Door panel fabrics

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:09 pm

Well I'm gonna take on the project of redoing my door panels. Mainly replacing the stock vinyl with a different color, replacing the fabric on the door panel with a different fabric and different color.

Do you guys have any reccomendations of either fabric stores or fabrics I should look at? I'm looking at replacing the blue fabric with suede, and the light blue vinyl with a different color vinyl. Anything to stay away from? Look at, etc?

I dont know why I want suede so bad, I just think it would be cool. White vinyl with black suede, who knows.

Thanks guys.

High Society · Post by **High Society** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:17 pm

I been wanting to do this to my door panles too. Is this hard to do? I never have messed with anything fabric. Suede is more of a furry silk texture right?

Post by **GlassWolf** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:25 pm

when I used to make door panels I used heavy material that was foam backed, from a conversion van shop locally.
they had rolls and rolls of the stuff in any color you could think up.. along with the industrial sewing machines for doing the stitching

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:32 pm

like this Kiki?

https://garysupholstery.com/foamback.html

Post by **GlassWolf** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:04 pm

just like that, yup

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:40 am

Select Products come out with a new suede synthetic.

Looks nice.

http://www.selectproducts.com

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:58 am

KikiTheCat wrote:just like that, yup

Well I pulled back a little of the vinyl on my door panel and saw there is foam underneath. Do you think it would be easier to strip the vinyl+foam off and replace with foam backed vinyl, or just strip the vinyl off and put un-backed vinyl over the stock foam?

The vinyl seems to peel of the foam rather easy, but I don't have experience with this so I don't know what would be easier. Price isnt a factor.

Ryan: Thanks for that site, didn't know about it. Ever bought from there? That suede is $26/yd and other sites have it for cheaper, but if that place is quality, I'd rather buy from there. Let me know, thanks.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:28 am

Select Product isnt the cheapest place on the net. But as the name states its all Select Products- not 1 million and 1 products

Ive bought some stuff off them. Vinyl and Grille Cloth. Both are of high quality. I would assume if they say its high quality- its high quality!

Post by **GlassWolf** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:17 am

leave the foam on the vinyl unless you're using spray adhesive.. otherwise it'll just settle to the bottom of the door and look lumpy later, like bad insulation in a wall.