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Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:24 PM
Well, I started this project about a year and a half ago when I was in college. When I graduated, I moved inot a second floor apartment in the city and had no place to work on them. About 2 months ago I purchased a home, so finally had some time/a place to finish them. this was my first fiberglass project. Comments/criticisms welcome.

Before:


Progress:








After:











I still need to rewrap the cloth insert with leather to match the seats. And don't mind the speakers. My friend did a number on them, so new ones will be on the way soon.

I wrote up a tutorial for anyone interested in how I made them - How To - Fiberglass Your Door Panels


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Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:34 PM
very nice!



Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:34 PM
I would keep those crossed over at 80-100Hz or your panel will vibrate with the bass and sound bad (experience talking)



Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Sunday, June 10, 2007 7:19 PM
nice work! have you noticed better highs now since they are moved towards your ears better?




Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Sunday, June 10, 2007 7:28 PM
Lookin good.


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Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Sunday, June 10, 2007 8:15 PM
Where is the tutorial to cut your dash because you didnt take the time to mock up the door panels to make sure they fit right first?
Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Sunday, June 10, 2007 8:21 PM
makes me wanna go out and work on mine! looks great.




Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Sunday, June 10, 2007 8:43 PM
yea not positive but PRETTY sure its not gonna clear the glovebox, also wheres the driver side?




Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Sunday, June 10, 2007 9:03 PM
hell yea, about time i remember you starting these...looks good man!





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Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:11 PM
what exactly is going on with that armrest? That doesnt look done.




Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Monday, June 11, 2007 3:20 PM
cavipower1- Thanks!

bradsk88 - Good to know. I need to pick up a new set of components before I tune them, since my friend accidentally kicked them and messed them up.

z yaaaa - I can't tell yet. I only installed the passenger side panel. The driver side one will be going in shortly. Plus, I need to order new components, but I will let you know when I get them in. But compared to where I had them before (speaker in the hole in the first picture, tweeter next to a pillar on dash) they sound way better in their new location.

Full Cav Effect (stenger) - Thanks man.

Fst Cavy - Heh, yeah that is actually in the tutorial. Hopefully others can learn from my mistakes. Like I said, this was my first time doing something like this. I made several mistakes along the way (like letting the panels warp by not letting them cure in the car), but it was a good learning experience.

SpyderWizard - Yeah, it does not clear the glovebox. If you notice in the last couple of pictures I took a big chunk out of the glovebox. I was planning on redoing the entire dash anyways, so not a big deal. I will be reshaping the dash to fit with the door when I do.

tha_prowler - Thanks! It seems like I've been working on them forever. It really sucked moving into the apartment, basically couldn't work on my car for a year. But now that I am in my house I can finally start working on all of these projects again!

AREA 51 - I have taken the armrest off to rewrap it with black leather (to match my seats). It will be getting reinstalled once it is finished.



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Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Monday, June 11, 2007 4:43 PM
Bout time!

Looks good buddy!



Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Monday, June 11, 2007 6:09 PM
Just doesnt look good man..i appreciate the work involved but the execution and the dash cut is bad imo..either way hope it all works out for yah
Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Monday, June 11, 2007 6:35 PM
can you put ur windows down yet? lol



Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 3:14 AM
Nity9CavSedanCRJ - Tell me about it. It's was killing me having them half done and not being able to work on them.

Philly D - The entire dash is going to be completely redone. The pieces that I cut out of the dash to make the doors fit will flow with the doors.

b00sTeD4FuN - Did you find me new doors with power windows yet?


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Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 1:48 PM
SliMMaTiC (Tom Sylvester) wrote:b00sTeD4FuN - Did you find me new doors with power windows yet?


Actually my White car is going to joey.. past that no clue what he will be doign with it.. but may be able to hit him up for the power crap in the doors



Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:28 PM
I'll comment good/bad when the dash is finished. It's not fair for me to judge my likes/dis-likes until it is finished.





Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:59 PM
It's finished but near the handle it's all ratty... what's up with that?



Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:57 AM
b00sTeD4FuN - What are his plans for the car?

Club 3801 (Kevin Richter) - Sounds good. I'm hopefully going to be picking up another car for a DD soon, then I can start on the dash.

Rusty (The Rusted One) - That area is covered by the door handle when installed. No reason to fiberglass it, and if I did then the handle would not fit properly.

Thanks for all the feedback guys. It is really appreciated.


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Re: Fiberglassed Door Panels - Finally Finished!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:22 AM
from the lil he said about it is Go > show



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