TravelingIA98 Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 Owned my M20K Rocket for a few months now and have already put about 100hrs on it. That means I’m starting to get picky about the interior I’ve been staring at for 100hrs. One funny thing that bugs me are these home made door pull straps, just ugly in my opinion. Anyone have a good idea for a clean replacement? Another side note, I’ll be removing all the interior plastics to repair some small cracking here and there. Anyone have a good technique for repairing the plastic? And any good source of the metal foil interior placards? thanks!
Ragsf15e Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 9 minutes ago, TravelingIA98 said: Owned my M20K Rocket for a few months now and have already put about 100hrs on it. That means I’m starting to get picky about the interior I’ve been staring at for 100hrs. One funny thing that bugs me are these home made door pull straps, just ugly in my opinion. Anyone have a good idea for a clean replacement? Another side note, I’ll be removing all the interior plastics to repair some small cracking here and there. Anyone have a good technique for repairing the plastic? And any good source of the metal foil interior placards? thanks! Ive been contemplating doing this as well. Lots of threads on this, here’s one…
Schllc Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 I always thought if i owned a mooney with the strap and wanted to change it, I would consider an overhead handle that is like the one in my Landcruiser. it is spring loaded and folds when not in use. there is no reason it could not screw into the same place as the strap and would look a lot better.
201Mooniac Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 My interior shop took a piece of nylon webbing and wrapped it in leather by just sewing two strips along the length and used that as the strap, looks good and is really strong.
Paul Thomas Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 18 minutes ago, 201Mooniac said: My interior shop took a piece of nylon webbing and wrapped it in leather by just sewing two strips along the length and used that as the strap, looks good and is really strong. That's exactly how my replacement was done.
Jim Peace Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 1 hour ago, Marc_B said: @TravelingIA98 I went with Hector in SAT.....works and fit perfect.....
DCarlton Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 I bought a leather one off of Etsy with my tail number embossed in it.
Hank Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 I can measure the one on my C and make a leather one. But my dyes are limited to shades of brown.
M Terry Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 I made a new strap out of a piece of vinyl from a discarded suitcase. I folded it into 3 layers with light fiberglass cloth in between, held together with vinyl specific glue For the plastic repairs in my F I used ABS dissolved in acetone. Just get a small piece of ABS pipe from the hardware store and drop it into a jar of acetone and close the lid. The next day you will have a jar full of black goo. From the non exposed side smear that goo into all the imperfections in your trim pieces. I pressed a single layer of thin fiberglass into the goo also. once it hardens sand and paint. Im told that most Lego blocks are also ABS so should work the same way, but with a better selection of colors. 1
Nico1 Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 For the door strap, find a nice leather belt at goodwill. Will work and look nice! 1
laytonl Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 My technique for the plastic is to use fiberglass cloth and PVC (plumbers glue). The PVC glue melts the fiberglass into the plastic. It’s an easy and cheap process. You can buy abs sticks from McMaster Carr to fill in voids. I have pretty much glassed all of my panels using this technique. Obviously, the glue and glass goes on the back side of the panel. Lee 1
Yetti Posted January 7 Report Posted January 7 I just did this for the grab handle on the A pillar by the door. In the Eagles they have a piece of metal running through them. The solution was roll a piece of leather so there are three layers, two on bottom for cushioning and one on top. Run two stitch lines down either side, then thread the metal piece through and cut for the screw holes.
MikeOH Posted January 7 Report Posted January 7 On 1/5/2026 at 3:42 PM, laytonl said: My technique for the plastic is to use fiberglass cloth and PVC (plumbers glue) Curious about the use of PVC glue vs. ABS cement as I thought the plastics were ABS, not PVC.
PT20J Posted January 7 Report Posted January 7 I’ve always used ABS cement which is MEK, acetone, and ABS resin. It’s black and in cases where I wanted white, I just melted white Legos in MEK. 1
Brent Posted January 9 Report Posted January 9 Here's a pull-strap That AeroComfort did for me. I think the trick is having the right hardware; he just refinished mine (I think). On the plastics, I turned to the pros (AeroComfort again). But I think the plastic and fiberglass work necessary to salvage these old panels is within the skillset of someone with some patience and persistence and maybe a mentor to start out. One of the big things for me was I wanted to the reinstallation to look good, and I wasn't confident I'd get that part done right. (I replaced my side windows, and I wasn't proud of some of the aesthetics when I was done.) 1
Paul Thomas Posted January 9 Report Posted January 9 11 minutes ago, Brent said: Here's a pull-strap That AeroComfort did for me. I think the trick is having the right hardware; he just refinished mine (I think). On the plastics, I turned to the pros (AeroComfort again). But I think the plastic and fiberglass work necessary to salvage these old panels is within the skillset of someone with some patience and persistence and maybe a mentor to start out. One of the big things for me was I wanted to the reinstallation to look good, and I wasn't confident I'd get that part done right. (I replaced my side windows, and I wasn't proud of some of the aesthetics when I was done.) Amazing how stitching makes those inner panels looks so much better and finished.
Brent Posted January 9 Report Posted January 9 1 minute ago, Paul Thomas said: Amazing how stitching makes those inner panels looks so much better and finished. We thought the same thing and went for blue stitching that matched one of our exterior colors, and re-webbed the seatbelts in that same color. We were happy with the result. 1
Schllc Posted January 13 Report Posted January 13 On 1/9/2026 at 3:43 PM, Brent said: We thought the same thing and went for blue stitching that matched one of our exterior colors, and re-webbed the seatbelts in that same color. We were happy with the result. Aerocomfort is incredible. You may be able to save a bit here and there with local guys, but I do not think the overall quality can be matched. I cannot recommend them highly enough. I have two flawless and impeccable experiences with aviation upgrades/repairs since I started my journey. Aerocomfort was one, and wetwingologists in FXE was the other. on time, on budget, and better than expected quality. 1
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