door panels????

[gorgonheimer]

what material should i use for door panels? i have some sheets of aluminum, some 3/16 fiberboard like stuff and i could get some MDF. oppinions???

[lanemeyer14]

Use cardboard...it would be crazy light! Haha, but really, the aluminum would be cool. I know someone on here has done that before. Depends what look you're going for though. Would you cover the fiberboard if you used that?

[gorgonheimer]

yeah i would. i think the aluminum would be racey(or ricey) looking but cool. the fronts are my main concern as i am going to put some 6 1/2 speakers in them. the stereo guy i know said the MDF would be best for the sound, the aluminum would be the lightest but sound tinny. and no panels just looks bad. i have a bp and the g25mr tranny, so racey(or ricey) kinda fits but i do drive it everyday and dont want it to sound like crap. also on a side note and totally unrelated, i just finished building new poly mounts and now the whole car shakes with the motor, so i need to have a good loud stereo to drown it out.

a lady goes to pick up her car from the mechanic and he tells her, "We couldn't fix the brakes on your car so we just made the horn louder."

[lanemeyer14]

I'd go with the MDF then. Who cares about that small amount of extra weight when you have a BP pushing it!?

[festivaWES]

how who aluyminum look ricey? I used it in my festiva after i gutted the brace bars, and inner door skin....looks sick in my opinion.

[geezerstiva]

pics??

[lanemeyer14]

It might be expensive, unless you have a source for it, but diamond plate metal would be pretty cool too.