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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 08:48 PM
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After buying car I noticed the door skin has some cracks that appear to be deep. The car is torch red. How hard is it to replace just the skin?
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 10:29 PM
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OP, did you buy a C5? You can pick up a used door assembly for a few hundred. If your talking about your C3, I was involved in replacing a door skin and it was very difficult to remove and re-bond the new one.
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OP, did you buy a C5? You can pick up a used door assembly for a few hundred. If your talking about your C3, I was involved in replacing a door skin and it was very difficult to remove and re-bond the new one.
Yep 2001 z06. Still have the 74vert.
I'll try to get a pic up, but it's hard for the tablet phone to show the crack.
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Was it repainted? Cracks may only be in the paint.
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Don't know if door was painted. The spear has been touched up for sure. Also, the cracks appear raised in places. Definitely not just the paint.
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I do all the painting on my cars and if it were me I would get a replacement door. If it were metal I would just fix it.
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I do all the painting on my cars and if it were me I would get a replacement door. If it were metal I would just fix it.
My door stickers match. I was hoping to just change out red skins.
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My door stickers match. I was hoping to just change out red skins.
Congrats on the C5. The skin can be changed out. Seems like they were about $500 - $700 range painted? Can't remember.
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Great, it can be done. Has anyone here done it?
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