Rear Upper (door) Pads

[69fourspd]

Just got a set of new upper pads from B/E&A. I have to say they look great and am impressed with the quality.  I spoke to Mike and he recommended using small black screws to attach the window fuzzy/cat whiskers. I figured I would take some pics in case anyone was curious about the look of the pads along with the screw attachment.

1. First Pic - is of the Pads
2. Second Pic - Nice crisp detail on the stamped impression in the middle of the pad.
3. Third - #4 black sheet metal screws from Home Depot
4. Fourth - Burrs on cat whiskers. I smoothed these over since they could catch the new vinyl and create small tears.  Once the vinyl heats, dries, cools, heated again.... you never know how big a tear can run. Also gave them a quick polish to take care of the fine scratches from rubbing together in the packaging.
5. Fifth - Clamped the cat whiskers in place nice and tight where I wanted them.
6. Sixth - drilled almost in the center of the fuzzy part. Put all the screws in enough to hold in place.
7. Seventh - cranked down on all the screws and buried them into the fuzz.  They can go deep enough to not see them even but without stripping the sheet metal.  Its a tight turn of the screw driver, but I am confident the screws will not scratch the glass. If you look close, you will see a marker dot on the sheet metal which shows where the screw it - almost invisible.
8. Eighth - Finished. Looks about as factory as my old cracked pads with the felt attached.

One last thing to do - mount them in the car.  I do have a question - what kind of screw is used at the rear of the pad to attach to the little white plastic clip that mounts near the sail panel? Anybody have a pic or reference?

[69fourspd]

#5, 6, 7, 8

[twenty mike mike]

Thanks for the post. That's one of my next projects, if anyone ever gets the proper upper door pad color in stock.

[TexasStroker]

Nice...Screws are hardly visible!

Do you happen to have their front door panel pads as well?

[69fourspd]

I don't have the fronts but will be ordering them next.  I wanted to see the quality on the rears first.  I am going to go with BEA since I am happy with the rears.  Clips line up real nice too.

[TexasStroker]

Awesome!  I've just been debating which fronts to pick up, but was looking for a head-to-head comparison, but this will be helpful nonetheless!  Glad they line up well!