Kick Panel Project 94 Suzuki Sidekick

OK guys, the long awaited update pics! lol.  These are after 1 layer of bondo/resin mixture and sanded to 100 grit.  The pits that you see are not as bad as they actually look, the flash made them apear more, but still have yet to do a couple more bondo layers.

That is what I have so far.  I thought I was going to get farther, but have been so damn busy this week unexpectedly it is not even funny! *HAHA*

But besides that I have been trying to plan out on the door panels.  Has anybody done custom door panels before??

I want to know of how I could give mine strength on the back, and make them have curves like the new plastic panels, like in a newer mustang.

Here are some pictures so you can see how they look.

Passenger Side

To show how thick the panel is, it is thin.

How it looks in the back.

And this is the driver side.

Now I want to do something like this using the dirver side for an example.  Only piece really that I might want to keep on the panel is the Door opening handle.  Other than that I want to make it different, and pop out the window switches to put on the new panel to make it look like they were supposed to be there.

Thats what I have so far guys, what do you guys think about it all?  Hopefully you guys can give me some ideas on how to do these door panels.

Here is a suggestion for doing something totally differant..I'm bored at work so forgive me.

I wish I had some pics to show but I can't draw to save my life. Anyway, you could maybe use chicken wire to form your curves of what you might want to do to your panels. I HIGHLY suggest getting a used driver and passanger door panel so you can mess it up without worry. You have alot of surface are to work with by the looks especially in the upper quadrants. How much room between the door and seat? Mine i have very ittle room unfortunatly. You could do some really radicul stuff/curves using some basic chicken wire.

Or you could hot glue some dowls and woof peices in certain places then wrap it with fleece and see what you get from it.

I know this didn't help much with an exact idea but least it gives you and idea on what to use. I am sure there are other stuff better suited for getting some curves. You might want to retain the door panels and cover them with glass to make one unit or you could just make a completely new panel out of glass. The choice is yours :)