Make Custom Hot Rod Door Panels

Door panels can be a real pain to build when you consider the types of materials available in sheet form.

Make custom hot rod door panels.

Click on the how to videos above and watch as pete shows just how easy it can be. On the kick panels i made sure i started at the back edge and worked forward and with the door panels i started with the front edge and worked back. Welcome to club hot rod. Where these two panels meet will be pretty obvious and i wanted the seams to line up nice there.

Again having the originals as a guide was nice. Hotrod panels aims to simplify the process of creating show quality custom door panels by handling all the necessary fabrication for us. At roddoors we are obsessed with producing the utmost quality products to improve your hot rod street rod or classic truck. I need to make some door panels for my 51 chevy.

We simply call hotrod panels tell them the year make model of our latest project and choose one of five stylish patterns offered. Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task. To learn how to build your own custom panels watch our video right here online. Remembering back the custom door panels in my 51 merc had carpet there when i bought it in 1963.

Anyone have any suggestions for making panels to put upholstery on for my doors. Sep 16 2014 posts. Within three days the panels are delivered and ready to install. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels.

Most factory cardboard panels have long since rotted away or are warped beyond. Panels are 23 x 28 x 1 8. We manufacture all of our products in chico california and firmly believe in bringing back quality manufacturing to the united states none of our products are produced overseas. This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels.

This pack of 4 boards is enough to build 2 base panel. The premier site for everything to do with hot rod customs low riders rat rods and more. Use for kick panels or small doors like the model t. Discussion in the hokey ass message board started by bandit billy jul 17 2018.

However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think. Matt167 has a good source but if you want to make some custom panels i would start with. This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system.