It wouldn't let me add this into the member's guides area, so am putting it here for now 
This is by no means a "definitive guide" - purely just how I effectively did mine 
Time - One hour per door card for a total rookie.
Cost - Not much... £10 for roll of material, coupla quid for some fabric glue.
Tools Needed - See below
Tools Required
Staple gun is optional - just makes things a little easier later on. Also, I was pikey and used PVA glue (as both surfaces are porous). Ideally I'd have used proper fabric glue or something.
Step One - Material
I used leftover acoustic cloth ... hopefully going to try it sometime with alcantara. Make sure you've got enough material lmao don't want to feel silly later on.
Step Two - Plastic Weldsl
You'll see that the door card is mainly held on by plastic welds (as above). The only way to get rid of all of them efficiently is to drill them out.
Be careful - Only take the head off, and do not drill deeper than the card. Tip - may be useful to get some large wire snips to cut any hanging bits of plastic off. May also need to sometimes drill sideways.
Once the heads have been drilled off, it should look something like this -
Step Three - Top Plastic Securing Triml
Using a flat-blade screwdriver, tease the clips out on he top plastic trim bit out. Having also drilled the welds out, it should come out and look like this -
Step Four - Take It All Apart
Tease the card up, and drill any stubborn welds out if necessary. You'll be left with the main plastic trim and the door card!
Step Five - Brute Force Required 
Grabbing a loose end or corner, rip up the old crappy material. If you can, lightly sand down the card below and pick off all of the foam.
Insert old crappy material into dustbin. If you are environmentally aware, recycle material into a hat. If you aren't, make a bonfire with it.
Step Six - Mincing
Obtain food - in this case a Sainsbury's economy range currant bun.
Insert foodstuffs into appropriate orifice - today we are using a mouth.
Step Seven - Make It Fit
Offer the new cool material up and try it for size. Then spend a while trimming it to make it fit. ]
It's at this stage that you want a secure but temporary way of stopping the material from moving - I used some staples.
Having done this, we can see here that we've got a bit too much material, so take it off and make it fit!
The same applies to the back - make sure door handle, door lock pins etc are all clear.
Step Eight - Fit It Back Together Again
Right Gentlemen. If you know how to plastic weld, then go for it. For me - screws. I used a 3/4 x 8 screw .... Ideally I'd want a 1/2 x 8, but can't get them. By itself it's way too long and pierces the plastic on the other side, so I used about 3 washers per screw to bulk it out - don't be afraid to use more if need be! Stick yer grubby fingers on the other side to see if you can feel the screw piercing through. If you can - stop! If not, here's what happens if you don't use enough washers ..
Finished screwing -
Step Nine - *Ping*!! All done!
Wahey!
Then realised - bollocks! Missed a bit under the handle, oh well can't be seen lmao
Any comments are welcome
Rob
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