How To Make A Custum Door Panel

Watch the videos to learn how to build custom door panels for any vehicle.

How to make a custum door panel.

This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels. How to build your own car door panels step 1. Compare base door panel kit. Cut a piece of the 1 4 foam the exact shape it needs to be on the front of the panel.

Building an interior door. Also apply the resin around the edges to the backside of the panel. View 0 89 99 more info. Set an old door panel on the hardboard and trace its.

Interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. View 1 89 99 more info. When cutting the panel make sure to allow for additional space for the panel to fit in the groove more on that in the next step. Pull out the hand planes and.

Notch design interior door handles. Attach the smooth side of the traced piece of hardboard to the smooth side of the other piece with clamps. Compare door handles cut off design. I own a 6 jointer but the rails on this door are 8.

Remove the clamps. View 6 149 99. This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4.

You don t need to coat the entire backside but. You don t want any overhang on the foam. 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. Part one the frame clamps clamps and more clamps.

For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. A few other things to note. But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. If there are any door handles or window cranks cut a hole in the foam now this will give that nice padded look with the handles sunk in just a hair.

When applying the first coat of resin don t simply paint the surface of the panel with the resin.