door referbisment
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i thought that this may have been fairly simple, but alas not!

Started trying to remove the old skins from my doors, but seem to be making more of a mess of the frames that i had liked. Is there some art to this?

Im not exactly overwhelmed with free time at the moment, with moving house and all, so if i cant get it done fairly sharpish the old doors will end up in the shed and i'll have to buy some new/referb'd ones :(

suggestions and techniques welcome!

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

never done it but from what ive read / heard you grind the edge of the door skin a little around the edge this will then remove the folded over lip. if that makes sence?

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

i was mulling this over as well
they cant be spot welded as the outside of the skin has no marks

there was a how to reskin doors in a recent minimag. would be worth looking up

Edited by Lone Wolf on 9th Mar, 2007.

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Aparatus:
1x Grinder with grinding disc
1x pair of pliers
1x large flat screwdriver
1x big hammer

Method:
take a grinder

run it around the edges, and the welds at the top

beat skin from thw inside with a large hammer (this can be optional)

using a large flat screw driver try and lever up the inside folded bit, once youve got a bit done you can then use pliers to bend the rest of the lip flat

there are a couple of hidden spot welds, some at the top on the widow frames, and then i think one on each side, and the base. They all become obvious when you try and push it off

there may be seam sealer between the panels making things worse (hence the requirement of a hammer)

Conclusion:
Thus one concludes that your door skins will be off. If i were to write this again i would add that you should where gloves-otherwise you will cut your hands to shreds

There ARE spotwelds holding the skin on. Do as Carl and N
ic say and gring around the edgwe then jiggle the skin around to expose the spotweld positions. Grill these out with a 6-7mm drill.
Paul

I seriously doubt it!

I seriously doubt it!

Paul is right, don't last long.

I have in the past ground the end of a drill to about a 175 deg point (normal drils are 118 deg) and used that. You will need to put a small pilot hole through the first sheet only to stop it wondering but will be fine once it starts. The almost flat bottom will mean it won't want to start on the second panel unless you really lean on it.

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no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

I know price plays a part....

new doors are bloody expensive. But I thought that place mentioned a while back that re-skinned the doors in aluminium wasnt that expensive ? yes it was pricey, but you get a lighter door, and you dont have to do it yourself !!!

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

http://www.minidoor.co.uk/

Stevie is refering to the Streetfighter door. Wouldn't be my choice for a road car but I will be putting them on my track car.

Price for a normal reskin isn't too bad IMHO and he is a top bloke too, spoken with him many times!

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...