1972 3dr Suburban Build Thread

[jugernot]

I like it, and the color too. How are you going to attach the door panels to the doors?

[19723DR]

Originally Posted by jugernot

I like it, and the color too. How are you going to attach the door panels to the doors?

If yours is lemon drop then mine must be banana cream pie. I'm really diggin' the yellow. I'm still working on how to attach them to the door.

[19723DR]

Thanks for all the compliments guys.

[19723DR]

Progress on the door panels. I got some of the pieces cut out. I left some slots in the handle, top and bottom, to bolt through the panel and into the door. Here's what it will generally look like:

[19723DR]

Covered the pieces with vinyl and screwed them together. I made one more piece for the bottom to give it some contour so it wasn't just a flat panel.

[19723DR]

Here it is hanging there. I had to remove some more around the door handle to make it fit. It was just too thick.

I was lucky enough that I found a vinyl the same color as my seats. It's 2:00am and I am ready to crash and I still have 3 more to do. Saving those for another day.

[nuke1]

you are doin excellent work, i have an option for your door panels, to install them, go to your local body shop or fastener store and ask for trim panel clips,, they install with a slot in the back of the panel and then push into predrilled holes into the door itself, that is what i do, and to make the door panels look more subtle use 1/4 or 1/8 inch high density foam from a material place, to cover everything, you can cut it out and design it how you want, you have done a great job so far.theses are a few pics of what i did for my brother in law, he is 16 and Happy. Also to stretch the vinyl so you do not get any bubbles or kinks in it warm it up with a heat gun then stretch it over the item. My mom has taught me this, she is great with interiors.

[jugernot]

Originally Posted by 19723DR

If yours is lemon drop then mine must be banana cream pie. I'm really diggin' the yellow. I'm still working on how to attach them to the door.

Please keep us posted on how they are attached. I plan designing door panels for lemon drop. Your design is great, nice work. Great tips that will help me out. Thanks.

I did a quick search from clips and found these. I would imagine anyone of these would would, but it would be nice to see how they look on the door panel.

http://www.perfectfit.com/dept.asp?d...15974&l2=15290