Repairing Door Panels

[Tim]

The cardboard on the back of the driver's door no longer holds those snap-in thingys that attach to the door, so part of the panel sticks out. Any ideas on how to repair/reinforce the panel?

Regards,

Tim

[EVOGUN]

Epoxy is your friend!

Thanks :wink:

[IAMAZEME]

I've made custom door panels out of 1/8" fiberboard a few times before and it works very well.If you wanted to spend a little extra time you could cut out new panels and recover them(either with new vinyl or the old stuff).For a quick fix though I would use epoxy like suggested.

[Tim]

It should be easy - IIRC the vinyl's just stapled on.


Something to do on a rainy day...

[IdealSociety]

what if youve got a panel so warped on one corner, the plastic snap wont hold it on? it stays in the cardboard, it just pops off the door itself...

[hellraiser6919]

you could always use screws to hold them one. if you take the time you can make it look pretty good and not so crapy

[aithanmier]

I'm gonna have to get around to making custom panels, is there any source for new panel clips?

[festscort]

The clips should be easy to get from any body shop suplly store of even a good day at the junk yard should yield some good result because those clips are common on a couple other cars.