Stressed leather

[Grey owl]

Stressed leather door panels, simple inexpensive mod that looks good.

 

[davisjstone]

Looks great. Did you do it yourself? Is it glued to the panel?

 

[Grey owl]

Looks great. Did you do it yourself? Is it glued to the panel?

Yes did it myself, and yes its glued. Used heat gun to help with the stretch. Have to be careful not to over stretch.

 

[bigmuddy]

Hmm, I wonder if it comes in black?

 

[Grey owl]

I am sure it does.

 

[davisjstone]

Did you use a foam backer or anything besides the leather or vinyl? Been wanting to do this myself so any pointers are welcomed.

 

[fordguy]

What panels did you use and where did you get the leather? Looks good, clean and simple. Made my own panels and padded, they turned out ok ish.

 

[.94 OR]

What panels did you use and where did you get the leather? Looks good, clean and simple. Made my own panels and padded, they turned out ok ish.

Looks good enough from my house.
What did you use for the relief filler behind the material?

 

[fordguy]

I used foam I bought from an upholstery shop. I bought matching material from my seats.

 

[bigmuddy]

What panels did you use and where did you get the leather? Looks good, clean and simple. Made my own panels and padded, they turned out ok ish.

Looks great to me.

 

[Grey owl]

What panels did you use and where did you get the leather? Looks good, clean and simple. Made my own panels and padded, they turned out ok ish.

Those turned out great, look terrifjc

 

[Grey owl]

Did you use a foam backer or anything besides the leather or vinyl? Been wanting to do this myself so any pointers are welcomed.

No i didn't use any foam, just use a good quality contact cement, don't over stretch the material. After you get the material on take an awl and make your screw holes.

 

[fordguy]

I used marine vinyl, it doesn’t like heat. The leather can be manipulated more than the vinyl.

 

[Grey owl]

I used marine vinyl, it doesn’t like heat. The leather can be manipulated more than the vinyl.

That stuff would be pretty durable , not sure about the hest

 

[Grey owl]

Those turned out great, look terrifjc

I used the stock panels , no foam. The back sides has sound proofing, material was sourced locally

 

[Grey owl]

Looks good enough from my house.
What did you use for the relief filler behind the material?

There is nothing behind the material its glued right to the metal.

 

[ntsqd]

The advice an upholsterer gave me was to use DAP Weldwood Contact Cement for this sort of use. And that one of those rollers commonly sold to lay down dynamat et. al. is really good for getting the covering to lay flat.
I've yet to use either, but I expect to in the next 6 months or so.

 

[661buster1963]

Stressed leather door panels, simple inexpensive mod that looks good. View attachment 954296

Did you paint the door latch cups? Anything tricky about painting them?

 

[.94 OR]

The advice an upholsterer gave me was to use DAP Weldwood Contact Cement for this sort of use. And that one of those rollers commonly sold to lay down dynamat et. al. is really good for getting the covering to lay flat.
I've yet to use either, but I expect to in the next 6 months or so.

This stuff works great on a lot of applications. Trick is to cover both sides with glue then let it tack up before applying.
We used spray on adhesive for a headliner in the Yota project and it released a while later. Tore it out and used the Weldwood contact cement. It will stay in place now.

 

[ntsqd]

Headliners seem to be the worst case test of an adhesive. Super 77 won't hang, I'm told that Super 90 will but I've not tried it.