1972 3dr Suburban Build Thread

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

Thanks for the info. I'm working on the trim panel clips. The problem I have is attaching them to the back of my panel and if one breaks off then I will need to replace it with a new one. The plan is to make a hole next to the location and then a slot that it slides over into to hold it in. I'll post pics later.

Nice job on that S-10. That looks sweet. You just gave me a really good idea for mine.