Making Custom Door Panels

For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill.

Making custom door panels.

Very important that this line is accurate on all 4 pieces. Rip plane and sand enough 1 2 square wood to make the stops front and back for 1 8 safety glass or plastic. Do you want to use the original design of the door panel and simply create a smooth as glass paint able panel. When removing the old panels be sure to remove all staples and hang on to the clips.

Tech exterior accessories and trim videos. Door panels can be a real pain to build when you consider the types of materials available in sheet form. 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.

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. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might. By speedway tech team.

First apply a little resin where the. Lightly sand the whole door. Again having the originals as a guide was nice. Do it yourselfers can build their own panels with a few power tools and glue.

I started with the rolls pleated material. Nail one side of the stops in leaving a 3 16 reveal lay the glass or plastic in and install the other stops. Do you want to add components to the door panel like tvs speakers audio components or 3 d sculptures. Building new panels also gives you the option of using higher quality materials.

Remove as much tape as you can by hand then scrape and sand the rest of the tape and epoxy off. How to build custom interior door panels. I marked the line where it needed to be on the panel itself. Most factory cardboard panels have long since rotted away or are warped beyond.