anyone make their own door panels???

I can see using it in a pinch, but I’d definitely coat it/seal it with some type of weather-proof stuff.

Why? the cardboard in our door upholstery isn't waterproof. I suppose you could oil the living crap out of it to prevent coffee spills from saturating it, how you'd manage to spill coffee on the inside of a door is beyond my comprehension, but people manage to find a way to do things like that.