'76 door inner liners. Source? Needed?
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Burning Brakes
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From: South of London, Engerland
'76 door inner liners. Source? Needed?
My '76 once had a liner on the inside surface of each of the doors between the door card and the metal of the door body. The liner was glued to the door body to seal the doors and to stop water running down the window glass, into the doors and then dribbling into the car.
Naturally the liners have long since disappeared but while I've got my doors in bits I'm wondering whether anybody knows if it's worth getting hold of a new pair of liners, where from and what they cost. Any thoughts?
Assuming that most of us don't have these liners still in place, does everybody find that water dribbles into their cars when it rains? I get water gathering on the sill plates below the doors when they're closed.
(Tried the search and found nothing
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Naturally the liners have long since disappeared but while I've got my doors in bits I'm wondering whether anybody knows if it's worth getting hold of a new pair of liners, where from and what they cost. Any thoughts?
Assuming that most of us don't have these liners still in place, does everybody find that water dribbles into their cars when it rains? I get water gathering on the sill plates below the doors when they're closed.
(Tried the search and found nothing
)
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Burning Brakes
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From: South of London, Engerland
Originally Posted by Duke94
I tried finding replacements when I redid my 78' . Came up empty. Ended up just making a new one with heavy duty plastic from Home Depot.
I've never seen one of these liners - was it easy to guess where the liner is glued to the door? What happens to the water collected by the liner? Is there a special place where the water runs away back into the bottom of the door?
If you took any pics of your doors with your home-made liner fitted I'd love to see them.
Burning Brakes
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From: Hillsborough NC
I made one myself as well. I made it out of Reflectix which is a thermal barrier you can get at Lowes. The plastic does a good job sealing, and the fact that it is 1/4" thick did a nice job of taking up any gaps and making the door panel fit better (not rattle or move)
Melting Slicks
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MidAmerica sells them for $ 19.99 a pair
Part # 618-830
Kurt
You can get the caulking to hold the liner on at NAPA, has a string running through it like the original stuff did. Comes on a roll in a box.
I bought it, forget how much I paid but it wasn't much.
Part # 618-830
Kurt
You can get the caulking to hold the liner on at NAPA, has a string running through it like the original stuff did. Comes on a roll in a box.
I bought it, forget how much I paid but it wasn't much.
Last edited by ksbunting; Apr 24, 2006 at 08:21 PM.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2005
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From: South of London, Engerland
Originally Posted by ksbunting
MidAmerica sells them for $ 19.99 a pair
Part # 618-830
Kurt
You can get the caulking to hold the liner on at NAPA, has a string running through it like the original stuff did. Comes on a roll in a box.
I bought it, forget how much I paid but it wasn't much.
Part # 618-830
Kurt
You can get the caulking to hold the liner on at NAPA, has a string running through it like the original stuff did. Comes on a roll in a box.
I bought it, forget how much I paid but it wasn't much.
Interesting that the liner appears to cover the press-clips on the door skin:
Not sure how that would work...
