9 replies to this topic

[mic]

decided to repair the doors... now then, should i purchase a door repair panel - are they easy to put on, line up etc?! i'll have to practise welding first but as its not structural im thinking it could be a good place to start to learn!

mic

[Woody]

I personaly would not bother with those lower half door skins , the amount of disstorsion you will get is so bad you end up with loads of filler to fix that !
I would just fit a new doorskin .

[nmt_oli]

Il def agree with woody here, ive been welding in audi door handles to my golf over the last few days, and even on those panels (5 inches x 3 inches) its can warp the door skin if your not an expert welder!

[samwell]

erm, i think hes referring to those bottom/inner door panels that u can weld on to replace the rotten bottom section of a door. I plan to practice wleding on these as it dusnt matter how messy u r, can always sand it off and whatever, as long as its strong.

samwell

[Tomf]

Where can you buy these repair panels from? Or do you just make the repair part up yourself.

[samwell]

Where can you buy these repair panels from? Or do you just make the repair part up yourself.

when i went to bingley, the mini door co. or mini doors (one of them), the one that dus the streetfighters anyway were selling them, but im getting mine of a set of doors i bought. Its not on their website but im sure theyve got loads lying about if u email them.

samwell

[Tomf]

Thanks i have just send them an email asking if they sell them. You dont buy any chance know how much they were selling them for at Bingley Hall?

[Woody]

Hi mic , if you mean the lower door frame repair sections and not the lower doorskin repair sections then they are not too bad to fit , but i only fit them as part of an overall door repair before fitting a doorskin as if the frame is rotted away then the bottom of the skin is usualy gone bad too

[samwell]

I got the figure £10.50 in my head but i dn't know if that was for a pair or for a single one as i was being rushed on by my bored gf.
If you hear back from them, can u let me know because they havnt responded to me.

samwell

[mic]

Hi mic , if you mean the lower door frame repair sections and not the lower doorskin repair sections then they are not too bad to fit , but i only fit them as part of an overall door repair before fitting a doorskin as if the frame is rotted away then the bottom of the skin is usualy gone bad too

yea cheers i did mean the bottom half of the doorskin, ive seen em advertised in a shop in minimag for just over a tenner.... but as full door skins are only £20ish quid might as well do all of it

cheers