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Re: Door skin lifting/pulling away from door's steel frame.

To: jugeauj@gdls.com, bricklin@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Door skin lifting/pulling away from door's steel frame.
From: Maycinc@cs.com
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 02:03:21 EST
Louis,
As a temporary fix, go to your local auto glass shop and get a tube of 
urethaine windshield adhesive.  This is what Bob Hoffman recommends to hold 
on the panels, but I don't believe it is strong enough for a long term fix.  
Marvin
#1343 (on the road again after 5 years)

In a message dated 4/1/02 6:10:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, jugeauj@gdls.com 
writes:


> Hi Ya,
> 
>    I've got a passenger side door panel lifting off the door's steel frame.
> Bad enough that you can see inside the door.
> I'm saving up to buy a fiberglass replacement and be done with it, but for
> now does anyone recommend a clever fix to at least close the gap?
> 
>    I'm thinking of maybe C-clamping the panel back down and adding a lip of
> fiberglass from the panel and over atop the steel frame from the inside
> (did I explain that right?).
> That way I could just chip the fiberglass lip away when it came time to
> replace the panel.
> Anybody think this is an Okay idea?
> Figured I'd ask before I'd made an unnecessary mess of things should
> someone else have a better idea.
> 
> Louis

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