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Old 03-24-2011, 04:01 PM
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Default Deluxe Door Panel Restoration

I acquired a set of reproduction 69 Camaro deluxe door panels years ago for a great deal on ebay, $200 for the pair. Come to find out, these repro's are horrible. The construction is so thick that the window cranks can't reach the regulator stems and the fit is lacking in many areas.

As a result, I'm working on restoring the original deluxe panels. I separated the vinyl from the padding as carefully as possible, but it still took some of the padding with it near the top of the door panel. I'm concerned that when I recover the panels, the uneven padding will show through the leather/vinyl covering. I can't really recreate the entire door panel padding, as the deluxe panels have a lot of compound shapes and I just don't have the ability to do that. Also, I'm concerned that adding a layer foam to the whole thing would cause it to be uneven, or overly...soft.

Does anyone know of a spray-on foam (or other product) that I can use to fill in the lows in the padding and sand into uniformity? Any other ideas or tips on restoring these door panels would be appreciated.

Edit: If a mod wants to fix my thread title typo I won't mind....Thanks!
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