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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: Gmg31 on Friday,July 07, 2017, 09:29:18 AM
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When I rebuilt my interior I was frustrated that apparently there are no replacement or upgraded A pillar trim panels. Initially I just trimmed with leather cloth but it looked awful. So today I pulled out the dashboard and crash pad and had another go. I went to my local carpet shop and begged a carpet pole and made these. The carpet pole is quite sturdy and gives a nice gentle curve.
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That looks great!
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That is very imaginative and a great example of how you can overcome problems in DIY trimming with a bit of sideways thinking.
The sun visors look new, did you manage to find NOS or retrim the old ones ? Whatever, they look far better than mine did ! Second question - how are you going to finish the front of the headlining at the screen ? I really should renew the headlining in my car but don't want to take the screen out or start the job until I can figure a neat way of concealing where the front end is stuck down.
Brian
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Nicely done! I don't know what a carpet pole is, can you explain or show a photo of it?
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Looks great -
The sun visors do look very good - can you share what you did with them or where they came from?
Thanks.
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Thanks everyone for your comments
A carpet pole is the cardboard tube inside a new rolled up carpet with a diameter of about 5" a bit like a Huge toilet roll tube. They are very light and flexible and easy to work with.
I had the sun visors re trimmed by my local auto trimmer, he also made the headlining for me too.
I have searched on trim and seals sites like www.sealsdirect.co.uk for a J profile trim to tuck under the screen and over the edge of the headlining buy they don't seem to make one. I have decided to buy a large U profile and remove one side with s sharp blade and thus create a J profile. It will require a good coat of impact adhesive so it sticks first time.