 anyone made their own door panels?, Don't want to spend $$$ if I can duplicate the old pressboard |
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| 914Mels |
 Jan 21 2022, 05:03 PM
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I'm continuing the interior rebuild, moving on to the door panels. The old ones are pretty basic construction, press board, foam and vinyl. The press board is shot after fifty years plus the big hole for a door speaker I'm not putting back in. I can get the board for cheap at HomeDepot so I plan to trace the old ones and try my luck. I'm not worried about durability so much as the car never sees rain so If I can duplicate them so much the better. One thing I noticed, the vinyl is sewn together at the bolster but the vinyl I see for sale shows two separate pieces. There is a channel they tuck into so how do you hold em together?
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| 914Mels |
Jan 22 2022, 07:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 357 Joined: 20-June 11 From: Santee Member No.: 13,221 Region Association: Southern California |
There are some creative people on this site. Aluminum and plexiglass I wouldn't of thought of. Maybe some Lexan panels to up armor the doors!
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| troth |
Jan 23 2022, 11:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 17-August 16 From: CT/WA Member No.: 20,305 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(914Mels @ Jan 22 2022, 09:41 PM)  There are some creative people on this site. Aluminum and plexiglass I wouldn't of thought of. Maybe some Lexan panels to up armor the doors! Upholstery guy at the shop here made a set of door panels up for an E-type jag out of lexan. They came out looking great and felt nearly bulletproof. The challenge was that the lexan was slightly thicker than the original material so it made fitment a challenge but not impossible. I would recommend the lexan but try to find it as close in size to original as possible. |
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914Mels anyone made their own door panels? Jan 21 2022, 05:03 PM
Root_Werks I think you can if they are the early panels? Don... Jan 21 2022, 05:12 PM
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I think you can if they are the early panels? Do... Jan 21 2022, 05:19 PM rjames Yup. Not hard at all, just takes some patience and... Jan 21 2022, 05:14 PM rjames Thread showing how the top strip is done:
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