How do I remove the outer door skins?
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Melting Slicks
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From: White Pine / Dandridge TN
How do I remove the outer door skins?
I need to perform some repairs on my 1980. It's just to darn hard trying to get my hand up inside the door via the small access panel. How do I remove the outer door skin? If I do remove it, can I do so in such a way that it is easy to reinstall?
Jim
Jim
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From: Boca Raton Florida
The way I did it was to heat the inner panel a little strech at a time with a propane torch and then slip a sharp thin putty knife between the skin and door panel. Go Slow so you don't crack the skin. Once its off clean up the remaining panel adhesive. Once your ready to put it back on you need to be sure and not squeeze the adhesive all out of the seam, there is 1/16" or so around most of the door, more in places. Its a slow fitup, but when your done you can have nice straight tight door seams
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 1999
Posts: 3,030
Likes: 17
From: White Pine / Dandridge TN
The way I did it was to heat the inner panel a little strech at a time with a propane torch and then slip a sharp thin putty knife between the skin and door panel. Go Slow so you don't crack the skin. Once its off clean up the remaining panel adhesive. Once your ready to put it back on you need to be sure and not squeeze the adhesive all out of the seam, there is 1/16" or so around most of the door, more in places. Its a slow fitup, but when your done you can have nice straight tight door seams
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Lompoc, CA. Santa Barbara County
Wow! I've been wanting to do this to remove the heavy side beams. Please take pictures as you do this, especially of the insides of the door from the outside.
Thanks
Bee Jay
Thanks
Bee Jay
