Door panel restoration:, 1 down, 1 to go Options

[rjames]

This job was a bit of a PITA and took much longer than I thought it would. However, the price of doing it myself is roughly $25 per panel, so it wasn't a hard choice to make over buying premade ones.

I did have cut new panels out by hand because mine were thrashed with speaker cut outs from othe previous owner. I ended up using early door panels for the template (I have a late model car), and bought the 2 metal strips that you use to hang the panel to the door from another 914world member.

I decided not to use the basket weave material because I think the plain vinyl looks so much cleaner. Turned out pretty good. I just have to mount the door pocket, and then start working on the passenger side one next.

A big thanks to Aaron for his thread on how to build GT door panels. I borrowed much from his ideas. My only deviations were to use balsa wood for the 'tuck and roll' backing strip, and also I did not glue the vinyl to the panel board.