Rell Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Tape down the top metal door piece to hold it in place for me. Pre-drill some holes down along it. Remove it all. Foster bit so the screw heads sit flush. Hit the top door piece with a few coats of some cheap rattle can primer I had. Probably grind down the rest some more later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 **NOTE** This will not be my first time glassing but this will be my first real big project. Also first time wood working so bare with me. I'm just kinda winging it as I go along. i'm calling . this is not your first. it's looking way too good to be your first lol. definitely nice attention to detail. always nice to see quality builds like this and little tricks that other people use in their builds. i'll be paying close attention to this and taking notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rell Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 lol it really is my first, man I been sketching up ideas/planing/re-searching/checking out other peoples builds on multiple other sites for probably over a year. I'm just tryna take my time and make sure its done right and make sure the work is quality. I see builds where people could have had a way better turn out if they had a decent game plan and took their time and just not rush things. Plus I'm pretty handy with my hands too, usually only takes me 1 to 2 tries to get stuff down. So I guess that's a plus. ---------------------- Anyways I got the card board laid out and glued down(5 layers of it) Plan to cut it out tomorrow and maybe get the trim piece cut for the front doors. Then I can move onto how I will mount these to the doors and cut "key hole slots" for the door panels clips. Once that's squared away I will toss them onto the doors for a test fit then glue down the trim piece permanently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC54 Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Nice work , looks real good for your first time , keep up the good work you def got talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphasig293 Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Man this is looking good, and you saved some loot doing with what you had and also making the table. Looks like you have mad skills man, keep the pics coming. Also think its a very educational thread, thanks for posting 2005 Lariat F-150 On 30 inch DUBS 6 Crossfire XS-V2 18's 2 Cactus 12k's, 1 Cactus 1000, 1 sundown 100.4 12 - 6.5 Crescendo mids and 4 Crescendo supertweets SMD 340 alt, Mechman 270 alt 7 NSB 170 batterys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rell Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Thanks, Yeah I try to go into a little bit on the details of every step. Saves a lot on all the questions that will possibly be asked during the build IMO. Update soon, I almost finished up these trim pieces for the front doors, but then my router died on me outta no where. After hitting up 3 different sears and dealing with a lot of moron employees working in the tool area I ended up getting a replacement that was obviously used and returned but I got $50 back plus a $15 gift card and still have my warranty on it. So a WIN I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rell Posted December 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Todays work, got the table out and the used but new to me router and finished up these pieces. Camera lens is pretty dusty, shitty pic. I put a order in for a 100pack up Door panels clips from eBay to mount the doors, like lil over $15.00 shipped. This is something like how they will be mounted. Just a practice on scrap wood. Can't recall what size forstner bit bit I used. But drilled two holes. Then drilled the right side one all they way through, left side one almost all the way. Maybe 1/8in of mdf left? Cant recall. Which is too thin and weak to my likings so some resin and glass will be added to hopefully put a little more strength into it. I wont solely be relying on these clips to support all the weight. I'll add some kinda bolts and brackets in there some where hidden under everything also. Got the chisel out and got to work, self explanatory if you ask me. Drilled out a hole in the center there. Chisel out again. Pretty much done. Back side. Clip in, bottom view Top view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rell Posted December 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2010 Okay I was in a rush to order these door panels clips, and they got here today. Well they were not what I was expecting....at all. So I'm wondering what do you guys use? And who do you usually order from online/ebay etc.??? I'm looking to buy a lot of them cause I have two cars to do. Here are the pics of the door clips I got off ebay. Ebay one on the left, stock on the right. Stock left, ebay right. I tried to slide them onto my test piece of wood with the key slots I made and they hardly fit onto there. I think they were going to break if I forced them any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larrykidluv Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Try American Trim & Upholstery Supply they have all different kinds of christmas trees, website is www.ATRIM.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOmpressor Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Also just hit up a local junk yard, find a newer car and pull all the factory clips. They let me have them free around here, I replaced all my old broken ones with almost new ones the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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