Alum Sheetmetal door panels
03-24-2007, 05:30 AM
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Alum Sheetmetal door panels While back someone posted their build pics of these, top notch job! Really need some dimensions and would love to copycat what you made if you're cool with that. I'm also ditching my plastic center shift console with a custom alum fabbed replacement, smaller with some gauge and toggle provisions.
Appreciate any help!
Appreciate any help!
03-24-2007, 09:40 AM
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OutlawZ actually did it and looked real nice. Here is the link to his original post.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...al+door+panels
Im sure he'll chime in here soon.
Mike
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...al+door+panels
Im sure he'll chime in here soon.
Mike
03-24-2007, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by PunishedU
OutlawZ actually did it and looked real nice. Here is the link to his original post.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...al+door+panels
Im sure he'll chime in here soon.
Mike
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...al+door+panels
Im sure he'll chime in here soon.
Mike
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03-24-2007, 10:26 AM
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I made these for my old white 94 Z28. I ordered the blank panels from Jeg's and just notched and cut myself. Just have to be creative in your thinking on how you want it to look. I liked it at first but afterwards I realized I would have rather just kept the stock panels cause it didn't save much weight and the stock panels just looked better unless your whole car had tin work.
03-24-2007, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by The Big Show
I made these for my old white 94 Z28. I ordered the blank panels from Jeg's and just notched and cut myself. Just have to be creative in your thinking on how you want it to look. I liked it at first but afterwards I realized I would have rather just kept the stock panels cause it didn't save much weight and the stock panels just looked better unless your whole car had tin work.
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03-24-2007, 08:55 PM
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Brett, PM me and i'll hook you up with teh info........
My panels are carpeted now with all the window cranks and ****... look way better now...
My panels are carpeted now with all the window cranks and ****... look way better now...
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03-25-2007, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by -PEPE-
hmm..good point Bobby, I'm so back and forth right now, guess with a s/m dash and everything else it'd be ideal...but then it starts looking like a door slammer, blah...I'm not there yet...maybe when I'm 53 Vs. 43 ...I even thought about putting a nice radio back in mine, like having a lil music Metallica before the burnout box. Then again I could just get an Ipod Nano and save weight
Not to mention you go to the track and see other cars that are alot faster than yours with full interior that look alot better. It's all about what the individual wants tho...
Your car doesn't just look like a racecar. It's looks really nice and there's something to be said when a car looks and sounds like yours on the outside and you open the door and still see a real nicely done interior.
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03-25-2007, 05:14 PM
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i didn't remove mine for weight... the way we did my cage i would have had to hack the door panel to get the cage bars to fit... so i did it for bar clearance.....
the weight was just a bonus.... and that's the reason i carpeted them. to maintain the full interior look.... i refuse to strip down my interior...
the weight was just a bonus.... and that's the reason i carpeted them. to maintain the full interior look.... i refuse to strip down my interior...
03-25-2007, 05:16 PM
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Oh snap it was Outlawz... , I'll shoot you a PM for the specs, be good to have if I get crazy. Was out there looking at the interior today, poor car needs new carpet and seats so bad. The cracked plastic velcroe'd dash panel...that's about it really. Would love a badass stereo in it maybe.
I don't know man...think Bobby & Jay make a good point, the car still looks nice, with the Kirkeys, new lightweight carpet...maybe some John Deere floor mats
, I'll shoot you a PM for the specs, be good to have if I get crazy. Was out there looking at the interior today, poor car needs new carpet and seats so bad. The cracked plastic velcroe'd dash panel...that's about it really. Would love a badass stereo in it maybe. I don't know man...think Bobby & Jay make a good point, the car still looks nice, with the Kirkeys, new lightweight carpet...maybe some John Deere floor mats
03-25-2007, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by OutlawZ
i didn't remove mine for weight... the way we did my cage i would have had to hack the door panel to get the cage bars to fit... so i did it for bar clearance.....
the weight was just a bonus.... and that's the reason i carpeted them. to maintain the full interior look.... i refuse to strip down my interior...
the weight was just a bonus.... and that's the reason i carpeted them. to maintain the full interior look.... i refuse to strip down my interior...
03-25-2007, 06:08 PM
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I'd leave the original panels and run the car and see where you're at...There's nothing more badass than a fast car with an street car interior...When we do my roll bar we are going to put the back seats back in and add a nice stereo unit for cruising around...imho those door panels = race car...
--Alan
--Alan
03-25-2007, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Hot94Z28
Hey BigShow do you have that thing running yet? If you do any times?
One thing I wanted to say was that I wasn't implying that Outlaw's car looked bad cause I wasn't. I was just sharing my own experience and my own opinion and thats it. Everyone knows what they like and it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.
I know what you mean about the doorbars tho...We just ended up bending mine around the door panels so it worked out nicely. Ofcourse I helped doing the install so I was able to have the bars bent specifically for me which makes a big difference.
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One thing I wanted to say was that I wasn't implying that Outlaw's car looked bad cause I wasn't. I was just sharing my own experience and my own opinion and thats it. Everyone knows what they like and it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.
03-25-2007, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by The Big Show
I was out there messing with it today and running into nothing but problems so I cut my day short to keep my sanity. It'll be running within the next couple months guaranteed tho. My buddy told me today that he is going to buy my dyno tuning time if I finish it up so that is just more incentive.
