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The bright trim goes on over the indentation in the door panel and has a series of tabs and studs that go through holes in the door panel.
It looks like at one time Ford offered panels with the holes/slots already in them as the 1980 entry for Broncos shows a place for them. But the black star (of death) means they are no longer available, and there's no part number shown either. And, none of the other years for the Bronco and no years for the F-Series have them shown in the catalog. My new door panels that came in a Ford box didn't have the holes or slots. But they could be put in fairly easily by using your old door panel as a template. I chose not to as I like them w/o, but that's personal taste. 
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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So you're confirming my thinking that there is no reason why this shouldn't work? That's what I was hoping at least - I would just need to (carefully) punch holes in the door panel....I might risk it as I called several places and have been looking a several warehouses/databases and this color seems rare as hens teeth!
They did have a drivers side door but unfortunately it uses the horizontal slide and therefore has that associated hole 
Christopher in Portland Or. 1981 F250 Ranger XLT 4x4 trailer special 351M, and auto C6
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You bring up a good point, and I have been a bit torn on the subject. I've heard a good reason for not going with a different color plastic base but that still leaves the option to paint my existing panels, which is a skill I could use on any/all other interior plastic pieces as needed (especially considering how uncommon my color is).
However, i'm not super confident how good that will look after sanding of the upper layers of my doors, which are UV rotted and scratch easily with even a finger nail. I'd have to go deep enough to hit good solid plastic and then re-texture it. I will add that I can be a bit OCD, a perfectionist, and would derive an extreme sense of pleasure knowing my panels are original and near mint, so that is partly driving my insanity 
Christopher in Portland Or. 1981 F250 Ranger XLT 4x4 trailer special 351M, and auto C6
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If yours are that badly bitten by UV then it would be a lot of work to bring them back to a semblance of new, and you'll probably never get back to "new". So NOS or thereabouts would be a better choice - especially for you.
 However, the SEM stuff covers extremely well. I painted black door panels as well as blue other panels and you cannot see any difference in the colors of the finished product. So you don't have to find good/new/NOS panels in your color. Having said that, panels that are the right color originally will always be better than ones that have a different base color.
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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