Making Custom Door Panels

I started with the rolls pleated material.

Making custom door panels.

By speedway tech team. Do it yourselfers can build their own panels with a few power tools and glue. For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. When removing the old panels be sure to remove all staples and hang on to the clips.

First apply a little resin where the. 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. Do you want to use the original design of the door panel and simply create a smooth as glass paint able panel. Very important that this line is accurate on all 4 pieces.

My door panels use a piece of stainless trim that i wanted to use to separate the smooth vinyl from the rolls pleats. Building new panels also gives you the option of using higher quality materials. Again having the originals as a guide was nice. Car door panels can be expensive depending on the vehicle make and model.

However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might. Do you want to add components to the door panel like tvs speakers audio components or 3 d sculptures. 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. Lightly sand the whole door.

But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. To begin consider what you want the final results of your custom door panels to look like. 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. 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. I marked the line where it needed to be on the panel itself.