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Mar 20, 2009 | 07:29 PM

Theiskell

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From: Liberty Missouri

Custom door panel inserts

Ok Here is my latest adventure;.
I have never been happy with the look of the stock inserts. With some leftover leather, hard board, a couple of stingray emblems and fun foam, I made this what do you guys think. No original parts were harmed in the making of this modification.

Mar 20, 2009 | 07:31 PM

'75

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I like them, well done !

Mar 20, 2009 | 07:35 PM

PRATASEIS

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They look better than stock, that's for sure. Good job!

Mar 20, 2009 | 07:39 PM

rajsid

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From: Bay Area CA

Goes well with the interior. Love the seats

Mar 20, 2009 | 08:54 PM

yezbozz

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From: central coast CA

Looks great, nice interior.

Mar 20, 2009 | 09:35 PM

hammadown

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From: No Prov RI

Looks good ...nice mod.I like the seats too

Hammadown

Mar 21, 2009 | 12:22 AM

BigEarl

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From: Ofallon MO

very cool.nice touch

Mar 21, 2009 | 09:09 AM

Alan 71

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From: Westminster Maryland

Hi T,
They look very good, and do seem to go well with your seats.
How are they attached to the door panels?
Regards,
Alan

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Mar 21, 2009 | 09:44 AM

3JsVette

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They really make your interior complete! Very nice idea and craftmanship.

Mar 21, 2009 | 09:52 AM

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JDemp

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Very nice!!

Some customs look funny but that looks like a hi end factory car.

Mar 21, 2009 | 10:02 AM

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Red70vette

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I like the look. I think that they would look even better with an offset color like red or gray. Great idea.

Mar 21, 2009 | 10:21 AM

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GD70

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Looks great. Did you take pics from start to finish? I'm curious about the layers of material and assembly.
Nice work!

Glenn

Mar 21, 2009 | 11:19 AM

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Glassbowtie77

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Very nice indeed!

Mar 21, 2009 | 11:52 AM

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Dream Ride

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Yeah, I like that.

Mar 21, 2009 | 04:34 PM

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Theiskell

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From: Liberty Missouri

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan 71

Hi T,
They look very good, and do seem to go well with your seats.
How are they attached to the door panels?
Regards,
Alan

Hi Allen,
I used paper binders like a manila envelope has. When I was at office depot and saw some that were 1.5” long and thought they would work well. I used them inplace of the originals. Oh yeah I did cut the first layer of foam out to compensate for the thickness of the button head on the clips.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GD70

Looks great. Did you take pics from start to finish? I'm curious about the layers of material and assembly.
Nice work!

Glenn

I’m sorry I didn’t……They were pretty straight forward. I used the originals for the pattern and used flat sheets of foam that I glued to the hardboard. Then where I wanted a recess I just cut the foam out. When you glue the leather down just make sure to start wherever you have a recess and work out from there with the glue. I will say it took me longer than I expected to do this. I thought it would take a couple of hours tops. NOT… it was a full day of scratching my head AND a couple of hours of work.

Mar 21, 2009 | 05:20 PM

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onaqwst

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thats a nice color.. is it a gun metal grey or black?.... would be nice to redo my interior in that color

Mar 21, 2009 | 06:52 PM

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Theiskell

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Quote:

Originally Posted by onaqwst

thats a nice color.. is it a gun metal grey or black?.... would be nice to redo my interior in that color

It’s black, the interior was gunmetal gray, but I had too much trouble matching the color. The panel looks grayer in the picture because the door panel behind it had armorall on it. I had thought about making the insert a gray, but I was afraid it would pull your eye to it and look out of place.