![]() The better your lines are, the less finishing/fitting work you'll have to do later. Be as careful as possible to get a good line, including all the window control and mounting holes. Trace out your old door panel upon a new sheet of tag board. Any fabric store should have vinyl and padding. Any hardware store should have the tag board. I didn't feel too bad, as these panels were absolutely finished. I tore it off along with the old vinyl + carpet + door pocket.ĭoor panel destruction. The padding under the old vinyl was pretty much shot. You'll see about a hundred little upholstery staples holding the old vinyl to the panel. Careful when bending the big staples as we will be reusing them later. Pry them back and remove the upper portion. Start with separating the upper trim piece from the lower panel, via the "big staples". Gather your wits and start removing the material from the door panel. Star with the clips and lift off the panel when it's loose. The upper part of door panel (that touches the window) hangs on the frame of the door while the rest of the (lower) door panel is held on by push clips that release with a little pressure. Use your automotive interior tool (or flat head screwdriver) to pry off the door panel at each clip. Unscrew the arm rest and door handle surround. Missing clip mounts, flappy/busted tagboard, generally shitty: Here's my passenger side door panel, 5 minutes after it came of the car. Keep ALL of the factory clips + screws + big "staples", you can ditch the little fabric staples. This DIY gets around it by using some longer armrest screws and nylon spacers. The OEM door panels have a recessed section around the arm rests which is impossible (or a huge pain in the a**) to duplicate. New door panel clips if your old ones are ruined/missing ( Cabetoyota on ebay sells new sets) Automotive upholstery glue (the spray stuff, I used Permatex Headliner & Carpet adhesive) Each door panel needs at least a 44.5" x 17.75" piece of tagboard) Tagboard (I used two 1/4in thick 2x4ft pieces. Your old door panels (which be be pretty much ruined after we use them for templates) ![]() Wood files (a big flat one, a small flat one, and a small circular) I couldn't sew my way out of a cardboard box. Instead of paying a lot of cash for a clean set of original GTS black panels for a power windowed car, I decided to try my hand at making a reasonable alternative.īe warned, I have zero experience in automotive upholstery. The ones in my car were stained, half clipped, dilapidated pieces of **** with a couple pro-status speaker holes cut in them. ![]() After almost 30 years of abuse, a lot of our cars have tired looking door panels. ![]()
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