.

Add: Sorry the pics are out of sequence with the text. I also couldn't manage the text with the pics.


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Ducman82

i tried plexi glass and it just broke all the time. went with ABS.

looks fantastic!

MainePorsche

Thanks.
I used a 1 mm rubber washer against the brace and acrylic for each screw, so hopefully will absorb some vibration.

Nicole

Are you sure this interior is linen, and not silver grey?

Was this car formerly owned by someone named Jerry?

MainePorsche

Nicole,
I guess the color could be called silver gray. I just called it linen when I met it. To light for gray, and to gray for white - I just called it linen.

Yes, you have a good eye.
My PO was Jerry O. .

Craig

Dave928S

It's a difficulty that I couldn't work out to start with either.
To get text between pics you need to insert a url to where you have pics hosted (e.g photobucket). You can't get text between pics with the standard manage attachment feature as they all get put at the end.

Here's an example from one of my posts some time back ... (I've put a space between the opening IM and the G so that the the urls don't work and you can see what I'm referring to.


Here’s a photo some weeks ago when I first looked at it ……

[IM G]http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb470/David/GTS%20Trip%20Home/1.jpg[/IMG]

… and another …

[IM G] http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb470/David/GTS%20Trip%20Home/2.jpg[/IMG]

… and a shot showing the interior colour.


This way the pics appear wherever the url is placed within the text.

MainePorsche

Thanks Dave.
How about if I were going to retrieve the images from a folder on my hard drive.

Dave928S

Using the 'manage attachments' feature will just upload the pics from your hard drive folder, or photo sharing site, to the RL server and dump them at the end of the text.

To get the pics within the text you have to insert them as a url, which means they have to be uploaded to, and hosted, on a public web server (photobucket, flickr, etc) or your own publicly accessible web server.

I'm not aware of a way they can be uploaded to and hosted on the RL server to allow picture insertion ... but some IT guru here may know of a better way.

The bottom line is that you have to upload them to somewhere, from the private folder on your computer, to a publicly accessible folder (with a URL) on a web server.

Edit: Additional info .... The reason the pics are missing in some older threads is that they're not hosted on a web server anymore.

MainePorsche

Thanks again for the reply Dave.