How To Build A Custom Door Panel

My door panels use a piece of stainless trim that i wanted to use to separate the smooth vinyl from the rolls pleats.

How to build a custom door panel.

Very important that this line is accurate on all 4 pieces. Do it yourselfers can build their own panels with a few power tools and glue. 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. 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.

There s a lot of lumber and a lot of weight plus they re bigger. How to build a door. Again having the originals as a guide was nice. Car door panels can be expensive depending on the vehicle make and model.

This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. First apply a little resin where the. In this article we ll be building the frame for an interior door from wood.

This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think. But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. I started with the rolls pleated material.

For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels. In part two we ll build the interior panel and and finish it. I marked the line where it needed to be on the panel itself.