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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ I made new door panels woooo
Posted by: scooter311 Jan 20 2005, 08:18 AM
So a-whatta you think? You like? You no-like? You no-care?
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Posted by: scooter311 Jan 20 2005, 08:20 AM
Here-sa onna da car
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Posted by: scooter311 Jan 20 2005, 08:21 AM
Oh my god those pics are huge!! Sorry 
I don't even want to tell you how easy they were to make........
Posted by: mikerose Jan 20 2005, 08:22 AM
Very Nice 
Posted by: 914Timo Jan 20 2005, 08:30 AM
Looks goooooood !!!
Posted by: Joe Ricard Jan 20 2005, 08:32 AM
They look great!! To bad you didn't have some of that cow skin.
Posted by: morgan Jan 20 2005, 08:36 AM
SWEEEEET!
JM
Posted by: skline Jan 20 2005, 08:55 AM
Yeah, very sweet, Are you going to match the rest of the interior to the door panels?
Posted by: jr91472 Jan 20 2005, 08:59 AM
Wow, those are almost exactly what I had in mind for my panels. 
Do you have a pattern or something I could bum? 
Posted by: mike_the_man Jan 20 2005, 09:11 AM
Those look very good! I was thinking about doing something similar. I think you should tell us how easy those were to make. A step by step of the project would be fantastic!
Posted by: Quebecer Jan 20 2005, 09:48 AM
Instructions is what we need, i.e. a Tech Article for the "Info" section.
Great work !
I need door pulls, mine are shot, anyone know where I can find them?
Posted by: scotty b Jan 20 2005, 10:07 AM
Step by step instructions, and to make it easier on us why don't you provide the material too?? 
While your at it just me me a set!! Or four. 
Posted by: Hi_Fi_Guy Jan 20 2005, 10:14 AM
THose look really nice... great work. Are those heat pleats or sewn?
Posted by: scooter311 Jan 20 2005, 10:15 AM
Thanks for the compliments 
I'd like to do the seats next, but that would be a pretty big step - I have a line on a junk set to hack up, and it might be a long-term project, because my original seats are in pretty good shape right now.
I'd be happy to put together a 'how-to' post, I've got more pictures of how I did it and I'll put something together next week (I'm going camping tomorrow and may get snowed in beofre then 
)
For now:
$9 - Marine vinyl and 1/2 inch foam from fabric store using discount coupon from newspaper
$6 for 1/2 and 1/4 inch staples
$4 for thin (balsa) wood strips to replace old ones from top pad section
$30 for the shoe repair lady to stitch the pleats
If you have a sewing machine, you can save the $30 bucks. Even if you screw things up, the material is sooo cheap you can keep trying. I was thinking of making them and selling them, I dunno - It's pretty simple, anyone can do it.
Posted by: scotty b Jan 20 2005, 10:17 AM
HOLD on nowm, are those speakers in the door panel??? You rotten S.O.B......... 
I still want a pair 
Posted by: Jeroen Jan 20 2005, 10:43 AM
nice job!
Posted by: Dr Evil Jan 20 2005, 10:48 AM
Oh great, even more competition for door panels
JK, they look great. The 1/2" foam may have been over kill, though. I am making a set like yours for a client right now. Red-beards look like that, and I will likely be going the same route. Are the pleats sewn through the panel?
Posted by: Brando Jan 20 2005, 11:06 AM
Could I get a pattern for the panel? I want to do something similar but use some aluminum I have instead of particle board...
Posted by: scooter311 Jan 20 2005, 11:44 AM
You guys are killin me
Ze pleats are sewn in, with a piece of cotton fabric over the back so the stitches don't pull through.
Hey scottyb these were the original panels from the car so I figured what the heck, nothing else on the car is really original anymore anyhoo. I DO have a set without holes that I'm gonna redo as well, but there are some cracks in them that I hafta fix first.
I'll load the pattern pics and pleat patterns next week from home 
Posted by: tat2dphreak Jan 20 2005, 11:50 AM
those are dead-sexy beasts!
Posted by: jd74914 Jan 20 2005, 02:22 PM
Nice 
Posted by: mharrison Jan 20 2005, 04:09 PM
I haven't torn any door panels apart, but what did you do with the thin Balsa wood strips?
Posted by: redshift Jan 20 2005, 07:21 PM
Coolness! Those look great!
M
Posted by: kenporacer Jan 20 2005, 07:44 PM
nice job
Posted by: scotty b Jan 20 2005, 07:51 PM
You got me thinking. I might try doing the pleats with basketweave and the rest solid to tie it into the seats!!! 
Posted by: Gint Jan 20 2005, 08:24 PM
Looks pretty nice!
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