My Garage fabbed Door Panels

[protour73]

Sometimes you just need to push the fear of trying something new aside. So I dove into auto upholstery, head first. I figured if I screw something up, I'll just do it over. I kept my design simple, so the actual application would not be so difficult. Knowing my amateur status could only take me so far, I had a local auto upholstery shop (Riggs Brothers in Naperville, IL) do the armrests, they were able to incorporate the 2 major choices of material that I used and ran a stitch down the side of the armrest for a nice finished look.

I had gotten tired of the look of the stock '73 door panels in the car and they just didn't fit the overall protouring feeling that the rest of car was exhibiting. The upper door panels were covered with a product from 3M called Di-NOC. It has a faux Carbon Fiber look to it. It's not just a printed design, the surface actually has a texture to it. It works well with the faux Black Carbon Fiber marine grade vinyl I used on the perimeter of the panel, the large insert is a Black faux leather with a really nice texture to it. The small insert is the identical material as the black around the perimeter but in a yellow closely matching the cars paint.

The window cranks are billet aluminum by Lokar, anodized black from their "Midnight" series. I still have to install the interior door handles, but I am waiting for the escutcheon to come back from my friend Tom ( feathercarbon.com ) who is doing them in real Carbon Fiber.

The overall fit and finish turned out pretty well, not perfect.....but hey, it's my first time. I will post up a complete build thread, as I took pictures through the whole fabrication process.

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[skatinjay27]

damn the design is hot!
i not crazy for the faux cf anything but the design is killer!
very interested to see a build process!!!

[MODO Innovations]

Those look really nice. Great job!!!

[Jon69RagTop]

You have every right to be proud of those, very professional.

[redss86]

Very nicely done. Do you have any "in progress" pics?

[hifi875]

Very nice. Something to very proud of. I just put those same cranks on my 69. You might try to swap them around so that they point down. Just my 2cents

[protour73]

Very nice. Something to very proud of. I just put those same cranks on my 69. You might try to swap them around so that they point down. Just my 2cents
HELL......never even thought of that....THANKS!!!

And thank you for all of the kind words, I was afraid of getting flamed!! LOL :willy:

[fleetus macmullitz]

Well done. :thumbsup:

[KSBRKTRACER]

FLAMED .....? LOL ! Wanna do some for me , Those are kooool !

[waynieZ]

They look great, Nice work.

[jocko124]

Looking Good......

[chunger]

Very Nice. Looking forward to the build thread!

[70rs]

Those turned out great! Looking forward to seeing the build thread too. I will be trying it myself on my '70.

[Moabdude]

This is wonderfull! Good Job!!

I wonder how you made them.
Did you make any pictures of the build?
Would like to see them.

[SuperB70]

Way to go Scott! AWESOME!:hail:

Now I know why you hold up pictures to me all winter.:thumbsup:

You have pushed the envelope pretty high now.:bow:

So next you have to do CF door,

Juhani

[68MaroSam]

That looks great. You should be proud of them.

[crazycarguy22]

Amazing, looks killer. Please make your build thread ASAP as I am about to embark on this project very soon and I love your work.

[awr68]

Those look great! Nicely done!! :thumbsup:

[XcYZ]

Excellent! :cheers:

[Payton King]

I would be very proud.

Not sure which model of door pulls you are getting from Lokar, but I had the oval ones that you stick your finger in. Almost could not let myself out of the car with them. Not near enough leverage. Ended up having some one machine more of a handle so I could grab it with 2 fingers. Just a heads up

[CAMAROBOY69]

That turned out excellent. You would never know it was your first try. :) I would also like to see the "in progress" pics.

This is an area I would love to learn some day.

[firebirddady69]

sweet! :thumbsup:

[Nativefx]

I know this is an old thread, and I've read through his step-by-step instruction threads, but I'm hoping the OP is still active here. I was wondering where he sourced the upper portion of the door panel? The section covered in the CF look material that has the door lock protruding through it and I'm assuming hangs over the edge of the sill?

I'm thinking I might give this a shot to build some door panels for my Firebird, especially since the rear sections would have to be modified anyway due to the mini-tubs.

These turned out great by the way!:king:

[syborg tt]

I sent this to Scott just in case he's not watching this thread

[Nativefx]

I sent this to Scott just in case he's not watching this thread

Thanks, I appreciate the help.

[protour73]

Thanks, I appreciate the help.

The upper door panels are an easily sourced part from any after market supplier like these, although you will have to replace the window sweeps if yours are not in prime condition.
https://www.drclassic.com/index.html
https://www.npdlink.com/store/catalog/Camaro_1967_1981_Camaro_Parts_and_Accessories-7-1.html
http://www.classicindustries.com/shop/camaro/parts/

Hope this helps!

(thanks for the heads up Marty!)

[syborg tt]

Your welcome.


Marty-mj
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