Just curious, how hard is the door panel swap exactly, and what parts do i need?

If i get the panel skin from a coupe, is that all i need? Also, if i got coupe full doors, ive heard that the window would need to be swapped out with the original? Is this true?

Ive read a few threads where people had problems getting the panels to fit properly... and the write-up thread showing how to do it isn't exactly noob friendly. Any tips beforehand are appreciated.

Swapping the full door is certainly easier than hacking the old door apart to fit the hard top inner panels. If you go that route, be sure to order new door pins and bushings for the hinge as the old ones will have a lot of excess play in them from the heavier vert door. Anyone switching windows are doing so to retain power windows as it's typical to pick up manual doors on the cheap.

i did the passenger door on sunday, was incredibly easy... will tackle driver side next weekend

ive been searching my a$$ off trying to find some coupe doors...

Shouldnt be that hard to find... people gut these cars all the time... i found these in a day for $80 for the pair and they are in mint shape. You wanting to swap panels, or complete doors?

Looks good so far! Be sure to trim the rear interior panel a bit. Mine ended up making making a tiny crease in my door panels, which has been annoying me for 6 years now.

Too late. It put a tiny rip in my new panel first time i closed the door haha. So small it wont bother me though, ill trim it down this weekend.

hard enough that ive been searching about 400miles out. maybe im just not looking in the right spots. and im looking for full doors with decent panels or i could source those seperately.

Unless your doors are in terrible shape, why swap complete doors?

I was a little hesitant at first, but the panel swap was incredibly easy to do.

So.. What about seatbelts?

Havent figured what i wanna do yet... thats why ive only done the passenger side ha

I honestly think cutting the doors instead of swapping them is the easier solution. Took me an an hour and a half to cut both doors and put coupe/hatch panels on. Would have been quicker too if the write up wasn't incomplete.

Yeah i found the write-up to be pretty crappy.

It took me about three hours to do the one side... but we used the s***, smallest grinder ever, and broke some plastic clips we had to replace.

I'm still proudly rocking vert door panels.

Nasty.

They really are junk... and insanely heavy. Mine had a few cracks, but the part that would annoy me the most were the velcro pieces making noise while driving. So annoying.

Im looking for some bucket seats now, im going to do street legal harnesses instead of cutting up my rear panels.

well i finally got some coupe doors. there in good shape minus paint. paid 80 minus the panels and there power. now i just need to source some good panels. and i will be running a harness bar and harness also.

Doing the full doot swap is a waste! Unless your doors are in terrible shape.

I paid $80 for the coupe door panels in this picture

the panels were in horrible shape. got a pair of pristine panels for the coupe doors yesterday. with any luck i'll have my doors and panels on this week.