Make Custom Interior Door Panels

Building a show quality interior to match the rest of your build can be a daunting task.

Make custom interior door panels.

For most classic car restorers sewing together upholstery is an unlearned skill. This series of videos will walk you through building custom interior door panels. This film will teach you how to design construct and upholster your own auto door panels. When cutting the panel make sure to allow for additional space for the panel to fit in the groove more on that in the next step.

When removing the old panels be sure to remove all staples and hang on to the clips. Depending on your vehicle model a door panel could be composed of several interior panels joined together or just one whole piece. However with a little instruction and a broad selection of car interior upholstery parts the task is made easier than you might think. Although they are considered part of the door itself door panels are expected to have a material theme that is similar to the rest of the vehicle s interior.

This is part one of hagan street rods modular door panel system. The lumber that i generally use is 1 inch thick but as my interior door is 1 3 8 inches thick i needed to laminate two boards together to get it to my required thickness. A few other things to note. Car door panels can be expensive depending on the vehicle make and model.

Building new panels also gives you the option of using higher quality materials. Do it yourselfers can build their own panels with a few power tools and glue. Mark simpson demonstrates on a 1962 oldsmobile door panel how to create custom car door panels using abs board and pre sewn top stitch panels from ez boy interiors.