Building Custom Door Panels

How to design build custom door panels produced by national academy of mobile electronics founder michael breault of san diego ca 1994 copyright owner.

Building custom door panels.

This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels. Be sure to mark all holes for the clips and door handles. Rails and stiles are generally made out of the same materials but panels can vary and even include glass or screens. Share pics and vid on our fb at.

Set an old door panel on the hardboard and trace its shape. This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. Interior doors are generally 80 inches tall and 1 3 8 inches thick exterior doors are generally thicker. If you want to construct a panel without using an old one tape kraft paper to the inside of the door and trace the pattern onto the paper.

I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4 thick stock. The door frame is built using loose tenons or dominoes with a panel that floats in a groove in the frame. 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.

Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. Clamps clamps and more clamps interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. Stretch method and bumper repair filler. Door panels for billy s durango.

For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. Standard door widths can vary from 30 to 32 to 36. 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. Place one 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard on a worktable.

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