track oriented interior door panels...e36/m3/4

[jrkoupe]

so bought a 97 4 dr M3 for tracking.....

it came w/ uninstalled Turtle lab aluminum door panels ....for the frt doors.

but just spoke w/ turtle ........and was told the panels wont install properly if the car has 1 touch window motors...which I have.

What door panels are you using and keeping your electric window motors instlld.???????

[golgo13]

Strange. I have Turtle Labs panels in my coupe and my windows work fine. Have worked great the last four years or so.

[jrkoupe]

do you still run your power windows?, and are they one touch units?

[golgo13]

Sorry man, I don't know if they are one touch? They have an up/down rocker switch and I can tap it once to open or close and hold for partial.

[scoobiedoo2029]

those are one touch golgo13. the sedan doors are way smaller then the coupe and the window motor does kinda stick out.

i believe hard motorsport sold plastic 4 door panels, im not seeing them on their website they may be out of stock or im mistaken. i dont think cutting a flat door panel out around the window motor would be to offensive if it truly dosnt clear.


i did fint theise though:
https://mkahmotorsports.com/e36-seda...nels-set-of-4/

[golgo13]

Yeah, don't run the MKAH panels. I had them, they're trash. Might as well use a piece of paper instead. I would get the turtle ones and just notch them and let the motors protrude as scoobiedoo mentioned.

[jrkoupe]

yup.........I would do that....no biggie..

thanx fellas

[golgo13]

Any pictures of this car? I would love to see it, since it's relevant to my interests.

[jrkoupe]

lets see..



https://www.windshadowstudios.net/Mo...es/i-HcgdZSF/A

[golgo13]

Looks good, simple.

[AJLM34A]

My cars co-builder&driver made these from 1/8" aluminum 4X8 sheets for my 94 E36/4. He just traced the original door panel on a piece of cardboard, made an upper piece out of scrap material using a brake, screwed them together on the door. All he had to do is partial retrace of the lower, measure his bends for the upper. The templates have marks for where the 3 bends need to be done on the brake.

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[jrkoupe]

Looks good, simple.

thnx my man....

would like a pure weapon like yours but I drive to events and dont want to trailer at this point.....I enjoy the low key look .....and built up to a degree underneath.........under the radar kinda


been doing this since the late 70s.....no one had r tires or trailers or 600 hp .....lol

[golgo13]

would like a pure weapon like yours but I drive to events and dont want to trailer at this point..

I drive three hours in my shitbox in the street to the farthest track. It's loud but still has A/C hahaha, I also listen to podcasts with my noise cancelling earbuds.

[jrkoupe]

My cars co-builder&driver made these from 1/8" aluminum 4X8 sheets for my 94 E36/4. He just traced the original door panel on a piece of cardboard, made an upper piece out of scrap material using a brake, screwed them together on the door. All he had to do is partial retrace of the lower, measure his bends for the upper. The templates have marks for where the 3 bends need to be done on the brake.

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Thnx. Never noticed your pics !!!