Custom door cards

[Aidenmoreno3]

Good afternoon guys!

 

wanted to share some progress I made with my custom interior I’m trying to build and this is kinda the first big step. I always hated the basic look of the Comanche interiors and wanted to make something of my own. 
 

After 2 weeks of gathering fabrics, glue,  8 long hours of work, and hand sewing the fabrics for one door card, I have made my drivers side not boring! 
 

I’ll be doing the same thing to the passenger side tomorrow and probably won’t have time to complete it but we’re making progress! 
 

I'm trying to figure out how to make the standard crank handle fit and I think I’m just gonna have to make a strait cut in it and shorten it about 1/2in, plastic welding it back into place. 

 

[ghetdjc320]

Looking good. Did you use the replacement door card panels or your old ones? 

[ThatJeepGuy]

Nicely done sir

[AnotherOldJeepGuy]

Looking good!  The white in the checkerboard ties in nicely with the white door.  Are you going to try to tweak the seats to match?  Perhaps use the same checkerboard material on the headrests? 

[89 MJ]

Looks good, reminds me of the high trim early year door panels. 

[Aidenmoreno3]

13 hours ago, ghetdjc320 said:

Looking good. Did you use the replacement door card panels or your old ones? 

No I got some 1/4in hardboard from Home Depot and traced the one ones onto it for a more rigid and durable door panel 

[Aidenmoreno3]

6 hours ago, AnotherOldJeepGuy said:

Looking good!  The white in the checkerboard ties in nicely with the white door.  Are you going to try to tweak the seats to match?  Perhaps use the same checkerboard material on the headrests? 

I really want to! Make the grey vinyl that same perforated suade material and then the middle tweed that checkerboard. I think they’ll look sharp 

[AnotherOldJeepGuy]

  Good Luck!

[JZLAJeep]

19 hours ago, Aidenmoreno3 said:

No I got some 1/4in hardboard from Home Depot and traced the one ones onto it for a more rigid and durable door panel 

That's really cool. How did you do the curved part at the top of the door?

[Billy Darson]

On 8/11/2025 at 7:56 AM, JZLAJeep said:

That's really cool. How did you do the curved part at the top of the door?

 On the backside of the door card, the original "board" material is stapled to a rounded piece of plastic (abs?) that seats into the top trim channel lip under the front corner of the window.

 

[Billy Darson]

The hounds tooth pattern looks good @Aidenmoreno3.

 

For anyone interested in going the same route of interior refresh, one 4x8 sheet of hardboard ripped lengthwise at 24", will give you both door cards, and the back carpeted bulkhead beauty cover, with material to spare for odds and ends.

If one goes hard board route, I would highly suggest painting or otherwise sealing the entirety of the final cutout of the hardboard. I'm planning on hitting mine with herculiner after I get all the cutouts fine tuned. as you can see in the pictures I have yet to cut any of the pieces to shape. I live in the PNW...Wet! so for me its a no brainer to ensure the replacements aren't as susceptible to the elements as the originals.  

 

Cheers!