Topic: different door panel alternatives?

[baldwookie]

anyone got any different experiences with this?   show some diff door panels...  heard somewhere that some later model door panels might work on some of our older trucks...  ive got an 85 std cab....     

[santa cruz crawler]

I made my panels out of  aluminum  sheet  or out of diamond plate sheet!!
Mabe this will work for you.

[Peterbuilt84]

I made my own. Just used the original panel as a template and used some stuff I had lying around. Then covered it in waterproof material. Wasn't too hard.

[Sparkplug]

PICS

[86bobbedtoy]

I made my own. Just used the original panel as a template and used some stuff I had lying around. Then covered it in waterproof material. Wasn't too hard.

x2 same here
i used upholstry for tractor seats and 1/4" pad
they sell all different thickness material and lots of colors

[Peterbuilt84]

Don't have any pics as I'm not home right now, but I'll see if I can get some.

I went to the upholstery place and I think I ended up getting material for boat interiors. Wasn't very expensive and should hold up well. I didn't even bother with the foam pad, but it might of came out nicer if I did.

[santa cruz crawler]

Here is a pic , I'm still working on them   But you get the idea

[superyota]

can you roll your window down all the way with the speaker in there?

[WIP]

I had aluminum sheet metal door panels. I picked up a wire brush for my drill and scuffed it all up. It looked great and it was durable. I attached it with sheet metal screws and used foam tape to silence it.

[WIP]

OH, I cut it to the shape of the door, so it went all the way top to bottom and side to side. I used cardboard to make a template.

[87toyotaman]

I heard the lumber yard around the corner has some 1/4" birch that's moisture resistant, specifically made for door panels that i'll have to check out. I love the sheet metal and wire brush idea. X3 on the pics. 

[superyota]

 I did a set on my truck a while a back with some 1/8 inch masonite.  worked out pretty nice.

[santa cruz crawler]

Yeah , my window goes all the way down
I broke my handle lever on the inside so that's why I don't have the backing plate on .
But yeah I just made them quick  my old ones were home made and I couldn't stand them !
There made out of a highway exit lol I went to the city construction station and hey handed over 3 huge sheets !! Free, I'm going to make a fuel cell out of one of them then scrap the leftovers    X2 on the wire brush look !

[WIP]

I have searched everywhere for the pics, I don't think I have any. If you do the brushed aluminum, spray a layer of rattle can clear coat on it. Before I did that, the scratches picked up dirt and even the oil from my hands and looked icky. Not the case with the clear coat.