Making Custom Door Panels

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Making custom door panels.

How to build custom interior door panels. Do you want to use the original design of the door panel and simply create a smooth as glass paint able panel. My door panels use a piece of stainless trim that i wanted to use to separate the smooth vinyl from the rolls pleats. To custom make door panels that are strong enough for everyday use and or abuse use fiberglass mat to reinforce the high stress areas like the door pull or armrest for instance cut the fiberglass mat into several small pieces and overlap them when applying to the door panel surface for added strength.

Do it yourselfers can build their own panels with a few power tools and glue. For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. Mark simpson demonstrates on a 1962 oldsmobile door panel how to create custom car door panels using abs board and pre sewn top stitch panels from ez boy interiors. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might.

Building new panels also gives you the option of using higher quality materials. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. To begin consider what you want the final results of your custom door panels to look like. Very important that this line is accurate on all 4 pieces.

By speedway tech team. But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. Nail one side of the stops in leaving a 3 16 reveal lay the glass or plastic in and install the other stops. Lightly sand the whole door.

Remove as much tape as you can by hand then scrape and sand the rest of the tape and epoxy off. Again having the originals as a guide was nice. I marked the line where it needed to be on the panel itself. Door panels can be a real pain to build when you consider the types of materials available in sheet form.

When removing the old panels be sure to remove all staples and hang on to the clips. First apply a little resin where the. Car door panels can be expensive depending on the vehicle make and model. Most factory cardboard panels have long since rotted away or are warped beyond.