Making Hot Rod Door Panels

However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think.

Making hot rod door panels.

Upholster door panels without sewing by using this layering technique. They are vacuum molded and ready to be painted for a finished look. Most factory cardboard panels have long since rotted away or are. Door panel kits we offer two types of door panel options for older and newer vehicles.

Mark any holes that will need to be put in. This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels. This allowed the stuff to pretty much remain where it was under the false floor. A false floor with a hinged door was constructed.

Cowl boards are a compressed waterproof cardboard primarily used in older vehicle applications. This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. 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. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels.

Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. Add a logos or designs if desired. But using some readily available components you can achieve professional looking results. Door panels can be a real pain to build when you consider the types of materials available in sheet form.

To make the holes i used a gasket punch at first and for the larger holes but for small door panel clip holes i just drilled 1 2 holes like the original had and cleaned the edge with a sharp knife. The project started off with cabinet building 101.