How To Make Your Own Door Panels

Again having the originals as a guide was nice.

How to make your own door panels.

Acquire a 4 ft 1 2 m x 8 ft 2 4 m sheet of 1 2 in 1 3 cm plywood. How to build your own car door panels step 1. Most interior doors today are made from a material called masonite which is a kind of wood fiberboard that is steam cooked and pressure molded onto a thin wood frame to create a slab door that has an appearance of a door with rails stiles and panels. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think.

Mark the doorway. 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. Measure the doorway where you ll be installing your door. Attach the smooth side of the traced piece of hardboard to the smooth side of the other piece with clamps.

Door panels are meant to give you a bit of privacy when you have a door with glass. Before you get to sawing gluing and sanding you ll need. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. Place one 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard on a worktable.

I started with the rolls pleated material. But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. Cutting the main door panel 1. Set an old door panel on the hardboard and trace its.

Very important that this line is accurate on all 4 pieces. 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. I marked the line where it needed to be on the panel itself.

My door panels use a piece of stainless trim that i wanted to use to separate the smooth vinyl from the rolls pleats. For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. So here s how to make your own door panel book tutorial style. Having a curtain rod at the top and the bottom.