Do it yourself door panels
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Do it yourself door panels
Thought you guys might be interested,I did not like the aftermarket panels available,and the $100.00 dollar price tag!So I made some templates out of bristol board,copied them on thin sheetmetal.Made up the design and using 1/4 inch high density foam glued the pieces on the metal with contact adhesive. I then took some white vinyl and glued it on. I am happy with the results and it costed me $11.00 dollars including the glue.
Thought you guys might be interested,I did not like the aftermarket panels available,and the $100.00 dollar pricetag!So I made some templates out of bristol board,copied them on thin sheetmetal.Made up the design and using 1/4 inch high density foam glued the pieces on the metal with contact adhesive. I then took some white vinyl and glued it on. I am happy with the results and it costed me $11.00 dollars including the glue.
Thought you guys might be interested,I did not like the aftermarket panels available,and the $100.00 dollar pricetag!So I made some templates out of bristol board,copied them on thin sheetmetal.Made up the design and using 1/4 inch high density foam glued the pieces on the metal with contact adhesive. I then took some white vinyl and glued it on. I am happy with the results and it costed me $11.00 dollars including the glue.
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Nice work; like the panels; Also weclome to FTE. Keep up the good work. I'm with ya on cost; also the new panels are made very cheaply; but I have to omit I purchase some for my 65. I was to lazy / lacking the brains to fab mine. I did partially decide on black due to the cost of $50 difference between the three avaiable colors at the time.
Nice work..
Mitch
Nice work..
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Hi I just used brushable type contact, I did not have any remnants of the old panels to use as a template,so it made it a little harder making the patern,but was worth it. I will post some better pictures tomorrow.
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From: elk washington
nice panels i was wondering were you got the clips to hold the molding on mine all broke when removing the old panels i have some new panels that are hand tooled leather withthe same pattern as my saddle and would like to put them in my 65' one ton that is use to pull my horse trailer yours look good thanks bob
