Sheet Metal door Panel

[DreamRyder1963]

I am going to need to make some custom door panels in a 95 BMW 318ti that I am selling to a friend of my brother. Normally I'm not a big fan of selling to friends but this is going to be his first car and he has fallen in love with it. I am thinking of going for hot rod / tuner look with a plain simple looking panel. Has anyone driven a car with a similar setup? I am concerned with it making the interior sound like a metal can.

[Motorcitydak]

I was thinking of doing the same to my car and had the same concern. My thoughts were to glue a piece of thin foam cushion material to the back side of the panel. I did something similar with a switch panel I made years ago, I hated the way it sounded if you flipped a switch or touched it so I used some of that spray foam in a can to make it sound and feel more solid, for sure worked

edit:also I would be sure to use nutserts to hold it panel on, or rivets, just not sheet metal screws. Those will probably vibrate out or at least loosen over time

[DreamRyder1963]

That was my thought that some sort of liner would take care of most of the noise but I wanted to see what others thought.

[Schwartz Performance]

Put a sheet of Dynamat behind it before you final mount it, then it won't sound like a tin can.



-Dale