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1986 Ford Bronco/F-series door panel restoration.

Old faded door panels

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Old faded door panels

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Pass side faded door panels

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Drivers side faded door panel

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Remove the 4 nuts that hold on the trim around the power window switch (Only one shown)

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Bend the tabs that hold the cloth covered section strait. There are a lot of them, so make sure you ...

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All of the metal tabe for the cloth covered section bent strait.

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Remove the 4 screwes that hold the armrest pad on.

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When you flip the door over the armrest pad should fall off, the cloth covered section may as well. ...

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Cloth covered part removed.

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The chrome trim ring is held on by three kinds of tabs, one kind is identical to the others.

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Anther kind is the same metal tabs but it has these locks on them.

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I removed them by prying up on one side of the slit the retaining tab goes through, then slowly wigg...

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Go ahead and remove the rest of that carpet padding/sound deadener.

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This is the final type of tab holding the chrome trim ring in place. Just remove the lock the same w...

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Bare door panel, ready for prep.

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Badly faded pink speaker grill.

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Remove the staples that hold the mesh screen in place.

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The speaker grill is held on with more metal tabs.

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Bend one side strait and the grill will slide out easily.

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I placed all the small parts that where not going to be painted in a ziplock labeled "Drivers S...

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Here are the small parts after being thoroughly cleaned with "Purple Power" and a brush an...

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Door panel after being thoroughly cleaned with "Purple Power" and a brush, and wiped down ...

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Prepped driver side door panel hanging in our custom paint booth.

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After two light mist coats of "ColorBond" Still a bit blotchy, but looking a little bette...

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Armrest, Speaker grill, and power window switch trim coated with ColorBond. (I repainted the table B...

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The restored drivers side door panel next to the non restored passenger side panel.

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The restored drivers side door panel next to the non restored passenger side panel.

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The restored drivers side door panel next to the non restored passenger side panel.

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The restored drivers side door panel next to the non restored passenger side panel.

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Restored door panel with window felt reinstalled.

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Bare door. I lubed all the window regulator mechanism with white lithium grease. lubed the lock cyli...

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Peal & Seal applied, two layers towards the middle, one layer at the edges where the door panel clea...

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Restored door panel installed with all new fasteners. Color is not dead on but it is way better than...

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A little warning for 80-86ers. If you decide to remove the felt screen from the speaker grill as I d...