door panels..

saleensean · 07-19-2008, 04:22 PM

i have decided to take the carpet of the bottom of the door panels and replace it with suede to match the headliner, tell me what you think.

this pic is of one door done and the other stripped waiting to be sueded.

this is an upclose of the completed panel.

Rollin on Dueces · 07-19-2008, 04:49 PM

Looking good!

saleensean · 07-19-2008, 06:27 PM

thank you..

MR. GAMBINO · 07-22-2008, 02:42 AM

Its gona look sweeeeet post some pix unes you install the door panels in your car.

CHEM300WV · 07-29-2008, 12:58 PM

kinda cool looking

Hammbone · 08-06-2008, 06:48 PM

very nice.... keep it up

Scarbs · 08-06-2008, 10:08 PM

This is a simple and easy mod that looks great. I did it after the suggestion from a fellow owner.

Chrysless25 · 08-06-2008, 11:05 PM

I wondered how do you do that. It doesn't look like it comes off. Are you able to tuck excess material in?

Scarbs · 08-06-2008, 11:20 PM

I tried both versions. I was able to pull off the carpet on one door and wrapped it in the suede. The next doors carpet wouldn't come off so i tried the tuck. I sprayed the carpet and the edges with supper 77 stretched the suede over it and used a screen spiling tool to wedge it in. The edges under the speakers in the front have a little ply so i used a plastic pry to to shove it under. Then took a brand new knife blade and slid it around the edges and carefully pull the excess away.Then took the spline tool and ran it over the edges again. I think the trick to a smooth finish is to work from the corners out.
Good Luck

**bruno** · 08-06-2008, 11:53 PM

I really like that mod but would definitely pay a professional upholstery shop to do it for me!

bruno