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[Darcini]

Thought I'd take a punt on these a couple of weeks ago, really quite impressed by the quality.
They do require sticking to your existing door pads/cards obviously, and probably not up to Dave the Trimmer standards of course, but for a cost effective way to spruce up some grubby looking door furniture I don't think they are too bad




They do them in different coloured stitching to match your car too, and the service was excellent.

[Goosenka]

Nice touch old boy

[chris_uk]

They dont actually look 1/2 bad. Did you have to do anything with the old cover on the elbow bit?

[Darcini]

Just need to strip off the old leather/Alcantara cover, the new ones are stitched to shape and fit around the elbow well, just need a bit of adhesive and jobs a good un. Around 50 quid for the door cards and pads is a bargain IMHO

[chris_uk]

Yea not bad at all. I was thinking about getting some red stitching with dark leather.

[Rickwoo118]

They look very good to me. How does the price compare to Dave the trimmer?

[-Dab-of-Oppo-]

Looks smart. I have had a few gear / handbrake gaiters from that company in the past and the quality of service, smelly leather, and fit where all superb. The only thing that would slightly put me off going for these is that I would prefer them to match the leather of the seats.

[rob999]

£100 for each door (both parts) in Alcantara.

[GiGo]

I noticed these the other day, they look nice, but no biscuit ones

[Darcini]

I noticed these the other day, they look nice, but no biscuit ones

Yeah, that was the decider

[techieboy]

Link to the Top Gaiters eBay shop to help avoiding searching through the rest of the eBay shite.

[MWS]

I recently bought and fitted a handbrake gaiter and gear gaiter from this company. Very good quality. Very pleased with them

[TazN]

Whats the quality of leather like? Not bad for a quick cost effective solution to hide tired trim.

[Darcini]

Quality of the leather is fine, supple with a good grain. That sounds like I know what I'm talking about, which I don't, but all I can say is that I'm happy with it, to the extent I'm considering ordering a hide from them so I can fanny about with some other bits and pieces.

[MWS]

Quality of the leather is fine, supple with a good grain.

That sounds like I know what I'm talking about, which I don't, but all I can say is that I'm happy with it, to the extent I'm considering ordering a hide from them so I can fanny about with some other bits and pieces.

How easy were the door cards to do? My door cards are red Alcantara and looking a bit tired. Black leather with red stitching sounds tempting!

[Darcini]

Easy enough if you take your time, I used repositionable Evo stick and some aerosol carpet adhesive for the larger flat areas. A sharp pair of scissors is helpful too. When I removed the old leather covering from my original door cards they had a layer of thin foam underneath which I retained, as this helps to make the diagonal stitched lines lie flatter as there is a bit of give behind the seams.

[MWS]

Easy enough if you take your time, I used repositionable Evo stick and some aerosol carpet adhesive for the larger flat areas.
A sharp pair of scissors is helpful too.
When I removed the old leather covering from my original door cards they had a layer of thin foam underneath which I retained, as this helps to make the diagonal stitched lines lie flatter as there is a bit of give behind the seams.

Hmmmmm, might be worth a go, but knowing me i'll make a right mess and stick the door card to my forehead!

[TazN]

Hmm nb price for the size of the hide. I'll have to dig through my emails from DtT and compare to his hide price, though I'm sure I specced a different type of leather.

[CocoPops]

Just ordered a full set of door cards, shoulder pads and a centre console. Went for black leather with yellow stitching. £133 inc postage. Fingers crossed it works out

[ciderbooze]

Just stripped my interior out to fit the topgaiter parts. Door cards/ shoulder pads look fine on a test fitting( no adhesive) the centre console doesn't seem to fit as snugly as I expected, I am hoping the adhesive will make a difference. I was hoping to use permanent adhesive but I am now leaning towards the non permanent type.