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Bought KW V3's for the suspension project. Was't *quite* ready to buy them on my own terms yet, but felt I had to buy them now before the additional 25% tariffs go into effect in a couple weeks. Too expensive to wait.
Did you re-attach it or install new material? If new, if you don't mind me asking, where did you get the material?
Greg-
Mine was too far gone to fix so I got new material here. The panel comes out easily enough: remove 4 small screws then un-bolt the seatbelts and slip them thru the panel. Once out, you'll get a better appreciation of the phrase "hand-built". The panel is made of 2 individually wrapped panels stapled together (lots of them). You have to separate the two, re-vinyl the top, then re-attach them (I replaced the foam backing while in there but that's optional). Unfortunately, to get at the staples that hold the panels together you also have to undo the vinyl on the lower panel, flip it up and remove the staples. (That vinyl was in good shape so I just re-used that section) . TIP: when you reattach the 2 panels they have to be aligned just right otherwise the 4 screws (2 on the upper and 2 on the lower) won't line up with the receptacles on the body. There are a set of holes on each panel for that purpose. At the factory they probably used a fixture to pin them together during stapling. I used a couple large wood screws to hold them together temporarily. My stapler wasn't beefy enough so I used pop-rivets instead. Like most jobs, it turned out to be more involved and took longer than I thought but they came out great.
Greg-
Mine was too far gone to fix so I got new material here. The panel comes out easily enough: remove 4 small screws then un-bolt the seatbelts and slip them thru the panel. Once out, you'll get a better appreciation of the phrase "hand-built". The panel is made of 2 individually wrapped panels stapled together (lots of them). You have to separate the two, re-vinyl the top, then re-attach them (I replaced the foam backing while in there but that's optional). Unfortunately, to get at the staples that hold the panels together you also have to undo the vinyl on the lower panel, flip it up and remove the staples. (That vinyl was in good shape so I just re-used that section) . TIP: when you reattach the 2 panels they have to be aligned just right otherwise the 4 screws (2 on the upper and 2 on the lower) won't line up with the receptacles on the body. There are a set of holes on each panel for that purpose. At the factory they probably used a fixture to pin them together during stapling. I used a couple large wood screws to hold them together temporarily. My stapler wasn't beefy enough so I used pop-rivets instead. Like most jobs, it turned out to be more involved and took longer than I thought but they came out great.
Thanks for the link, Jay. My back tray is probably a little different, as I have a Targa. Mine's actually in decent shape. It's other parts that need some care, so it's good to know where to get the material.
Last edited by gavonder; 06-26-2018 at 11:59 PM.
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06-18-2018, 06:45 PM
