I had reupholstered my 4-Runner door panels some years ago & the top part has gotten pretty sun damaged,so decided do start the upholstery work now instead of during the winter! I have three weeks until the next show so should be good ! I couldn't find the material I used before & the stock portion that is a gray vinyl is showing wear so I'm using a charcoal vinyl over the whole panel , & laying flames in the small removal portion as before1 Photo's to follow!
Weird....I was just thinking about my stock door panels today, lol. I Was thinking about grafting a door panel from another vehicle to our simple flat stock panel...that's as far as I got though. It would probably be easier to go custom and use other vehicles as inspiration. Post pics when you're done!
Got them stripped & reinforced where needed, used flannel & resin. Heading out to get the foam backing shortly than get that glued on with contact adhesive .
Couldn't get the foam needed,had to order it,will have Monday. Did get a new test flame cut & tested with glue( the new type of contact cement is no fucking good) ,will use 3M spray, always works!! Stripped the removable section, this section is metal & had a few cracks so welded up as needed, NOW IT JUST WAIT!!
Man, I'm already loving this. I've done some upholstery in the past, and it looks like you're on the right track. Sand the flames to give them a consistent and smooth transition and you'll definitely turn heads
I had flames in the same area before, these are little bolder in shape & before that area was a cloth material, this time the whole panel will be in vinyl! Can not sand foam, you can cut the edges to a angle but not needed
Got the foam on & had one panel covered except the removable area, had to pull it off had a problem ! Will get all covered in vinyl tomorrow!