[urq] Door pocket fix

[Brandon Rogers]

well I understand the early (pre '84) door pockets are short - liek half the 
door  - my '84 pockets are full door length...

Value-
whatever one of your friends on the Urq List is willing to pay....

Brandon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Karasaki" <johkar at teleport.com>
To: "Brandon Rogers" <brogers at terrix.com>; "Urq List" <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Door pocket fix


> Brandon/Guys:
>
> What timing!  I have a set in near perfect condition that I was going to 
> post on the Audifans.com marketplace.  I haven't posted them because I 
> have no idea how much they are worth and how I should price them.
>
> My understanding is that these door pockets came off a '82 euro urq that 
> was rolled in the early '80's with very little miles on it.  Alot of 
> interior parts from this car came with my former '82 urq when I bought it 
> from the original owner who lived in the Bay area.  Maybe Steve B. 
> remembers the car?
>
> Anyway, how much are these worth and does anyone want to buy them?  Send 
> me an e-mail off list.  Thanks.
>
> John
>
>
> At 01:37 PM 2/14/05 -0700, Brandon Rogers wrote:
>>Guys-
>>thanks for all the congratulatory emails.  Very nice.
>>
>>We're still adjusting to our new life with a baby - but I still made time 
>>to work on the urq - when my wife went into labor I was finishing up a 
>>project (new turbo (IA RS2), new EM (IA RS2), fix small oil leak while in 
>>there, move boost gauge to door/a pillar, install 3-pack of gauges from 
>>'91 CQ, have upholsterer install heater pads in new to me '83 seats, 
>>install seat heater wiring)....anywy I still had as it turns out a good 6 
>>hours of wrok to do.  Glad to say that even with a newborn I was able to 
>>sneak into the garage during naps and get the car finished.  woohoo
>>
>>anyway- sorry for the ramble - hey give me a break I haven't posted in 
>>like 10 days  - and we know I usually post like 10 times a day it 
>>seems..anyway while I was installing the boost gauge I had to remove the 
>>door panel - and again I was reminded of all the broken attachment points 
>>and the fact that door pockets are NLA.  Here's how I fixed it.  I had a 
>>spare portion of factory brown seat leather which of course matched my 
>>brown door pocket carpet.  I cut some small strips, poked an "x" with a 
>>knife to be used as a screw hole, then Krazy glued the little leather 
>>strip to the door pocket.  I then put a screw through the "x" and now the 
>>door pocket is totally secure.  And you have to look pretty darn close to 
>>see what I did - especially considering they are so low - hidden under the 
>>pocket itself.  My outermost, uppermost attachement point was totally 
>>missing so I used a bigger patch of leather, gluing it inside the pocket 
>>and wrapping it around creating a new mount.  I must say it's nice to have 
>>a secure pocket - I can actually put stuff in there now..
>>
>>hth-
>>
>>Brandon
>>'84 ur
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