Hey I wanted to get peoples thoughts..... I am currently restoring my 2000 dodge ram and has anybody ever Reupholstered the arm-rest of the door panel? Ive been looking at mine and it looks like its gonna be a pain.... Im doing custom interior and want to do white leather there.... and try and do something where the carpet is on the bottom of the little storage cubby on the bottom...... has anyone tryed this? I seen this guy did it and it looks slick..... http://www.cardomain.com/ride/303971...rt-bed#3039718

 

There melted plastic rivits holding it together. Do a search for it here. Someone did a "How to"...well sorta. But it'll give you a good idea.

 

I can't find anything. So i'll just bump this.

 

Does anybody know if you can buy new armrests for the door panels? So i can melt them myself? Or would I have to rip one out and glue it.....

 

You could probably get from the dealer....but it would be expensive. Local upholstry shop would be best bet I would think.

 

I had mine done. The mororns who did it used silicone to put the panels back on. As you can imagine they didnt hold up long. I didnt even have the panels bakc on the truck before they came undone.

 

My katskinz came with the material for the doors and the place i had them put in wouldn't do the doors. I popped off the panels and used a box knife to cut the flat heads off leaving just the plastic stud. Took the armrest peice to an upholsterer and they put them on for about $30 i believe. Took a soldering iron and "welded" some plastic back over the studs. It's pretty solid and has held for over a year now.

 

^^^THAT! Looks sexy.

 

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I want to know what paint alex used to make it that sexy black... I think I'm going to tackle that... possibly today :P

 

When I took those pictures I used Valspar Exterior Plastic Spray paint from lowes. So far it has held up pretty well. its been on there for probably 5 months now. It isnt flaking or peeling off. Have had my truck in the heat and in the freezing cold. The paint itself is a little difficult to apply. It comes glossy and I didnt really like the way the gloss looked. You have to apply in light dry coats to get a little more dull finish.