New door panels!

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  1. facelessnumber

    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    Here's what they looked like before:
    DSCN1780_original.jpg DSCN1779_original.jpg

    ...Not awful, but very much homemade and very much looked it.

    I recently bought some original door panels in decent shape, (thanks 1973Maverick357) and with a little reconditioning, new clips and a couple coats of plastic paint, they came out nice I think. To those I added some armrests I found in a junkyard a while back. Torino/Montego, I forget the year, but they fit perfectly. The bases are chromed, which I thought was cool, and although they are longer than stock, all I had to do was move a mounting clip to another slot that was already present in my doors. I believe these are the same size as the deluxe Maverick armrest bases.

    I learned something from this: If you're going to change the color of a pair of armrest pads, Krylon Fusion is not the paint to use. I tried that at first, and after over a month they were still sticky. I had to sand all that off and use Rustoleum plastic paint. That adhered well and dried perfectly.

    Anyway, the pics. You might spot a few other little interior changes too, since the first pics are pretty old:
    img_0717_original.jpg img_0723_original.jpg img_0719_original.jpg

    I thought the door panels were just a minor detail that bugged me for a long time, but now that I've fixed them I think they utterly change the character of the whole interior. It just looks a lot more finished now.
     
  2. 1973Maverick357

    1973Maverick357 Cooler then a Camaro

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    Wow those door panels came out great!!
     
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    Nice! .
     
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    Looks really good! Thanks for the tip against the krylon.
     
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    mavgrab302 MCCI Florida State Rep

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    Awesome.......
     
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    Wow those look really nice! great job!
     
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    maverick75 Gotta Love Mavs!

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    Beautiful :yup:
     
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    chirt Carlos Hirt

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    The new door panels looks much better!!:yup:
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    Thanks everybody!

    Yeah, Scooper, the Krylon Fusion has done fine for me on some things, but it's just no good on those armrest pads
     
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    your inside looks great i'm quite jealous
     
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    Those look great! I like your seats, too. What did they come out of?
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    Thanks! Seats are from a Nissan Pulsar NX, not sure of the year...
     

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