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Old 05-21-2011, 01:03 PM
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Default My Garage fabbed Door Panels

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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Old 05-21-2011, 01:11 PM
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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!!!
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Old 05-21-2011, 02:08 PM
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Those look really nice. Great job!!!
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Old 05-21-2011, 02:23 PM
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Default Nice Job

You have every right to be proud of those, very professional.
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Old 05-21-2011, 03:17 PM
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Very nicely done. Do you have any "in progress" pics?
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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
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Old 05-21-2011, 05:14 PM
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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
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Old 05-21-2011, 07:56 PM
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Well done.
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FLAMED .....? LOL ! Wanna do some for me , Those are kooool !
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They look great, Nice work.
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