glassed A-pillar gauge, help with cover

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Topic: glassed A-pillar gauge, help with cover

Posted By: Stlb5
Subject: glassed A-pillar gauge, help with cover
Date Posted: January 14, 2005 at 2:04 PM

I fiberglassed a gauge pod to my a-pillar and that went really well, but when it came time to cover it, I had some problems with the seam. The material I found that matches my interior perfectly doesn't stretch much if any, it's just enought to wrap around curves if I pull it real tight. Since it doesn't stretch, there has to be a seam. This is just headliner material with about 1/8" foam backing. Any tips for doing the seam better next time?

nasty seam

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Posted By: Stlb5
Date Posted: January 14, 2005 at 2:21 PM

let's try these

https://images.snapfish.com/3428964%3B23232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E233%3A%3D4%3A6%3D556%3DXROQDF%3E23237494988%3A%3Aot1lsi

https://images.snapfish.com/3428964%3B23232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E233%3A%3D4%3A6%3D556%3DXROQDF%3E23237496%3A67%3A3ot1lsi

Posted By: xtreamcc
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 12:54 AM

humm, is there a way to remove the foam backing? I would think that that would allow for a little more flexablity in the material. Anyway, just food for thought.

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Posted By: Stlb5
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 9:40 AM

It took 4 trys to get that above. when I was ripping off one of the previous attemps, the backing came off so I played with it a bit, it wasn't any stretchier. I think I'm just going to try and make a nicer cut next time. I'll be starting on mine this weekend.

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