How To Cover Custom Door Panels

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.

How to cover custom door panels.

We offer replacement door panels and armrests for older and classic cars and trucks. A fourth sheet did the kick panels. Watch the videos to learn how to build custom door panels for any vehicle. I began the removal by peeling the edge back from the fiberboard.

View 6 149 99. Compare door handles cut off design. On this panel the cover is molded to the fiberboard with a heat press and glued to the backside around the edges. So it took a sheet for each door and one sheet was barely able to do both rear panels.

Spray an even coat of glue on both pieces. Damage to seats and carpeting can be concealed with seat covers and floor mats but with worn door panels there s only one solution replacement. Backside of vinyl and panel with foam glued on it. Door panels can be a real pain to build when you consider the types of materials available in sheet form.

For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. Compare base door panel kit. Cover the table with a new layer of newspaper and place the rough cut vinyl and the panel on it. The cardboard was 4 x 3 sheets 12 each.

View 0 89 99 more info. 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. Notch design interior door handles. Most factory cardboard panels have long since rotted away or are warped beyond.

This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. Finally i very carefully peeled the. Then i trimmed it off with scissors. Use heavy duty heat resistant spray adhesive.

After waiting 5 minutes for the glue to tack lay the panel foam side down on to the center of the vinyl. But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. I used another 3 sheets to redo the trunk cardboard but i didn t cover that in vinyl yet the cardboard. For door panels vinyl tops and headliners.