My 88 Formula Interior Redesign (Page 76/87)
Sofa King OCT 01, 10:36 AM
Got the trim pieces installed - no biggie...
Sofa King OCT 05, 12:22 PM
Hey Gang,

Sorry no updates - nothing worth posting. I helped a friend of mine close their pool and we ran into a few problem thus taking up the weekend. I did however, reinstall the recovered the headliner. Like I said... nothing worth posting. Hang in there.
Sofa King OCT 06, 07:38 PM
CHECK IT OUT!!!!

I spent a few hours fitting the passenger door panel. I had to make a few modifications, cuts, sanding, etc... but in all I'm really impressed!

Grabbed my trusty door removal tool


And popped the panel off


I then did a basic dry fit. Not too shabby


Pretty good here


HMMMM... small little gap


Pretty good overall


OK... where are the bad areas?

You can see here the gap - EWE


Need to remove some glass



Need to remove the blue - these areas are creating push back and not allowing the panel to fit into place


Remove the red areas



Removed


Removed material from the underside of the "armrest" portion of the door panel - since this piece will be covered with vinyl, I have to remove about half the material. Although the vinyl is thin, I still need enough room for the piece to slip into position



After a few "special modifications"... a nice snug fit






The Quasi-Beauty Shot


More to come! I have a 4 day weekend!!!!

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Sofa King OCT 06, 07:48 PM
Quick Note!

The door pull will not remain grey. The plan is cover the door pull in the same material that will cover both the lower portion and the upper black piece of the door panel. I'm going to with a tight stitched look. Not really sure how it will turn out... If all else fails, I'll paint them black.
Sofa King OCT 07, 09:27 AM
This should help give an idea of what the final door panel will look like - I updated the pic

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Tony Kania OCT 07, 10:57 AM
Ouch! That's sharp.
Sofa King OCT 07, 12:27 PM

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Originally posted by Tony Kania:

Ouch! That's sharp.



Thanks, T! I have to admit I was a little nervous taking the panels off. I wasn't sure whether the panel was going to fit at all. I have a lot of work to do around the door handle plate to get it to fit just right. I'm hoping to have both door panels done and installed this weekend - hoping... you know how my schedule has been these last few months.

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grkboy707 OCT 07, 12:36 PM
WOW! Seeing it in place really makes me realize how great it is! The black part on the top really pulls it together. Good job!
Sofa King OCT 08, 03:03 PM

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Originally posted by grkboy707:

WOW! Seeing it in place really makes me realize how great it is! The black part on the top really pulls it together. Good job!



Thanks G! I'm still working the drivers side panel and should have it mocked up by tomorrow afternoon!
Sofa King OCT 08, 05:49 PM
Got started working on the driver side door panel today.

As you can see I have a lot of filling and sanding to do from where I left off


This is the indent where the door pull is located - lots of filling and sanding


Adding filler




After some sanding


Spraying some primer/filler




I still have a lot of work ahead of me - but it's just sanding and filling... that's the easy part. And then comes the cutting of the upper armrest area.

More tomorrow!

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