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Mar 26, 2009 | 09:05 PM

mudder460

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Fixed up my door panels

Well I finally got around to working on my door panels. The old trim was peeling back and I was tired of it. I got some aluminum diamond plate and made my own. I still need to get some bolts to secure it and cut out the window hole. I am hoping to get them finished up this weekend. Here is what I have so far!!

Mar 26, 2009 | 09:44 PM

73f100shortbed

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Looks good

Mar 26, 2009 | 10:17 PM

Bgasrickshaw

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Yeah, looks heavy duty

Mar 26, 2009 | 11:55 PM

projectbad78

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that looks great, i see youre from arkansas, im from clarksville

Mar 27, 2009 | 12:05 AM

big_witt7

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That looks really good, wish i would of thought of that, i know what im looking into, only downside probably be a bit cool in the winter.

Mar 27, 2009 | 02:06 AM

76f350spercamprspeal

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Looks great!

Have fun workin' on your truck!

Mar 27, 2009 | 01:00 PM

berry1234

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Looks good. Will the diamond plate rub your skin off every time you roll the windows up/down?

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Mar 27, 2009 | 08:30 PM

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Man that looks really nice.

Mar 28, 2009 | 01:30 PM

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To cool, thanks for the idea to fix the same problem on my 79. Finished product pix please, want to see what hardware you use to attach it.

Mar 28, 2009 | 03:10 PM

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Man if you made those things up and sold them on eBay you could make some money for parts and other things for yourself.

I made some extra DP stuff when I made it for my Samurai and made some good cash off it.

Mar 28, 2009 | 11:03 PM

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Alright, finally got to finish them up tonight. I noticed that the window crank area stuck out a little farther than the other spots. So nothing a little cutting with a dremel couldn't fix.

Next I went and bought some 1/2" long screws and got some washed about 1/2" across.

I decided to only put in 6 bolts on each panel. I marked the holes I wanted with a marker.

Once I drilled out the holes there was some excess material on the other side. I took a 1/2" drill bit and used that to cut it off and on the areas that the hole came out on a diamond it filed it down some for the screw to fit in.