full door trim

557f1 · Post by **557f1** » March 24, 2010, 3:33 am

here is how i made my door trims,

i started with the spare doors i have and filled in the gaps with bondo and masking tape over the holes,
i then waxed the door were i was laying the fibreglass,

this how they come of the doors,i aimed for 1/8" finished thickness,you can see i have not trimmed them up because i laid them over my good doors to drill the door clips,check your clips as mine clips sit off centre to the holes in the door cards.

inside view of the door card

trim is finished,i covered the door card with closed cell foam and cut the pattern into it,then more clue and fitted the vinyl ,to easy

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door trim goes upto door glass makes it look alot better.these cost me around $200aud the pair finished,Darren

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » March 24, 2010, 4:56 am

Now this is what my brain needed!!! Great tech and info Darren!!

557f1 · Post by **557f1** » March 24, 2010, 5:05 am

thanks Anthony,i will be finishing the second door tommorrow so i will place more pics ,

64Ranger · Post by **64Ranger** » March 24, 2010, 9:40 am

That looks great. I am so blown away by the talent on this site. I have never worked with fiberglass, so I enjoy this type of tips and hints article. I might even try some glass work in the future.

Thanks again...

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » March 25, 2010, 9:47 pm

AWESOME.
I love fiberglass work.
Have you considered making these for sale?
U@ss

557f1 · Post by **557f1** » March 26, 2010, 6:45 am

Thanks Doug,i never worked with fibreglass so i had my brother help me out and my idea worked as for the upholstery i brought a book on custom upholstery which showed me how to finish them
Uncle skip ,my mate told the same thing yesterday but shipping out of australia would be costly ,Darren

tschmitt · Post by **tschmitt** » March 26, 2010, 9:43 pm

Great work! Came out very nice!

Post by **Kid** » March 27, 2010, 8:24 am

Alan, how many of those can you get into your luggage in Aug. Nice looking panels. foodstick is pretty good working with glass so i sent him a link to this thread and gonnna see if him and I can work something out.

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » March 28, 2010, 12:34 am

Nice Job Darren!, I bet you were stoked!, the way they came out!. Be cheap for me to buy!

, For a change!!!! :lol:

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » March 28, 2010, 12:36 am

Kid wrote:Alan, how many of those can you get into your luggage in Aug. Nice looking panels. foodstick is pretty good working with glass so i sent him a link to this thread and gonnna see if him and I can work something out.

Darrell, that could be a good little earner for you!, set up shop in, Robbin`s side of the garage!

557f1 · Post by **557f1** » March 28, 2010, 12:57 am

yes Alan i am sure we can work a deal ,you could get some of them into a suit case easy for august,

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » March 28, 2010, 1:12 am

557f1 wrote:yes Alan i am sure we can work a deal ,you could get some of them into a suit case easy for august,

Darren, trust me!, these guys would probably send me a suit case purpose made to fit door trim`s! :lol:

, any chance of you making the trip?

557f1 · Post by **557f1** » March 28, 2010, 3:31 am

Alan i would love to go back again ,but not at the moment,you never know

64low-n-slow · Post by **64low-n-slow** » March 28, 2010, 8:19 pm

WOW!!!!
Excellent job. Are you sure you've never done upholstery? Could'a fooled me. I'll take a set!

557f1 · Post by **557f1** » March 29, 2010, 2:31 am

Thanks 64low-n-slow,no i haven't done any of this before,here is my seat i had reupholstered, i will do some research about sending door cards to the u.s,Darren

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » March 31, 2010, 8:36 pm

And the bar just keeps getting raised higher and higher......
U@ss

Robert · Post by **Robert** » August 15, 2010, 2:14 pm

Those are supper nice i like the seat to

557f1 · Post by **557f1** » August 16, 2010, 3:13 am

thanks Robert

olliesshop · Post by **olliesshop** » August 16, 2010, 3:57 am

I just saw them too, WOW what great craftsmanship !!! I bet is sure saved a lot of coin too, eh?

557f1 · Post by **557f1** » August 16, 2010, 4:30 am

thanks mate ,i think they owe me a couple hundred finished.
i have been thinking about the same idea for a dash pad.