Replacing "Flaking" Interior Door Pocket Lids

[manolo]

I recovered mine in Alcantara over the weekend. Looks sweet.

[23109VC]

for those of you who did this via covering in some kind of leather - where did you find a good match for the factory leather? I have full leather interior... I could go to joanns and see what I could find - or go to an upholstery shop..

another question - teh plastic cover that goes over the door pulls..it snaps right on/off - can you cover THAT in leather too? or will it not go back on right?

on my car, the door lids are peelng a bit, and have deep scratches, and those covers up near the door pulls are also scuffed up.

i recently painted mmy center console and debated about doing the door pulls and covers in blue...but decided to leave them black. I just wanted the center console in blue...everythign else I want to keep black...

[Bob O]

I found a perfect match at Joanns, but it wasn't leather. However, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between the fake stuff and real leather. And since my interior isn't full leather anyway, it didn't matter to me as long as the grain matched. As for real leather, you might try an upholstery shop, auto or otherwise and see what they might have. Someone posted a while back about buying leather on line that was a match, but at the moment I can't find the thread. I'll see if I can find it and post later.

RE the door pull covers, yes they can be covered. Go to Pedro's page http://www.pedrosgarage.com/Site/DIY_Projects.html look under DIY projects and find the section on recovering interior pieces. He's got very good pics/instructions of the process. I didn't cover my door pull covers since they were in good shape, but did cover the door lids with great success. You can see some of the photos above or there's a separate thread on here, several actually since several people have posted pics on their projects.

Bob

[Boxtaboy]

Anyone cover them in fur?

[RichABoxsterS]

Originally Posted by manolo

I recovered mine in Alcantara over the weekend. Looks sweet.

Where did you buy the Alcantara?

[10/10ths]

....I found a leather cover that did the trick there.

Here is an example of what is out there:

Carbon Fiber Finish Door Armrest Pocket Lid Covers : fits Porsche Boxster 986 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F13 2388794478