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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 06:44 PM
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so, uh back on topic, in the rear side armrest the fabric is starting to bubble, should i just gently pull off the bubbled area and try some of that contact cement or is there another way to do it?
Hmm... (Is the a refab like I did, or stock fabric?)
If its your own material, then this could be due to not enough fabric lengthwise,
so its pulling.
Either that, or yeah its just not glued well enough; so just repaste.
If its the stock and you dont want to peel it off to paste, then I would try a heat gun (from a safe distance not to burn) and just warm it up to melt the original glue a bit and re-stick.
If its refab and its pulling, I would personally redo the whole thing with some slack...

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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 08:10 PM
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its original material, but i dont have a heat gun, a hair dryer would work right?
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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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i tried a hairdryer but nothin happened just got warm and soft, the glue wasnt sticky underneath, guess ill have to try peeling it off
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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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starting my refab this weekend. wish me luck i will post pics when finsihed.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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good luck
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 12:53 AM
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my girl friend shoud be like that LV all around
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 07:04 PM
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i did the refab on the Lancer and it worked out GREAT, i may try something with the Volvo... i might do ALOT of the ****... we'll see what i can come up with...
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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nice write up...makes me wanna do mine black suede
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 03:41 PM
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I'm actually trying to do a luxury theme with my lancer, might sound weird to some, but I was throwing around the LV theme too until I saw a numerous amount of cars with that theme at several car shows. Unfortunately there aren't a whole lot of choices of designer fabrics, and most of them aren't real; however, I think I've decided on Gucci fabric. I was wondering if you could tell me where you got your fabric from, and if they have other designer fabrics available? Thanks.
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 04:24 PM
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someone make a write-up on using black suede on a dashboard for the community
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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Pleeeeeeeeeease don't


notice how flamed he got for his LV?
Lancer + Luxury = Stupid

When the fabric is worth more then the car, it's not worth it.

In the end though, it is your car
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 06:04 PM
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Well, everyone else seems to try to make their Lancer look like an Evo, and I'm not really one to follow what everyone else does. I'm sure plenty of people will hate on my car after I do it, but plenty of people will make fun of it for trying to look like an evo too. So either way, you take a risk when modifying your car, but as long as it's something different, that should be respectable.
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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Only a small minority of people actually want to make their lancers look like an evo. Putting on an evo wing (a factory option) is pretty common and is done because some people don't like the stock wing but like how the evo wing fits with our car's lines. My main problem is this, LV and Gucci fabric in a car looks dumb in my opinion because neither company makes anything for cars. if you want to do something "neat" to the interior, get some Bride seats and Bride fabric.
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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What can I do to my dashboard so it looks better, right now it's spray painted black, I want something cleaner.
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 09:07 PM
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just use duplicolors interior spray
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