- Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:04 am
#80265
ok not sure if this is the right spot to post this so if not, to the mods. please accept my appoligies. if anyone looks around on the site you will see that i have many posts on door panels floating around.mine were a little worse for ware and needed to be redone.i did them orginaly in black leather but the adhesive bubbled and it did not look to good after like 2 weeks so i wanted to get them smoothed. fiberglassing was gona run me like a good 400-450.00 for the hole set since i own a sedan so i did some home work and found some "HIGH BUILD PRIMER" this stuff is like liquid gold to me worked wonders.my panels are now smooth and this primer will accept any type of paint. so im sure some on here will not agree with what i did for the fact that its not oem but just in case someone somewhere down the line wants to do this and spend minimal monies here is my diy.
ok to start remove the center portion of the door and then remove all the faux leather.once you have removed the vinyl you will see the padding underneith use a putty knife and scrape it all off.*note* the panels have this lightning bolt type pattern all over them, you will need to use a wire brush to get all of the padding out of all of the nooks and cranies.
once all the padding is gone you will see these tiny little holes all over the panel take some bondo and skim coat each hole.
dont rush this let the bondo dry completely at which point turn the panel over and on the back you will see the bondo has pushed thru cut this off with a pair of dikes.
after you cut the little tits off take a tube of caulk or construction adhesive and on the back of the pannel where you just used the dikes put a little dab on each hole. this is to prevent the bondo from poping thru as u sand
ok then now for the next step i suggest using #40 or #60 grit corse sand paper and a palm sander. as i stated before about the lightning bolt design all over the panel.sand and sand then sand some more until the design is gone and the serface is smooth. as you sand go right over the bondo and all at which point in the end all that will be left is a small little pin hole of body filler about the size of a pencil lead
once finished with the corse paper and the panel looks like the pick above take fine grit paper of your choice and "HAND" sand the panel just enough trust me you will feel the smoothness of it at which point sanding is now done
go to your local automotive paint shop and ask for "high build primer" i got mine in an aresol form it also comes in pints and gallons for use in spray guns i suggest getting this type it is much more cost effective.
set your panel up and spray the primer on it dont worry about little improfections for this stuff builds on itself and after a few coats is plenty thick enough to hide a defect. i suggest using 1 can per panel for the best outcome.
over all i am very happy with the out come it will add some individualness to my ride it is paintable in any paint cause its automotive primer and in the end it looks just like fiberglass but with out the price. over all i spent a total of 74.00 dollars and got to spend some quality time with my EG
ok to start remove the center portion of the door and then remove all the faux leather.once you have removed the vinyl you will see the padding underneith use a putty knife and scrape it all off.*note* the panels have this lightning bolt type pattern all over them, you will need to use a wire brush to get all of the padding out of all of the nooks and cranies.
once all the padding is gone you will see these tiny little holes all over the panel take some bondo and skim coat each hole.
dont rush this let the bondo dry completely at which point turn the panel over and on the back you will see the bondo has pushed thru cut this off with a pair of dikes.
after you cut the little tits off take a tube of caulk or construction adhesive and on the back of the pannel where you just used the dikes put a little dab on each hole. this is to prevent the bondo from poping thru as u sand
ok then now for the next step i suggest using #40 or #60 grit corse sand paper and a palm sander. as i stated before about the lightning bolt design all over the panel.sand and sand then sand some more until the design is gone and the serface is smooth. as you sand go right over the bondo and all at which point in the end all that will be left is a small little pin hole of body filler about the size of a pencil lead
once finished with the corse paper and the panel looks like the pick above take fine grit paper of your choice and "HAND" sand the panel just enough trust me you will feel the smoothness of it at which point sanding is now done
go to your local automotive paint shop and ask for "high build primer" i got mine in an aresol form it also comes in pints and gallons for use in spray guns i suggest getting this type it is much more cost effective.
set your panel up and spray the primer on it dont worry about little improfections for this stuff builds on itself and after a few coats is plenty thick enough to hide a defect. i suggest using 1 can per panel for the best outcome.
over all i am very happy with the out come it will add some individualness to my ride it is paintable in any paint cause its automotive primer and in the end it looks just like fiberglass but with out the price. over all i spent a total of 74.00 dollars and got to spend some quality time with my EG
Last edited by i8umup on Sun Feb 01, 2009 3:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
