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[cagy]

Both my doors on my 1275gt are rusty accross the bottom on the outside and it's fairly bad (starting to eat all the through to the other side of the door) is there anyway to "patch" it up with out reskinning them?? or replacing them???


Craig

[Bungle]

yes you can slap filler every where



but to do it right you need to reskin the doors, its not a big job

[cagy]

What does reskinning involve??? how easy is easy??


Craig

[cooper_shaz]

Door skins £19 each
Remove the door, (4 bolts behind the a panel, get them from underneath)

lay it on a flat surface and using a grinder grind round the edge of the door skin and lift away
look at the new door skin and note it does not cover the full door.

Use a sharp chisel to gently tap away the remains of the skin (folded over the door edge) clean up the flanges and spray paint them with zinc rich primer and paint for protection..
paint the inside of the new door skin too..
place the new skin in position and using a hammer and flat bit of metal gently tap the edges round (dont try bend it all over at once) work your way round the door skin.
use some waxoil etc on the inside of the skin and replace the door..

seriously, it is not worth bodging it up with filler, it will come through in weeks..

Edited by cooper_shaz, 11 May 2007 - 10:21 AM.

[karl & his cooper]

My doors at the bottom on the insides are very rusted and in the hinge corner its acutally hollowing out...the outside looks okay rather bubbly, the bottom edge of the door doesnt fit flush to the rest of the body....New door?