Originally posted by Pete D:
How did you do those door panels?
Pete
Well I started out by cutting the entire half of the door panel off...that was pretty cool/scary

Then I made a mold out of cardboard/hotglue and tape. Fiberglass resin'ed that, lots of sanding, and finally lightweight body filler. It took about 2 whole weeks to complete both doors. It was kinda just an experiment to see what it would look like. I had the picture in my head of what I wanted it to look like but wasn't sure how to get it there. The screws in the plexiglass...I stumbled on this also. I needed to hold the plexiglass in the door for a few days until I designed the other way I was gonna hold it. Turns out I liked the screws in it because they were the same screws used to install the speakers and it really matched well with that and my aluminum cones. So I spaced them out better and did it. I was extremely happy with the results. The hardest part has been putting the 2 pieces back together and covering the new half with vinyl. I've had to re-cover it twice due to bad glue. I'm pretty sure I fixed that this time though...knock on wood. They weigh about 20 pounds each though, but like I said before I don't race so it really doesn't matter. oh and both doors shut like they were new...effortlessly.
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