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| | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 425 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 425 | I bought new deluxe door panels and metal frames for my 49. Well, the door panels won't stay tucked into the metal frame, or rather the frame keeps springing away. How can I remedy this? Someone told me to use weatherstrip adhesive, then I saw that some people had used a different material than the cardboard, like countertop laminate, aluminum, etc. Any and all ideas welcome. Thanks. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 422 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 422 | I used .040 aluminum for my panels and glued the material on the panels. I put three strips of teflon tape on the back of the panels where the door latch mechanism rubs the panel to prevent rattling. My panel
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 425 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 425 | nice truck.. did you take the new material off of the cardboard pieces or find the matching material somewhere? I think a heat gun would lift the covering right off. I might be trying that soon. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 425 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 425 | Update- used .050 aluminum that I got for free. Peeled the material off the "store bought" door panels then glued them to the sheet metal. So far, so good. Looks a lot better. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | How about a pic of what you did? Got any? | | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 425 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 425 | No, didn't take a picture of it. It looks just like AD_pickup's door panel- you'd never know there was a metal panel in it. I used the cardboard panel as a template, cut it and filed it just right, drilled the holes then used 3M spray adhesive to attach the vinyl. The frame fit a lot better, and it now stays in place. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | I simply covered my cardboard door panels with leatherette (naugahyde) to match my seat. Used spray adhesive to attach and pulled the edges over the ends/sides. More adhesive there and a strip of duct tape for good measure. Didn't use the metal frames. Corners were tricky and of course I screwed up the most visible one but remedied it. Looks good too. | | |
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