Source for door panel board material...

[Porsche Head]

..I may need to re-build my rear panels, I need a good source for buying the panel board material.

[RWebb]

appbiz - reas. price; best material; pre-cut; xlnt service

[911pcars]

DIY? Original Fit Interiors supplied front door panels using thin (1/8") Luan plywood. I'd think plastic (ABS, polycarbonate, etc.) or masonite would work.

Sherwood

[JP911]

Are the 72 panels different from 74 panels? If not, I have a nice set of 74 (coupe) rear quarters that I'm willing to part with. Let me know.

[gtihop]

I used 1/8 masonite for my door panels to replace the warped ones. worked well, but hard to cut all the holes. another problem is the leather/vinyl is held on with 1/8" staples- good luck trying to find them.

[RWebb]

appbiz uses a special water-resistant material designed just for car manfs. to use in this appl.

[gtihop]

Originally Posted by RWebb

appbiz uses a special water-resistant material designed just for car manfs. to use in this appl.

You're absloutely right, but $500 for two panels as compared to $3 for both makes alot of difference. That's plus shipping to Canada, where our dollar is only 84 cents. Besides the original ones weren't moistureproof!!

[Porsche Head]

Thanks Guys!

I will try APPBIZ first for sourcing.

GTIHOP, I will be using contact cement for the material, do you mean to attache the cup/cover plastic part which goes over the wheel well and how this attached to the board. Hmm let me go back and check how hard that is.

Thanks again

[RWebb]

$500! way more than i paid

mine were $306 for leather -- and he custom punched them for me

[gtihop]

I couldn't find the 1/8 staples so I used contact cement to hold the vinyl on the panel. Used 1/8" foam under the vinyl and then glued the edges on the inside. installation is opposite of removal.
The leather panels are listed at $258 each on ebay X2 plus shipping, plus the poor canadian seagull we have for a dollar!!

[RWebb]

i thought you guys were crushing us re value of currency?

[Mysterytrain]

I did a search on 1/8 inch staples and I also could not find them but I found this interesting trick....
"I had some success cutting down longer ones. I made a piece of square aluminum
that just fit inside the bar of staples and then clamped it by the back with
another flat piece of metal. Then I carefully cut the legs on one side with an
abrasive cutoff wheel in a dremel grinder, turned it over and cut the other legs
off. I did some too short and they didn't hold."

[haasad]

I found the best material for making door cards and trim panels was "foamex" its 3mm thick and normally used for signmaking. It is water proof easy to work, takes glue and staples well and is wayyy cheeap.

[Paulporsche]

I think Foamex is similar to Sintra, which is expanded PVC. Lightweight, strong, waterproof.

[HawgRyder]

Some of the DIY type lumber places carry a product that looks like corregated cardboard...but is made of plastic.
I used this to make my panels.
Good stuff....and completely waterproof.
Bob

[Paulporsche]

That stuff is branded Coroplast.

HawgRyder,

Did you staple into it? Looks like they might not hold.

[RWebb]

i used industrial glue and clamps - no staples - did fine

[appbiz]

Bob at APPBIZ here
We use air powered staplers with 3/16th length staples. For you do it yourselfers we had a staple company make us a bunch of boxes of 3/16 staples. These will work only with an Arrow t-30 hand staple gun. Arrow has never made the 3/16th size. 1/8" is just to short. and if you must use a 1/4" staple you can angle them in, the effectivly reduces the chance of the staple perforating the outer cover. In the event you do actually punch through the face material, most vinyls will self heal so just pull out the old staple and try again.
Bob

[appbiz]

Originally Posted by gtihop

You're absloutely right, but $500 for two panels as compared to $3 for both makes alot of difference. That's plus shipping to Canada, where our dollar is only 84 cents. Besides the original ones weren't moistureproof!!

Perhaps your thinking that the price is for each panel. Our door panels are sold in sets and I know we don't have any sets that are near that expensive. Call your Pelican rep, I'm sure you will be pleasantly surprised. We also sell our Die Cut panels without a cover if you wish to recover them yourself.


Bob

[raceman]

l have some very unobtanium rubber panel trim welting,the contoured rubber trim that surrounds the interior edges of the door panels.Porsche factory roll of it.Perfect match.There is other stuff out there but not like this,let me know if you need some and how much (exactly).