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Door Panel Restoration

From 1986 Ford Bronco “The Mall-Crawler” — documented by Gacknar.

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1986 Ford Bronco - 1986 Ford Bronco/F-series door panel restoration. Old faded door panels 1986 Ford Bronco - Old faded door panels 1986 Ford Bronco - Pass side faded door panels 1986 Ford Bronco - Drivers side faded door panel 1986 Ford Bronco - Remove the 4 nuts that hold on the trim around the power window switch (Only one shown) 1986 Ford Bronco - Bend the tabs that hold the cloth covered section strait. There are a lot of them, so make sure you get them all. Also remove the carpet pa… 1986 Ford Bronco - All of the metal tabe for the cloth covered section bent strait. 1986 Ford Bronco - Remove the 4 screwes that hold the armrest pad on. 1986 Ford Bronco - When you flip the door over the armrest pad should fall off, the cloth covered section may as well. If not, it should lift off easily. 1986 Ford Bronco - Cloth covered part removed. 1986 Ford Bronco - The chrome trim ring is held on by three kinds of tabs, one kind is identical to the others. 1986 Ford Bronco - Anther kind is the same metal tabs but it has these locks on them. 1986 Ford Bronco - I removed them by prying up on one side of the slit the retaining tab goes through, then slowly wiggling them off. 1986 Ford Bronco - Removing a door panel clip with a trim removal tool. 1986 Ford Bronco - Go ahead and remove the rest of that carpet padding/sound deadener. 1986 Ford Bronco - This is the final type of tab holding the chrome trim ring in place. Just remove the lock the same way you did the other kind. 1986 Ford Bronco - Bare door panel, ready for prep. 1986 Ford Bronco - Badly faded pink speaker grill. 1986 Ford Bronco - Remove the staples that hold the mesh screen in place. 1986 Ford Bronco - The speaker grill is held on with more metal tabs. 1986 Ford Bronco - Bend one side strait and the grill will slide out easily. 1986 Ford Bronco - I placed all the small parts that where not going to be painted in a ziplock labeled "Drivers Side" for this panel. 1986 Ford Bronco - Here are the small parts after being thoroughly cleaned with "Purple Power" and a brush and wiped down with Acitone. 1986 Ford Bronco - Door panel after being thoroughly cleaned with "Purple Power" and a brush, and wiped down with Acetone. 1986 Ford Bronco - Prepped driver side door panel hanging in our custom paint booth. 1986 Ford Bronco - After two light mist coats of "ColorBond" Still a bit blotchy, but looking a little better. ColorBond should be sprayed in severa… 1986 Ford Bronco - Armrest, Speaker grill, and power window switch trim coated with ColorBond. (I repainted the table Black when I was done) 1986 Ford Bronco - The restored drivers side door panel next to the non restored passenger side panel. 1986 Ford Bronco - The restored drivers side door panel next to the non restored passenger side panel. 1986 Ford Bronco - The restored drivers side door panel next to the non restored passenger side panel. 1986 Ford Bronco - The restored drivers side door panel next to the non restored passenger side panel. 1986 Ford Bronco - Restored door panel with window felt reinstalled. 1986 Ford Bronco - Bare door. I lubed all the window regulator mechanism with white lithium grease. lubed the lock cylinder with graphite, and lubed the windo… 1986 Ford Bronco - Peal & Seal applied, two layers towards the middle, one layer at the edges where the door panel clearance is lower. 1986 Ford Bronco - Restored door panel installed with all new fasteners. Color is not dead on but it is way better than the faded pink they had become. 1986 Ford Bronco - A little warning for 80-86ers. If you decide to remove the felt screen from the speaker grill as I did, it will expose the lower, rearward…