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Squiggle Dog · #64 12-11-2010, 10:07 PM

I bought some brown interior parts from bgiovan so I can two-tone my interior. I had thought about having new two-tone seat skins made by GAHH or World Upholstery, but it would have been pricey and that's not including any extra labor costs to make two-tone skins. Then I would still need seat nets and door panels.

The foam in the brown front door panel inserts have broken down but they aren't wrinkled and still look pretty decent, so for now I will use them as-is. I picked out the 4 best tan door panels, cleaned them up, and installed the brown inserts. I really, really like the look.

I converted my car to manual windows so I needed to add some holes for the regulators. There is no need to put holes in the rear door panels, as they already have rectangular holes where the window switches used to attach. To make the holes I started with the centermost perforation behind the hole in the pressboard. I did a test fit on the door to make sure that it was in the right place. Then I took a razor and cut one perforation out, toward the center perforation, making a "+", NOT an "x". This way you get a larger opening and the opening will be undetectable should you decide to go back to power windows.

Here you can see the opening I made. When I remove my finger the opening closes and can not be noticed. If you were to go back to power windows you would no longer be able to see the opening, especially if you applied some adhesive to the foam behind the vinyl to keep it in place.

Here is the door panel in place with the window regulator shaft pushed through. Then I tucked the edges back in and out of the way. The location of the opening I cut was perfect.

I didn't get a chance today to finish installing the door panel as it started to get dark at 4 PM and was raining hard. Also, as I was on my way to the shed in the back yard, as I was dodging puddles and stepping across high spots, I stumbled and after trying to keep myself from falling into the water, I jumped sideways and my foot landed on a piece of wood that had a long nail in it. The nail went into my shoe, into my foot, and stopped when it hit the bone. It was difficult to pull the nail out of my foot as the nail was curved. So tomorrow I will continue.