Making Custom Door Panels

How to build custom interior door panels.

Making custom door panels.

Rip plane and sand enough 1 2 square wood to make the stops front and back for 1 8 safety glass or plastic. Car door panels can be expensive depending on the vehicle make and model. By speedway tech team. Most factory cardboard panels have long since rotted away or are warped beyond.

Do you want to add components to the door panel like tvs speakers audio components or 3 d sculptures. Door panels can be a real pain to build when you consider the types of materials available in sheet form. Building new panels also gives you the option of using higher quality materials. Very important that this line is accurate on all 4 pieces.

Nail one side of the stops in leaving a 3 16 reveal lay the glass or plastic in and install the other stops. Remove as much tape as you can by hand then scrape and sand the rest of the tape and epoxy off. When removing the old panels be sure to remove all staples and hang on to the clips. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task.

I started with the rolls pleated material. I marked the line where it needed to be on the panel itself. My door panels use a piece of stainless trim that i wanted to use to separate the smooth vinyl from the rolls pleats. Do it yourselfers can build their own panels with a few power tools and glue.

To begin consider what you want the final results of your custom door panels to look like. 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. Do you want to use the original design of the door panel and simply create a smooth as glass paint able panel. Lightly sand the whole door.

Tech exterior accessories and trim videos. For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might. First apply a little resin where the.