Aluminium door panels

[pork]

Anyone ever made these? Thinking of doin my interior door panels, wondering if anyone has any pics/ advice

 

[sr20bud]

haha i was gonna ask this a while ago as i binned mine they were covered in oil from work lol. i think they would be straight forward to do maybe cut them with metal cutting scissor things? i would put sealant or something behind them tho to stop them rattling (Y)

 

[pork]

Cool (Y) I can get the stuff quite cheap

Think itl look bwad boi

 

[sr20bud]

sweet well if you can get it cheap go for it mate (Y) should look proper race car style :grinning: i was gonna go carbon at first but i just went off the look of the stuff its too common its alright on white cars but ally looks better imo. im thinking of doing an ally dash as well.

 

[pork]

. im thinking of doing an ally dash as well.

Nice!

 

[getawaycar]

Get some sort of backing, sound deadening or at least double sided foam tape or they will rattle.
We have done a few cars out like this inside, being cheap gits we crease larger panels diagonally to give a sort of cross shape, that stiffens them then we glue slit washer tube round the edge! :laugh:

We got the idea from a friend who fits aircon to new buildings! LOL!

 

[pork]

Yeah, was thinking off the foam strips.

 

[pork]

What's best way to cut it to shape? Will the tin snips work ok?

 

[sr20bud]

What's best way to cut it to shape? Will the tin snips work ok?

probably i know i said tin snips but thinking of that now it might warp the tin? i cut the back off a sunny van with tin snips and it made a right mess :laugh:

 

[getawaycar]

Better if you can get a shot of a nibbler. Less distortion.
There isnt a perfect way of doing it but using a nibbler means less 'tidying' the edge!

SR20, you cut the back off a van with tinsnips?! You must have forearms like barrels now! LOL!

 

[Antony]

magnum motorsport make carbon ones pre-cut....

 

[sr20bud]

Better if you can get a shot of a nibbler. Less distortion.
There isnt a perfect way of doing it but using a nibbler means less 'tidying' the edge!

SR20, you cut the back off a van with tinsnips?! You must have forearms like barrels now! LOL!

haha yeah it wasn't bloody easy lol i did the whole thing with them it was for a pickup conversion i can certainly say ill use the angle grinder next time :laugh: