fiberglass door panels for my 95 gmc 150

Hey guys, I just registered as a member on here and it has a lot of useful info. With that I decided to do a couple of builds myself. Today I just took off my original door panel and taped up the inside of the actual door. I plan on using 1/8 in MDF for and outline on 3/4 of the door and the upper 1/4 I am going to have touse just fiberglass since it has a slight curve to it plus I want to use the arm rest and the metal peice it sits on for stability for the door. I am then going to make a mold of the door and put a few custom designs of my own with it. While I am building if you have any idea's feel free to post and I just might use it. I am pretty open minded about the design right now. thanks

Say goodbye to my old door panels!

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goodbye door panels

Ok here is the work I got done today. not much only had a like an hour to work before sun went down.

The wood panel does go around the arm rest for added stability. I am going to fiberglass the top part and some of the front of the inside part of the panel.  That should be up in the next few day. also I am going to post some of the recent FG box pics that I built.Thanks

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Ok so I just got the photo's of the box that I built on my computer and resized. (what a pain the ***) It took me about 10 hours total to build this thing.! not to bad I guess how long does it usually take someone??

Still need black paint this is just the primer on it! let me know what you think

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No speakers in the doors? Can't believe how flat the panels are in that truck which makes it easier to fabricate. I would take this oppurtunity to add a nice set of component speakers molded into the panels.

I am going to put some infinity kappa perfect 6.5's in there and I am thinking about putting some 5 1/4s in to with some tweeters up top. that is just the basic out line tho. Now I am going to cut it out and fiberglass the top and then build the speaker pods onto it once the frame is right!

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Sounds good...keep the pics coming. Need any ideas, pm me.

word up man it looks like you've put a lot of time into your truck good worrk man post the finished product. but one thing i see and i can't let you go on with out saying something to save you some aggravation when you start glassing the top don't use that duct tape. the heat from the glass activateing will make a huge mess. use masking tape. been there and done that. keep it up though man it's going to be ill

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Biggi Kustumz home base operation since 1998. car audio should be fun not work!!!!

Any updates on the door panels? I'm watching how yours come out before doing my own.

Hey thanks for the info biggidaman. I have since sold that truck and just bought my dream truck. An 83 square body chevy (chevy c10). I am planning on glassing the entire inside and covering some with vinyl and the rest with paint. I plan on doing the dash, doors and box all from scratch. Thanks guys and I will have picks on my my new thread within the next week of the truck and some of the work for it!

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Hey man, engineers designed aspects in the contour of your stock panels that should not be altered for reasons that are too many. You may regret altering the door to that extent. You should hit up junk yards for spare panels or if your patient and precise, risk the ones you have. Remember, your building new panels. Contour, weight, lever trim, window sill shouldnt be altered to much.   Make every cut in reflected duplicate and build twin cities in unison. Dynamat, undercoat and the new panel is already alot of weight not intended in vehicle design. Mdf right there will get wet and heavy only to begin dissolving with the door slamming. Frame new speaker mounts to original panel, re-wrap the whole door, spots to cutout and mounting solution are complete, ample bondo needed to maintain the new form, perforate the original panel with a small drill at all angles so resin dries like its pinned down, Especially for secure bond of thin areas and anywhere the new face and stock panel have direct contact.   I know you seen the method...perhaps you have a better one I am unaware of?

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Ianarain,

  Thanks for the advice. I believe that is some pretty good stuff you had to say. I ditched that project because someone offered me $3500 for the truck so I sold it them before I got to far on the panels. I now have an 83 chevy c10 square body I am working on. I just recently got the engine running and now I am about to start working on glassing the whole interior. For this truck I have some old door panels already on that I think I am going to cut apart and use for the base of the door for the reasons that you said. It will be much easier to work with a mold that is already there and I wont have to worry about building a custom piece to fit around the panel where the door meets the window and I will already have the cut out for the door opening lever too. I will be trailering the truck to my properties where I can start working on it under a car port. I will be posting pictures as a go along and provide as much detail as possible. Please feel free to throw out Ideas and any advice as I go along. Thanks

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ianarian,

i think what you said in your post goes completely against what this whole website is about and was created for. we in the custom car audio world do what the engineers in at the factory would only dream of. we go way out of the ordinary and use every bit of our creativlty to put out the products that we do. And for you to come in here and write such a post kinda offended me. i've been building custom cars for well over 15 years. from hoppers to full glassed out custom sound Q cars.  check out my myspace photos under "rides i've built" album. and check out some of doors and how much weight i've put in them doors  and altered shapes and have never had a problem.  you should just watch how you word things man maybe i took it out of context but the way it sounded to me it realy would offend every one that uses this site.

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Biggi Kustumz home base operation since 1998. car audio should be fun not work!!!!

biggidaman- I like a lot of your builds I need to update my myspace with things I have done. Ben lazy, I will get to it someday.

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Offense? To the commonly practiced method I vaguely described? I try to discourage mdf in moisture prone locations when I can. I recommend staying consistent with the interior design when only glassing door panels. As well as not overloading the weight of the door. My experiences and opiniarian's dont offer offense to be taken. There's no right or wrong or judgment being passed. I am here to learn by sharing ideas and knowledge with others. Obviously you have not seen my pro's vs. joe's topic.... there's nothing anyone can say that offends me.

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vibrationcustum,

thanks alot man. that right there keeps a brother going. thank you for the compliment.

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Biggi Kustumz home base operation since 1998. car audio should be fun not work!!!!