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.

Pull out the hand planes and. But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. View 0 89 99 more info. Notch design interior door handles.

View 6 149 99. Products featured in this article. 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. 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.

When applying the first coat of resin don t simply paint the surface of the panel with the resin. A few other things to note. View 1 89 99 more info. Building an interior door.

Attach the smooth side of the traced piece of hardboard to the smooth side of the other piece with clamps. Part one the frame clamps clamps and more clamps. Also apply the resin around the edges to the backside of the panel. Compare base door panel kit.

Compare door handles cut off design. Cut a piece of the 1 4 foam the exact shape it needs to be on the front of the panel. I own a 6 jointer but the rails on this door are 8. How to build your own car door panels step 1.

Place one 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard on a worktable. The lumber that i generally use is 1 inch thick but as my interior door is 1 3 8 inches thick i needed to laminate two boards together to get it to my required thickness. Set an old door panel on the hardboard and trace its. You don t need to coat the entire backside but.

For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. Remove the clamps. You don t want any overhang on the foam.

I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4.