Bravo (Classic)/Brava Replacing Bravo door cards for leather :)

now you've got the trim off.. hijack your parents dining table and prepare for the worst bit

this is what you should be faced with!


the cloth door card is held on in a very weird way.. its like.. the card has holes in it.. the plastic trim has spikes.. the spikes go through the hole, and then had the top melted so its like a T up and through the card.... if that makes ANY sense



after uhming and ahhing for awhile.. i thought right, ill cut the tops off the little things with some sort of saw.. nope, didnt work.

i then thought ah ha! :idea: and ran to the shed (well.. walked) go get this gas soldering iron my dad has.. that has a little attachment that is a knife! a heated knife! hurrah! i also got myself something to pry the card off with.. so a chisel had to do



so i started by trying to cut the tops off the little weird things that hold the card onto the plastic, that worked for a while, but then realised if i dug into the middle bit.. that worked just as well.. basically just melt away the plastic blobs on the wood bit... but dont set it on fire like i did a few times



once you've melted away enough, on all the pegs, using a cloth as a form of extra leverage and protection.. use your prying up devise to seperate the card from the plastic trim, trying not to crack the plastic!! seriously... be careful!



TA DAAAAA!!!