New Interior Door Panels

Walter · Post by **Walter** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:55 pm

Thought I would share a little about my new door panels. I made these out of a signmakers material called alumaclad or something like that. It is a PVC board clad in painted aluminum on each side. One side is glossy and the other is matte. It comes in many colors. I do not know what the cost is because I got mine as a damaged scrap from a signmaker but you may be able to find some locally as scraps like I did. It can be cut and drilled with wood working tools and looks to be very durable, at least water resistant if nothing else? I turned the glossy side out on mine. My Jeep is the Laredo package and had small chrome stripes on the doors and a silver vinyl stripe. They were very damaged and half of my chrome stripes were missing. So, I had the stainless cargo area strips that came out of the back. I used them as accent pieces on the panels by attaching them with stainless screws. They are exactly the right length and already have two holes in them. One note, the panels are not square on either side they taper both ways. I mistakingly assumed they were square and started by ripping them square on the table saw so when I cut them to size I lost a little on the bottom. I attached them to the door with stainless screws and finish washers. Should be much easier to take on and off from now on without having to worry about damaging the plastic clips.

Post by **Stuka** » Fri May 11, 2012 7:12 pm

Looks nice!!

DC78FSJ · Post by **DC78FSJ** » Tue May 15, 2012 4:48 am

They came out great. I'm going to have to make a set myself and I might "borrow" your idea...

Post by **rstep** » Tue May 15, 2012 7:33 am

They look really good.

Walter · Post by **Walter** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:13 am

Thanks guys. I am proud of them and welcome you to use the idea. If I can help anyway let me know.
Walter

jeepguy77 · Post by **jeepguy77** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:54 pm

These are pretty nice, do you know of any other sources for the chrome strips?

Gilgar · Post by **Gilgar** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:23 am

I really like those door panels!

Walter · Post by **Walter** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:44 pm

Haven't thought of any other sources for the chrome/stainless strips. I just had them laying around since all of the carpet had been stripped from my cargo area before I got it. Seemed like a waste so I figured a way to use them. Of course you could look for a junker and rob the strips from it. If you did not mind an unfinished end you could use roof rack luggage strips as well. That would require cutting them to length and they would be wider and taller and may not look right on the panels. Otherwise you could buy flat bars of aluminum or stainless and cut them to length but they would not have the dressed down chamfered edges of the cargo area strips.

jeepguy77 · Post by **jeepguy77** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:37 pm

I may have to try an see what other chrome may work.

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