How To Make Automotive Door Panels

How to build your own car door panels step 1.

How to make automotive door panels.

Here is a little tech on cheap and easy door panels. But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think. It was time to do something nice.

Place one 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard on a worktable. I had original panels in my 47 ford that were covered in cheap vinyl a long time ago. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels. Set an old door panel on the hardboard and trace its.

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. I took more but i can t find them. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. Remove the clamps.

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.