WHAT YOU NEED:

-Gorilla glue or some kind of glue that glues foam.
-TWO pieces of flat wood
-adjustable pipe that you can twist to make longer or shorter.
****SORRY NO PICS OF the PEALING BEFORE
Step 1. Wet the foam first with an ear cleaner and apply gorilla glue to sperated parts.


Step 2. Take piece of wood and press it against the part that is pealing


STep 3. Apply wood to both sides and tighten pole putting enough pressure to seal the peel



STEP 4. Let sit over night AND......




YOUR DONE!!!!!!

 

LOL. Nice! Clean interior BTW

 

Oooh....I like it! Gotta do this tomorrow.

 

lol nice and simple, let us know how it holds up.

 

You might need some tweezers to push down some of the rubber/plastic material that was squished upward on the armrest. Hopefully it lasts for awhile

 

One of mine needs this too

 

Very cool! Thanks for sharing that.

Where did you get the adjustable pipe?

 

Its the pole that holds up your shower curtain...

 

Thanks. It thought it might be a shower curtain rod.

 

Ill give an update in a month or two

 

Great idea man, very creative. I will have to do this on the CL.

 

what if you need to replace the switches? wouldnt the door be gorilla glud to the switches

 

haha this is great i was just wondering how i could fix mine too great write up!

 

Dude thats an awesome idea.

 

I agree. I noticed that the material covering your speakers is a little on the darker side. I got ahold of a steam wand and a steam cleaner and cleaned 'em up real nice (all four). Comes out great - you should try it! Take the panel off the door first if you plan on it tho.

 

I'm confused....Where exactly did you put the glue? I heard that gorilla glue foams quite a bit, so wouldn't it have come gushing out of the two separated parts? I have some gorilla glue, but I'm waiting until spring to fix my passenger rear door.

 

It foams? Just put the glue on the inside of the peal where the foam is and push to seal the peal.

P.S MAKE SURE THE GORILLA GLUE GLUES FOAM AND PLASTIC

 

Just a quick reply having fixed one of the door handles on my old (now my brother's) 00TL: if the Gorilla Glue foams out from the seam when drying, use an X-Acto knife to simply break away the excess glue- it worked really well when I did the repair > 2 years ago, and it still holds to this day.

 

XLNT!
I have the same issue on my 02 TL-S I thought I had fixed it with some hot glue but your holding / setting device is sweet and simple I'm well on my way to the same fix myself.

Thanks for the post.
TRIX

 

Yea thanks for that now i can get it in shape.

 

Still looks exactly as it did the day I did it.

 

Glad to hear it! I'm stoked to do mine once it's warm enough...that and the stupid triangular defrost vent on the left side of my steering wheel. Damn thing is popping out for whatever reason and won't stay down.

 

thanks.. ive been getting that too in the back

 

That's an easy diy. I was wondering exactly how to tackle it. Thanks for the great write up and pics. And still holding up? I'm adding this to my diy list right away. Thanks.

 

i was able to do this with a funky clamp.. Good write up SLushyyy

 

Yah they're still holding up.

 

Great way to do it! I'm gonna try it one of this days.

 

^Let us know ur results

 

i wonder why most get it in the back?

carrying alot of passengers most of the time?
my back interior is mint while the front doors are.. egh...

i'll need to do this to the handles in the front.. thanks!

 

Why ear cleaner?

 

i was just thinking the same thing.. i know one, if not both, of my rears are separating now and need to do something like this..

 

Lol a Q-Tip to wet the foam. Gorilla glue works better when its moist.

 

NIce, this has happened to the back right door of my car, im gonna try this out when i get a chance. Great write up

 

I did this repair to my rear, driver side door a few weeks ago and am waiting for the glue to cure on the front, driver's door, I thought I'd repeat what Slushyyy said, the glue only needs to be put on the foam (after you wet the foam with water).

 

Thanks SLushhYYY, i had a similar thought, but chose to work on the arm rest independently. I took the panel off, removed the armrest and also removed the plastic part with the ashtray and window switch. I used your wood idea (I wrapped a cloth around it though) and used 3 C-clamps to clamp the material directly to the plastic foundation of the armrest. I had already purchased Gorilla Glue, so I was glad to read your post and see that is what worked for you as well.

I started out looking a salvage yards for a replacement arm rest and of course, none would sell me the armrest separate from the door panel, AND all the armrests were as bad or worse than the one I had!

Thanks again

 

No need for wood or anything. Just squirt the glue in and put the c-clamp on the door and the other end in the ashtray or the indention by the window switch...scrape off excess glue after it foams and you're done. you don't need a block if you don't tighten the c clamp enough to mutilate your door.

 

Mine also is in that location. Im am also puzzled on why this is always happening on the rear passenger side. Glad I found this post, Ima tackle this, this weekend.

 

I never noticed it, but all FOUR arm-rests are separating on our TL!

I wonder if anyone will notice the shower rod missing for a few days?

 

WOW! Just saw this thread! I'm going to be doing this soon! All of my door panels are peeling in that same exact spot!

 

Thanks for the write up on this! I tried super glues without clamps or shower rod and failed miserably. Time to take a trip to the store to get some gorilla glue and snag the shower rod.