How To PERMANENTLY Fix your MKV GTI Saggy Door Upholstery

How To PERMANENTLY Fix your MKV GTI Saggy Door Upholstery | For Under $80!

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4 жыл бұрын

If you clicked on this video the odds are you have the similar yet so common issue of saggy door panels on your mk5 GTI! Hopefully this quick step by step tutorial will help you do this job yourself and can save you about $300 on what it would cost for a new door panel. This is super easy and you can get all the stuff I used to do this right below in the links provided! Please help us out by giving this a thumbs up and don't Forget to SUBSCRIBE kzfaq.info...
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@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the camera lighting in the beginning! We picked the brightest day unfortunately and the camera couldn’t autofocus in time 😬 make sure to check out our Miata content!

@GrimKillazent 4 жыл бұрын

i need help where you from bro

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

MerkzySZN were from somerset county new jersey

@miguelgonzo88 3 жыл бұрын

On behalf of all mk5 owners, we deeply appreciate your videos man.

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that, Thank you!

@jacksonkahrs6334 3 жыл бұрын

Ugha duga

@CherylCold 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid, nice how you are not afraid to show the mistakes that can happen. Now I know what my trimmer will go through when I send the GTI in for door cards and roof lining fix!

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And yeah everyone makes mistakes I want to show my faults to make sure you guys don’t have that happen or at least can avoid it as much as possible. Hahah yeah it’s gonna be put to work

@crazy8sdrums 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. My Rabbit has the same issue and this vid helped a lot to learn how to fix it. TYVM!

@RatchetWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

No problem! Thanks for watching!

@user-xl5np5dp8n 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I think we all can appreciate how this job is a beast! Great outcome.

@RatchetWrenches 6 ай бұрын

Thank you glad you enjoyed it!

@HIZZLESHNIZZLE 2 жыл бұрын

I found that using goo gone works best with removing the adhesive. just apply the goo gone, let it sit for like 5 minutes then wipe it off with an old rag. Then I used a wire wheel($5 at home depot) attached to my drill to get the rest of the old foam off. It's also good for making abrasions in the plastic which helps the glue adhere.

@RatchetWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome good to know!

@jameswaite5603 2 жыл бұрын

I have an mk5 with the same saggy door panels. Man, I love my VWs but it blows my mind how this kind of stuff is screwed up from the factory and it especially being the mk5 BEFORE VW slashed the budget for the Jetta/Golf series to be more price competitive. I began to get discouraged about the interior repairs I am having to do but then I got in some friends' Toyotas and Fords and saw their interiors LOL and instantly appreciated the simplicity of VW fixes :D

@RatchetWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

Hahah yeah they really screwed up and I feel you man! It’s definitely a little scary to replace and fix but it almost looks more complicated then it actually is. And hahah yeah some other manufacturers their interiors are god awful and so cheap.

@Dr_mvks Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video!! I have to do this for all 4 doors…

@RatchetWrenches Жыл бұрын

No problem! And damn unfortunately that doesn’t surprise me!

@vitalbrace5094 4 жыл бұрын

nicely done!

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@KARIMKARIM-hd1zj 2 жыл бұрын

thank you from The Kingdom of Morocco

@RatchetWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

No problem! And thank you for watching!

@travishohenberger7911 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing that. Don't worry about the negative feedback on this one. There are areas for improvement. You know that. The viewer knows that. And it is helpful to know the risks going in before one even attempts it. You could pull that driver side, do it again, and I guarantee it will go even better than the passenger side. The "professional" aspect is just a matter of practice. Keep pushing honest content and that is a service in and of itself.

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Honestly we greatly appreciate this comment, this was the first time doing the trim upholstery and we tired our best to provide the most in depth tutorial regardless of our faults. We put it out there for the viewers to hopefully try themselves and save them some money! Thank you, we appreciate you!

@jamescornell8184 4 жыл бұрын

I did my own door panels also. Heat gun and a small flat pry bar works well on the plastic welds, to pull off and to reattach once the panel is covered. My 2 cents. Nice video, helpful.

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

James Cornell shit I didn’t even think of that! That would’ve been a solid way to go. Thanks for that input

@jamescornell8184 4 жыл бұрын

Ratchet Wrenches it took me a rear door screw up before I got a system for the other 3 doors. I’ve got an 08 white Gti like yours with a couple mods. Keep up the GTi content and the cool videos. Cheers!

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

James Cornell it’s all a learning experience for sure! But that’s awesome man and yeah we’re just trying to come up with some new content!

@adamkorekach9936 Жыл бұрын

I’m gonna try the heat gun for sure on my VW Passat! Thanks!

@simplyspeed4108 3 жыл бұрын

great video, covered everything perfectly. i suggest using Lacquer Thinner or maybe Acetone when scraping off the glue if it’s a little difficult getting it to come off, other than that everything so far has come out perfectly for me just need to lay the fabric and put it all back on 👍 (then do it on the other side 🙄)

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! And true I didn’t think of those. They’d prob eat that glue right up! I’m glad yours is turning out well!

@baileywilson7749 2 жыл бұрын

Thinking about doing this but using the patterned fabric from old charter bus seats

@samyouhnis6058 4 жыл бұрын

GTI content! love this shit man! your mkv is clean as hell!

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, sorry we’ve been really busy with the Miata to get it where we want it for the time being!

@echodivy4565 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed with you!

@bubbaskywalker3129 3 жыл бұрын

Helpful vid. I need to reglue the vinyl inserts on the door panels of my Mk5 jetta wagen. Hopefully I can scrape and reuse the vinyl because they are molded to shape.

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and yeah you’ll need to try and reuse or maybe a custom upholstery shop can do it

@bubbaskywalker3129 3 жыл бұрын

@@RatchetWrenches Hope we can reuse it. Trying to stick to a shoestring budget. 🤣

@timjoo5690 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vid, very helpful. What adhesive and procedure did you use to attach the fabric section onto the door back on?

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And I used this adhesive, amzn.to/2T2Ds72 and the procedure is pretty much the same as the one here just a tad bit different in the removal process

@lavachemist 4 жыл бұрын

Nice. That didn't seem to be too difficult. I can't wait to fix my door cards! Thanks for the video.

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And yeah it’s more just tedious and having to be careful with the plastic. Otherwise it’s a pretty easy job. But hahah I bet, it gets to a point where enough is enough with the saggy material. Did you or do you have saggy headliner? That was a b*tch when I replaced it haha

@lavachemist 4 жыл бұрын

@@RatchetWrenches Yeah, I have saggy headliner, saggy door cards, saggy rear seat panels. All the sagginess unfortunately haha It really detracts from the car a lot. I'm sort of ashamed to let people see inside because it makes it seem like I have the crappiest hoopty ever, even though it's actually mechanically a pretty good car.

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh man! But I can relate, for a period of time I’d hate having ppl in my back seat because the headliner legit sagged in their face 🤣 I just said screw it and replaced it all. Agreed it’s such a good car! As long as you maintain it properly it’ll last you a long time!

@danielmarquez8517 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the cloth from? Link please

@JulitoPapitoo 4 жыл бұрын

Use a nylon brush to clean off the old glue, it works great just scrubs right off.

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Noted! Thanks, I’ll do that with the rear trim pieces

@stellarosa9121 Жыл бұрын

Bought my very first gti 2 days ago .....already dug out my staple gun🙃

@RatchetWrenches Жыл бұрын

Yeah unfortunately these cars are notorious for saggy headliners and upholstery. They used too much material from factory

@MK5Snowboarder 10 ай бұрын

Ahh I found this video and you already did the doors fabric :) Now I would enjoy to see you do the fabric in the back seat ;)

@isaacswisher7799 2 ай бұрын

I know I’m still looking at trying to just take out the panel. Have tou seen a video with it?

@MK5Snowboarder 2 ай бұрын

@@isaacswisher7799 I havent been looking very hard to find one. I’m just dealing with it for now :(

@isaacswisher7799 Ай бұрын

I did it, if u need help lmk

@MK5Snowboarder Ай бұрын

@@isaacswisher7799 how was it? i'm guessing you have the 2 door?

@isaacswisher7799 Ай бұрын

@@MK5Snowboarder yes I have the 2 door, I’m in the process of the rear panels now, used a heat gun to get the speaker out from the panel I need to re upholster, broke them on both sides but they went back together with glue and u can’t even tell they broke there perfect

@melissamitchell1937 4 ай бұрын

Dang! I was hoping to learn of a solvent or solution to rid of the old sticky foam & adhesive funk. That stuff is super annoying.

@jazminwallace7846 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video for the back part of the car?

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t unfortunately! I’m sure there’s a bunch of write ups online that show very quality pics and explanations

@lizlaughin7806 Жыл бұрын

Volkswagen interior does not hold up in hot states 😒 so disappointed with the reupholster shop quotes to fix 4 saggy doors thanks for this video 📹 👏

@RatchetWrenches Жыл бұрын

Yeah they really dropped the ball on the interior for this generation. And I’m sure it’s really highly priced ! But no problem!

@slimpickens8589 Жыл бұрын

When you glued the upholstered piece back to the door, how did you clamp it together so the glue could set?

@RatchetWrenches Жыл бұрын

I didn’t end up clamping anything. I let gravity do it’s job. But you can use some plastic clamps with some small pieces of wood pressing down on it.

@akhil6987 2 жыл бұрын

I tried this before .upholstery went well but the panel kept poping out when weight was applied . I re-melted the plastic bits with a soldiering gun .how is your panel holding up with the contact glue?

@RatchetWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

Gotcha and honestly ours was holding up really well for the year or so, I sold it so I’m not sure how it is to this day unfortunately

@NeoTselaesele 15 күн бұрын

I dont know if you're going to see this but do you have to disconnect the battery

@RatchetWrenches 14 күн бұрын

It never hurts to!

@funkblack 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have any door panel rattles after taking it apart? It drives me crazy. I took it down again and tried to fix it but couldn't locate the problem.

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t have any rattles no, but I’ve had rattles before due to some of those aluminum tabs not being in the plastic holder anymore and they just rattle around all over the place. Have you seen it any of the tabs are missing?

@nicklewdor1290 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to use the old liner that was on there already because mine is leather how do you take the sticky stuff off the old leather liner?

@RatchetWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I’m not sure because whatever you do to scrap it off you risk potentially tearing thru the leather, and chemicals could ruin the leather too. I’d say the best way unfortunately is to get new leather

@AngieS07_ 2 жыл бұрын

Can u tell me please some modern radios (good) for 2008 gti volkswagen?

@RatchetWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

This is the one I used when I had my VW amzn.to/35MW3qx

@Mroberto7.077 Жыл бұрын

Just wondering how many cans of adhesive did you use ?

@RatchetWrenches Жыл бұрын

If I recall correctly it was just one!

@jackattack6045 4 жыл бұрын

Your Miata is sick though ngl

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Just wait for the turbo

@jessicah3450 4 жыл бұрын

Did you do the upholstery on the rear panels in your GTI? Mine are sagging worse than the doors. I have the fabric held in place with a strip of cardboard shoved between the panels, it keeps it in place but looks bad. Just finished my headliner.

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Hey I haven’t done my rear panels yet, they’re not as bad as I thought. I might try and hold out on replacing them for a while. But that’s actually kinda clever how you have it held in but YeH I bet it’s an eyesore

@isaacswisher7799 Ай бұрын

I can help

@mattm9 4 жыл бұрын

How big is the speaker attached to the door card?

@GGWizardS 4 жыл бұрын

there are the 4 inch and the 6.5 inch

@rlindros16 4 жыл бұрын

How was it reupholstering the headliner? The one in my gti is starting to sag.

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t too hard. The hardest part is getting the headliner out the hatch. Plus I don’t have a sunroof so it made it easier. If you have a sunroof it’ll be tough

@rlindros16 4 жыл бұрын

Ratchet Wrenches sounds good. No sunroof here. I’m gonna have to find some fabric and give it a shot. Thanks for the info.

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Lindros okay yeah it’ll be easier without that sunroof for sure. Just make sure to disconnect the battery when removing the side pillars because they all have live airbags. So other than that it’s just removing plastic trim and then maneuvering the headliner out the hatch! Best of luck 👍 messages on Instagram or Facebook if you have any questions. Links are in our bio

@alanawampler6455 3 ай бұрын

Noticed you must be a drummer.

@RatchetWrenches 3 ай бұрын

😂 why would you say that?

@hunterfairchild3854 2 жыл бұрын

Just finished mine in plaid with matching rears and matching headliner. This is quite a or deal

@RatchetWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome that you got the plaid headliner and yeah it’s not an easy task lol

@hunterfairchild3854 2 жыл бұрын

A wire brush takes the old glue off effortlessly

@WiseRebellion 4 жыл бұрын

You should’ve done red

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Was going to but I couldn’t remember the headliner color name so i didn’t want two different reds haha

@kylensloyer 12 күн бұрын

Do you still have this car? If so hows everything holding up

@RatchetWrenches 11 күн бұрын

Sold it many years ago unfortunately

@declansimpsonbmx7840 4 жыл бұрын

My Golf V doesnt sag and im hoping it doesnt

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

You’re lucky! Most do hahaha

@johnathanellis9010 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Seems tedious. I’ll look into paying a professional

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yeah it’s very tedious

@GGWizardS 4 жыл бұрын

it says it’s for under 80$ to do all of it, but the headliner itself is 100$

@RatchetWrenches 4 жыл бұрын

Hmm idk which brand headliner material you search but it’s $49.99. The exact one I used is down below in the description

@KaiLew 3 жыл бұрын

Fuck this took forever sweat and tears not worth it

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

It’s worth it, that saggy headliner material is such an eye sore

@jobouchard1862 2 жыл бұрын

Im probably the only one that didn’t have this problem 😂

@RatchetWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

Hahah you’re lucky! It’s notorious for the mk4-mk5 generations 😬

@albanianstars5645 3 жыл бұрын

not professional . from 1 to 10 i give you 3

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

Cool I’m glad we got graded

@erikastvg365 3 жыл бұрын

Looks terrible :D

@RatchetWrenches 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!